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Chapter 31

Northern Wastelands

Gohan stomped towards the stunned Cooler. Each footstep shook the Earth, sent rubble falling, and teeth chattering. Krillen was safely away from the battlefield, Gohan under one arm, Loa on the other. Chiaotzu hovered right beside Piccolo, pouring healing energy into the Namekian, the two were just behind the trio. As they looked on the other three Oozaru, Turles, Raditz, and Vegeta, slowly backed away from the overwhelmingly powerful warriors.

Not bothered by the lack of ground under him, Gohan continued his march towards Cooler. As he stepped over the precipice, to where his blast obliterated the ground, the wastelands fell to an eerie calm. The crash of Oozaru feet into ground still echoed out, but without the rumble of Gohan's steps in particular, they sounded more like a dog trying not to be seen.

Lowering himself down into the pit Gohan brought his eye level even with Cooler's body. He brought his right hand up to the space emperor, and placing middle finger to thumb, Gohan flicked him into the far wall. Smacked out of his daze by the sudden impact, Cooler took only a moment to re familiarize himself with where he was, who he was, and what he was doing.

Rotating in space Cooler used his tail, in addition to his legs, to bounce off the cliff face and rocket towards the damn dirty ape. A full body powered right hook was blocked by a palm that was larger than himself. His follow up attack, a slash from the claws on his left hand, cut deep and true. Unfortunately Gohan's skin was too thick, too wrinkled, and skin as all he damaged. Quickly spinning on his axis, letting his tail lash out with a familiar spot of ki on the tip, Cooler sent a powerful slashing ki wave in all directions. The attack scored a direct hit, yet due to its nature it didn't have the power to actually deal any real, non cosmetic, damage.

As fur rained down around Cooler, Krillen looked up to Goku. "Should, shouldn't we help him?"

Goku chuckled and smiled down at his friend. "Gohan? No, he's fine. If Cooler gets any stronger, yes, but for now? No, Gohan is a growing boy, and it will do him some good to let out this, this side of him, every now and then."

Cooler jumped back, barely avoiding a lightning quick knee strike from below. He then ducked under a clapping monkey. While he avoided the physical blow from the second attack, the massive noise disoriented him for a moment, and Gohan was able to strike him with the back of one of his hands, sending him back into his pit.

As Gohan lowered himself further, trying to keep up with his prey, Cooler shot from the darkness. With his ki projected into short, sharp, blades, protruding from his wrists, Cooler charged the great ape. Not recognizing the risk Gohan stood his ground and started preparing a mouth beam.

Cooler's attacks were fast, and not possible to block. As Gohan continued charging his attack he began losing not just fur, but small, and then large, chunks of flesh. Cooler wasn't able to get anywhere vital, he wasn't brave enough to into Gohan's guard, and attack his chest, but he was still able to cause damage, cause pain, and force the instinct driven Gohan to direct some of his gathered ki below himself, and half way through one of Cooler's combos, Gohan was gone, fifty feet in the air, immediately. He didn't use his Instant Transmission, but with how fast he moved, he may as well have.

Taking a moment to recover from losing his target, Cooler looked around. At his level, nothing but rock, below him, more of the same. Looking up he expected to see the sky, or at least a bloodied Saiyan. He was horrified to instead find a massive blast. Not hesitating for a moment, letting his heart panic for him, he saw that there was some, but little, room between the blast and the cliff.

Cooler dove for cover and held himself flat against the wall. The heat from the attack was unbearable, hellish, and threatened to sicken the warrior who felt at home in the void of space. Disregarding his discomfort though, he dismissed his ki blades and focused his energy solely towards movement. He couldn't teleport, not like the boy could, but with his ki and psychic powers both working towards the same goal, he reached Gohan's muzzle in no time.

Not slowing down, not bothering to form a plan, Cooler rammed himself directly into the massive snout of Gohan. While neither fighter was particularly injured from the attack, Gohan was startled enough to cancel his attack, and not grab Cooler while he had the chance.

Krillen leaned more heavily on Goku, letting his arm fall from Loa's shoulders. "Are, are you sure he's okay?" He shook his head as Gohan closed his fist around a Death Ball, not even flinching. "I'm not in the best shape, but I feel wrong, just watching, ya know?"

"Yeah, he's fine." Goku reassured. "Like I said, if things change, I'll get involved." He flinched as an explosive wave knocked Gohan's grasping hand away from Cooler. The attack didn't look like much compared to the great ape, but it was enough to make Gohan to suck on his finger for a moment, while Cooler spent the free moment thinking.

As Goku watched the fight he was passively aware of Piccolo behind him. He felt his sons first teacher gathering energy, but knew the limited amount would no longer be a factor in this fight. Piccolo had come to the battle, fought alongside Krillen and the others, put it all on the line, for Earth. He'd have to thank him when this was over, him and the other Saiyans.

"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" Piccolo shouted as he shot his fingers between Goku's and Krillen's head. The beam was far quicker than any he had shot before, and far more lethal as well. Cooler held an open palm to the attack, and while blood was drawn, no other impact was made in the battle.

"Piccolo." Goku turned around. "Have faith in Gohan, he's fine."

"Excuse me for wanting to help my star pupal." Piccolo growled.

Goku considered turning around. He, for a moment, wanted to square off with Piccolo. Gohan was his son, his responsibility, and under his protection. Gohan was fine, he may not have been in control of himself at the moment, but he was safe. Krillen coughing drew him out of the train of thoughts though, and he focused his attention back onto the battle at hand.

Quickly ducking another, less powerful, mouth blast, Cooler stayed low, closed in, and circled Gohan. The tail was always the weakness of a monkey, and this overpowered one shouldn't be any different. Gohan began spinning in place, trying to keep Cooler in front of him, but Cooler was too close, too fast, and was able to get between his arm and torso.

Sighting his target, Cooler latched onto Gohan's tail with both arms. Immediately Gohan howled in anger. He kept spinning in place, alternating between left and right. He switched between trying to reach behind his waist, to between his legs, to over his shoulder, flailing his tail the whole time. Cooler didn't budge, he had grabbed on near the end, and there was no way he was going to be shaken off.

When Gohan let up, not for long, but for a second, Cooler threw the entirety of his ki around. He virtually teleported ed to the underside of Gohan's tail, and he was facing away from the Oozaru. His arms were over his head, wrapped around the log thick appendage. For a brief moment, Cooler had the thought that he felt like a monkey, hanging from a thick branch. After the thought passed, Cooler forced his entire ki reserve into his arms, and snapped Gohan's tail down in front of him.

It took effort, more than Cooler would ever admit, but he had the ape in the air, held aloft by his tail. Jolting it backwards, and rocketing into the air, he had Gohan upside down and momentarily senseless. Cooler began to rotate, and started spinning Gohan's tail as he did so. If it weren't for the fact that it was a giant tail he was holding, Cooler would have almost looked like he was dancing, with extreme speed.

Once Gohan was not just spinning at high speed, but also violently being shaken high to low and back again, Cooler decided on a target. As the cliff, the pour, abused, destroyed, cliff, came into sight, Cooler released Gohan, intending to send him crashing, head first, into the stone. Unfortunately, Gohan's momentum meant he continued in his arc, and he ended up flying towards the other Oozaru.

Turles and Vegeta got out of the way, but Raditz just couldn't make it. Gohan bowled into his uncle, and the pair crashed into, and through, Cooler's ship.

"MY SHIP!" Cooler shouted as he stopped his rotation. He bared his teeth and a low growl escaped his throat. "Dead End." Cooler held his left hand out to his side, and his right towards Gohan. As he began charging a Particle Bomb, he also badgered Gohan with many fast, but low power, Death Beams. For every dozen, or so, Death Beams, a Particle Bomb joined the mix.

It took Gohan a few moments to get untangled from his uncle, and thankfully for Raditz Gohan landed between him and the enraged Cooler. Gohan turned to face his attacker. The attacks weren't damaging him, not in a serious manner, but they did hurt, and pain was not acceptable. Gohan squatted down in the middle of Cooler's ship as Raditz escaped to the side, joining Turles.

Gohan charged a mouth beam, but instead of firing it moments later as usual, he continued gathering ki. Seeing the destructive potential behind the attack, Cooler slowed his assault, and increased each beams, and each bombs, power significantly. If Gohan wasn't repeatedly being struck, Cooler would have destroyed what remained of his ship.

Cooler didn't have to worry about that for long though. Sensing he had gathered enough ki, Gohan swallowed his blast, basking in the glory of the incredible power that filled him, fueled him, and struggled to escape. Raising his arms slowly, purposefully, Gohan smiled at Cooler and tapped two fingers to his forehead before snapping his arms back down.

Faster than a blink the remains of Cooler's ship were gone. Without a noticeable amount of time passing, so to was the ground the ship sat upon, and the air it had displaced. It took a moment for this to be observed though, as the light traveling through the area followed suit, not for long, but for a moment. It didn't take long for nature to try to fill the vacuum that Gohan had created, and an incredible amount of air rushed in from all directions, including from around and behind Cooler.

Cooler was knocked off balance. He was dragged, uncontrollably, towards Gohan. While he didn't move inward for long, he moved inward fast, but didn't quite make it to Gohan.

As Gohan snapped his arms down, he released his built up ki., The Explosive Wave he released hit Cooler head on, and the defenseless frost demon had no choice but to ride it out. Cooler went limp, trying to let the wave do its thing, crash over him, and keep moving. He figured that if he didn't resist, if he let his body become as close to liquid as possible, that he'd be relatively unscathed.

Taking the chance he had created for himself, Gohan snatched Cooler out of the air. He didn't grab for any particular part of him, and ended up securing him upside down. Gohan didn't mind though, he squeezed all the same. Cooler was tough, and Gohan knew he wouldn't be able to use just physical strength to kill Frieza's brother. Securing his other hand around the one that held Cooler, Gohan took his time charging yet another mouth beam, working his fingers around Cooler as he did so.

When he judged his attack would be powerful enough, Gohan gave one last powerful squeeze before raising his fists over his head, and delivering a powerful axe drop blow against the air, releasing Cooler when contact would normally have been made. Cooler flew into the massive crater Gohan had created, and before he hit the ground a mouth beam was already chasing him down.

"He, he's incredible!" Piccolo exclaimed as he fought against Gohan's latest attack to stay on his feet.

"I know." Goku said, arms crossed, hair blowing in the wind, not showing any effort to resist. "But he has far, far more power, than what he's showing now."

"How, how is that possible?" Piccolo grabbed onto Goku's free shoulder. Not aggressively, not demanding a response, but just to not be blown away. He glanced at the others, the far weaker fighters, and a smile flashed across his lips when he saw Chiaotzu using Goku as a windshield, and Loa was holding steady, releasing large amounts of ki, as if trying to race towards the fight, but only managed to barely stay level with him and the others.

As Chiaotzu hid behind Goku's back, he ignited his psychic powers. A curved blue web of energy appeared in front of, and slightly over, the group. Boulders the size of hover cars fell all around the group, and bounced off of the shield. Wind went right through it, and everyone that wasn't sheltered was quickly covered in a thick layer of dirt.

When the dust, and rocks, settled, Gohan was still up, standing at the edge of the blast site. From where they were, how far back they were, the other fighters couldn't see Cooler, or the bottom of the pit. As they watched, Gohan opened his mouth slightly, growling, and jumped into the whole. Moments later Cooler came flying out, spinning, tumbling, through the air.

A large rock followed him, but was barely a glancing blow. Before the projectile got too far Goku shot a high speed energy blast after it, not wanting it to get lost and hurt someone not involved in the fight.

Cooler was able to bring himself to a stop, a few dozen feet over the ground. His purple skin was nearly completely covered in a mixture of dirt, blood, and bruises. The sections of white exoskeleton arranged around his body were cracked, shattered, or heavily dented. In other words, he was not in the best of shape when Gohan began rising up to meet him.

"That's enough!" Cooler shouted. "I came here to fight a Super Saiyan, not some over grown gorilla!" He held his right hand, palm up, in front of him, and a small ball of dense red ki formed. "I came here to reassert my family's, my, place at the top of the food chain. I will not be beaten, I will not be pushed, I will not give you the pleasure of truly making me try." He raised his hand over his head and the ball of ki quickly began expanding.

When the blast was twice the size of himself, still a fraction of the size of Gohan, Cooler flicked his wrist and bent his finger, pointing directly at the Oozaru who was landing atop the crater. "Supernova!"

The attack was slow, but powerful. Gohan faced the incoming blast, spread his arms, and welcomed the challenge. Spreading his feet apart slightly, he braced himself for impact. The extreme heat hit Gohan first, before the attack ever reached him. He snarled in frustration as he felt his fur begin to singe. The attack hit him directly, but it maintained its form.

Gohan dropped his back leg into a kneel, and reinforced his defense. The attack was massive, it was heavy, and it was burrowing into his chest. It felt as if he was the only thing keeping two planets apart.

Gohan's muscles dried, and his palms, face, and virtually his entire body, were coated in sweat. The moisture didn't last long though, as it turned to steam almost immediately upon leaving his body. His muscles felt as if they were on fire, and the attack only seemed to be growing larger as he held it off, although the pressure behind it stayed the same.

The ground in front of him began to give way under the overwhelming force of Cooler's attack, and Gohan let his front leg off the ground, so as not to fall. Immediately he was knocked onto his back, and the Supernova pressed him into the ground. He was holding it off his body, slightly, but losing ground every second. Not willing to let it pass, let it hit the Earth, Gohan considered letting it erupt on him instead, but with the amount of pressure it was putting him under already, even in his great ape form he knew that wouldn't go well for him.

Forcing his energy into his arms, he was able to push the attack back, not much, but slightly, a few feet. He tried to get up, but he couldn't get his feet under him. Instead, he brought his knees up to his chest, and let the attack rest on them, still balanced between his hands.

The pressure was still on, but he could breathe, for a moment. Tilting his legs slightly, forward and back, Gohan tested his control over the attack, and he was surprised to find it wasn't actively being controlled by Cooler, or at least he was able to roll it up and down his shins. Using his discovery to his advantage Gohan raised his feet, letting the attack slowly roll towards his head, until it was right at the edge of his knees. He stopped it there, took a deep breath, and put his plan into action.

Gohan shoved his knees out, lowered his feet, and put as much force as he could muster into pushing the attack down his legs, on to his feet. When the Supernova rolled into the crux between his feet and legs, Gohan snapped his legs up, whipped his feet forward, and threw the attack off of himself, rocketing it over his head, over the head of the other Earthlings, and into the mountain that stood behind them.

The group of warriors hit the ground when the attack was sent their way, including Goku. Chiaotzu reflexively raised a shield around himself, but the others were excluded.

Cooler watched as his attack drilled into the mountain, completely off course, completely ineffective. He was still pointing down, and that attack should NOT have been able to be deflected. It should have forced its way into the Earth, pushing the boy in front of it until it reached the core, and then boom, bang, done. In frustration Cooler closed his fist, and the attack responded.

Dust and rocks once again filled the air, and Cooler couldn't even see his outstretched hand. That didn't hinder the others though. When the attack went off Goku got to his feet, and was already transformed into his Super Saiyan state. With a series of rapid, low power, punches and kicks he was able to protect his allies from being hit by debris.

Gohan was just as capable as his father. While Cooler couldn't see anything, couldn't hear anything, and naturally couldn't feel anything, Gohan could still detect him, and approach him. Cooler couldn't see his own hand, nor could he see Gohan's, as it grabbed him out of the air yet again.

With one hand free, and the other crushing into his torso, Cooler's options were limited. Gohan was breathing hard, but he would be doing the same, if he could expand his rib cage. He tried using his free arm to push Gohan's fingers apart, but he couldn't make the ape budge.

The dust was starting to clear. Gohan kept squeezing.

Cooler adjusted the fingers of his trapped hand and pushed ki out of them. He felt the attacks firing, he felt the Death Beams leaving his body, but Gohan wasn't responding.

Gohan's snout came into view, the glow from his massive red eyes barely reaching Cooler.

Cooler summoned a Death Ball into his free hand, and brought it onto the torturous fingers wrapped around him. Gohan only crushed tighter. The force of the blow did carry more particulates away though, and he could now see his opponent clearly.

Knowing the futility of attacking his cage itself, Cooler switched targets and quickly searched Gohan for weaknesses. Not finding anywhere to attack, he knew that he had to make the ape revert. Cooler closed his eyes and began focusing ki into his head. When he figured he had enough energy he blinked his eyes open, for a moment, flashing a brilliant white light, before closing them again and defusing the energy back into his body. As his flash hit Gohan, the Oozaru released his grip and covered his eyes.

Cooler fell from the sky, landing hard on the ground. Not hesitating when he was free, he quickly assumed a three point stance and scanned his surroundings. He didn't just get Gohan, but almost everyone else as well. Not finding what he was looking for Cooler launched himself into the air, and looked over the battlefield from a birds eye view. It took him longer than he would have liked, but he eventually located the Power Ball, as Gohan was recovering, and starting to seek him.

As Gohan locked onto Cooler, Cooler brought his hand up towards the Power Ball. Cooler launched a Death Beam as Gohan lowered himself into a charging stance. The ball exploded in a small puff of ki as Gohan began his bull rush.

Cooler shifted in space, facing the charging Oozaru. He wove his fingers together against his chest, palms out but touching each other. His elbows stabbed towards Gohan like a pair of boar spears, and he focused energy into his hands.

As he roared towards Cooler, Gohan, and the other Saiyans, slowly began to shrink, and his energy began plummeting. By the time he was nearly at Cooler, he had transformed back entirely into his humanoid form.

Cooler snapped his elbows out, whipping his clawed hands through the space in front of him, in opposite directions. A wave of blue ki lashed out from either hand, colliding and raging against each other where they connected, where they hit Gohan.

Without the power multiplier provided by being transformed, Gohan didn't stand a chance against the attack. His forward momentum was stopped immediately, and the chaotic force of the tandem attacks sent him falling out of the sky, unable to right himself.

As Gohan fell, Cooler powered up. His entire body began to bulk up, and his head began to lengthen. His formerly smooth cranial exoskeleton lengthened. The glass like natural crest flattened as its setting stretched and reformed. When it was finished growing, a pair of large white spikes sat both at the front and rear of his elongated head.

Goku tapped his fingers to his forehead, and instantly appeared next to Gohan. He took the falling boy under one arm, before teleporting back to Piccolo's side. "He's exhausted, he's taken some damage." Goku looked over his sons bleeding palms. "But he's not too hurt." Goku said as he bent down to set Gohan on the ground.

"I give up." Cooler said. "I admit, my fifty percent state wasn't enough."

"Are you going to fight him now?" Piccolo asked as he knelt next to his student.

"Even my one hundred percent state may not have been enough." Cooler continued speaking as a white plate popped up from his neck and covered his lower face, only allowing his two red eyes to stay visible, as well as a section of dirty purple skin between them.

"Yeah." Goku said. "He's strong, but I can tell he's going all out now." He rose back to his feet and looked down at Piccolo. "Keep him safe while he's out, will you?"

"Of course." Piccolo said. "I won't let anything happen to him."

"This, this is my fourth transformation, my fifth form. My brother never unlocked this form, and if he had, you wouldn't have been able to beat him, just as you won't be able to beat me now." Cooler began gathering ki. "I have gone beyond my limits, and am half again as strong as I was at my previous forms limit, three times more powerful than moments ago. Now, prepare to die, Saiyan scum!"

Goku nodded to Piccolo and turned to face the brother of his killer. "Hey, you transformed too!" He floated into the air, Super Saiyan aura still blazing.

"What?" Cooler demanded. "You, you ignored me!"

"Sorry, I had something more important to attend to." Goku glanced to his son. "You hurt my son."

"You killed my brother." Cooler clinched his fist in front of him, visually crushing Goku.

"Your brother was attacking us, as are you." Goku crossed his arms. "If I told you to leave, told you to never return, would you?"

Cooler opened his palm and started spinning a ball of ki, flattening it. "Why would I leave, when I am finally getting the chance to use my fifth form? True, I didn't want to transform, I didn't want to use my full strength, but now that I have done both of those, well, I can't let word get out about it." The disk began to spin quicker, and as it did, it split parallel with the ground and one attack became two, then two became four.

"Okay." Goku said as he assumed his fighting stance. "I offered to let you leave. Just remember that. You had a chance."

"Take this, Bone Slicer!" Cooler flicked his thumb forward, and the disks shot out, top to bottom.

The four attacks stayed in line as they closed on Goku. The second twisted slightly, the third tilted further, until spinning on end, and the fourth mirrored the second, in the other direction. To Goku it looked like a single ki beam was shooting towards him, with eight fins keeping it stable. He adjusted his stance slightly, and prepared to counter the incoming attack.

No, it wasn't quite the same as the Kienzen, but it operated on the same basic principles. As the first cutting circle got within his range, Goku landed a strong kick from his left foot into the center, causing it to dissipate into harmless energy. The second attack was right behind it. Goku snapped his leg to safety by spinning around in a full circle on his right heal, bringing his right elbow in from above for another direct hit.

The third attack was vertical, and only a few feet from Goku's face when he dealt with the second. He slid his left foot forward, rotated his right around it, and brought a left jab into the center of the third attack. His back was now to the fourth attack. Feeling it approach Goku spun in place one last time, and again using his right elbow, destroyed the last Bone Slicer.

Keeping the flow of his movement Goku sent a left hook towards the distant Cooler. The punch didn't come close to being anywhere near the frost demon, but a large burst of ki shot out of Goku's arm, and scored a direct hit against the tyrant.

Cooler saw the attack coming. He could have blocked it, or dodged it, or countered it. However, this was his first attack from a Super Saiyan, and he wanted to see what he could do. The blast knocked him back a little, but he was no more injured than he was before. The beasts mouth beams were more powerful than this fighters, and without the size difference, Cooler figured he could handle this easily enough.

Goku slid easily back into his stance. There was a lot of energy in those disks, but not enough to worry him. "I was really hoping you'd be stronger than that." He pulled his hands to his side, palms facing each other.

"You are nothing." Cooler spread his fingers and a small ball of energy formed at the tip of each. Slashing out at Goku the five balls were launched, growing as they flew. The blasts independently spiraled as they closed on their target. Unlike the Bone Slicer they spread out, all targeting Goku, but no two coming from the same direction.

"Ka, me!" Goku shouted as he studied the incoming blasts courses. He had hoped they shared a target, but it looked like some went high, some went low, and some were going for his core. He closed his eyes and felt their approach, felt their power. They were strong, but not compared to what he was throwing around earlier. Not seeing an easy dodge, an easy counter, Goku braced himself and continued focusing energy into his hands.

The five ki balls struck Goku at the same time. One landed on his stomach, causing him to wince in discomfort. One struck his back, burning a hole through his new gi. A pair landed clear hits on his legs, right hip, left knee, and the fifth struck his right shoulder. Goku gritted his teeth, but didn't let the damage phase him.

"Ha, me!" Goku shouted. The familiar blue sphere appeared in his hands, The light bled off, mixing with his hair and aura, giving him an apparently green aura.

"The boy, he was strong. You, you're durable, but that's it." Cooler cupped his armored chin. "Without free hands, you can't use that movement technique of yours. Let's see how fast you really are." He pointed his open hands towards Goku, and a barrage of Death Beams shot from each fingertip.

Goku tried not to move much. Every ounce of energy used in dodging, was energy he couldn't put into his attack. Keeping his movements to a minimum he shifted his arms, legs, and head, as needed to avoid each of the attacks. If he had turned around, he would have seen the ground behind him vanishing as the blasts dug shallow angled trenches deep into it.

As the barrage slowed Goku continued pouring his energy into the Kamehameha. His feet were just as grounded as before the barrage, at most half a foot away from where he originally stood. "Cooler, this is it. Are you ready?"

When Cooler saw that his target was unharmed, and had seemingly not moved, he set his jaw. "Super Saiyans." He growled through gritted teeth. He opened his palms, and placed his wrists together. He summoned a Supernova between them, and quickly fed it through both hands. "I will not be defeated!"

"HAAAAA!" Goku yelled as the blue ball coned out in front of him before shooting forward as a several foot wide beam of destructive energy.

Cooler didn't respond, not at first. He kept feeding his attack, keeping an eye on the incoming beam. When the beam was half way between them, he pulsed his ki, sending the large Supernova forward to meet the Kamehameha.

The two attacks met in front of Cooler, a quarter of the way to Goku. To Cooler's dismay, his attack froze in the air, unable to push through the approaching attack. Not satisfied with a tie, he quickly formed another Supernova, and launched it towards the first. When it hit the original ball, it merged into it, delivering a payload of fresh energy.

The Supernova began to move forward. Not quickly, but steadily. At this rate it would take minutes, but it was inevitable, it was overpowering the Kamehameha. Not being a patient person, Cooler charged a third Supernova, and after it launched, he sent a fourth, and fifth. Each subsequent infusion of energy accelerated the original attack.

Goku lowered his stance, much as Gohan did before him. "That's more than I expected." He said to himself. "Not enough though." He brought his hands back towards himself, surrendering a foot of territory as his attack was pulled back. Taking a deep breath Goku focused more of his ki to the surface, to his hands, and into the Kamehameha.

Despite continually boosting his Supernova, Cooler's attack began to slow again, and when it was three quarters of the way to impacting Goku, it stopped, and began to retreat.

"No." Cooler said, slowing the rate of reinforcements, but increasing each ones power. The original attack had grown from the size of a grape fruit, before being launched, to a globe, to now being larger than an Oozaru.

"Yes." Goku said as he released the hold on the tip of his energy. The Kamehameha mushroomed out, enveloping the half of the Supernova that was facing Goku. As he pushed he began gaining momentum.

"NO!" Cooler shouted as he switched methods again, now pouring as many, barely formed, Supernova into his original as possible. The stream was nearly constant, every second a ping announced the fortification of the attack, but it wasn't enough. The Supernova was closing, quickly, and when it was within his striking range, Cooler braced the attack with his own two hands. Even if he had to deliver it himself, personally, he'd make sure the monkey was destroyed.

"Yes." Goku couldn't see Cooler, however he felt him. He felt his energy join the Supernova, and he felt his energy flair up, and once more the point of contact stopped. "Good bye, Cooler." Loosening his grip on the end of his attack even further, Goku wrapped his ki further around the Supernova. The hemisphere facing him was coated, supported, held, already, but with this latest push, past the equator, a good quarter of the other side of the attack was encased as well.

"HA!" Goku shouted as he sent another, smaller, sharper, Kamehameha through his original. The second attack was carried along rapidly, barely taking any time to get from Goku, to the collision of power. This new attack, the smaller one, didn't spread though. Instead, the blue ki stabbed into the red, erupting into a small blast once it had penetrated the far, far more powerful attack.

Now unstable, Cooler's hold on his Supernova was lost. The planet shattering attack went off, inches from the frost demon's face. Being restrained by the fish bowl of ki around it, the entire blast was focused towards Cooler, and was now reinforced by the raging Kamehameha that forced its energy up and away from the Earth.

Fighting his instinct to cancel his attack once the struggle was won, Goku continued pumping ki into his attack, continued shaping the Supernova's blast, and continued pushing the conjunction point away from him, away from his friends, his family, his home. "HAAAAA!" Goku continued screaming as he pushed.

The Supernova had erupted, it was no longer solid. Cooler couldn't hold onto it, brace himself against it, and he slipped into the chaotic maelstrom of red and blue energy.

Goku couldn't feel Cooler, not anymore. His ki was still there, still exploding, but the warrior who launched the attack? Nothing. As the Supernova calmed the bowl of ki collapsed in upon itself, returning to a standard Kamehameha, soiled by the remains of a purple frost demon. Once the last specs of Cooler's ki had vanished, either eaten by the Kamehameha, or blasted harmlessly into space, Goku relaxed his muscles, took a deep breath, and fell out of his stance.

Author's Note: Was really looking forward to writing Great Ape Gohan vs Cooler, and I hope I did the scene justice. Please let me know your thoughts.