3rd Person
Goku had just flown off with Frieza to fight him. Frieza was completely taken aback by the Saiyan's sudden power growth. He almost felt afraid. But he wouldn't let this stupid simian bastard get to him. "You do realize how hypocritical this is, You're outrage over innocent lives? The Saiyan race isn't exactly known for it's mercy. Compared to you brutes, I'm a saint!" Frieza shouted, trying to get under Goku's skin, but it wasn't working.
"We paid for our crimes" He answered. Frieza chuckled at that.
"I made sure of that. You monkeys always got on my nerves, and even the nerves of people like Lord Beerus and the like, so I had no choice but to put you out of your misery."
"It's your turn, Frieza. You and your brother must have known this day would come."
"Hah! You honestly think you're a match for me, and that your stupid brother can handle my brother!? I could defeat you with both my hands tied behind my back. Who knows? I might even try it!" Frieza said confidently. "It doesn't matter whether you're a Super Saiyan, no one battles Frieza and walks away!" Frieza then fired multiple blasts at Goku, but none of them did anything. As the smoke cleared, Frieza could see that Goku was completely unharmed. He growled as his energy surged around him like lightning and he fired multiple fireball-like attacks at Goku, each one dissipating before they even touched him.
"Don't bother apologizing, because I won't ever forgive you." Goku growled as his glare turned into a grimace of pure disgust. He charged his golden aura, and used it to push Frieza away in an instance. Goku then smiled and put his hand down, before rushing at the emperor and elbowing him in the face. He then followed after Frieza and punched him before headbutting him. Frieza growled and attacked Goku back, but Goku kept blocking or dodging all of his attacks. And with each missed attack, Frieza got angrier and angrier.
"Why won't you just stand still...and PERISH!?" Frieza yelled. Goku remained silent before smirking at Frieza.
"Let me see what you got."
"Why you worm! You dare to mock me!" Frieza then fired a Death Beam that hit Goku right in the face. His head bent backwards, but he slowly moved it back up, revealing that the attack did no damage.
"What's the matter Frieza? I can't be harder to destroy than a whole planet, right?" Goku asked.
"Y-You...You...!? What are you!?"
"You haven't figured it out yet? I'm the Saiyan who came all the way from Earth for the sole purpose of beating you. I am the warrior of legend you have heard of in legends. Pure of heart and awakened by fury. That's what I am!" Goku said as Frieza was left speechless. Goku then charged his energy and let it flow out of him as he yelled. "I AM THE SUPER SAIYAN, SON GOKU!" Frieza was left gaping at Goku before he composed himself.
"Well, I stand corrected. I never thought there would be truth behind those ridiculous old stories. And who'd have guessed it would have taken someone so disgustingly pure to unlock that Super Saiyan power. It makes sense, at least it explains why Vegeta could never become one." Frieza then growled louder and louder as his energy seeped out of him. "I hate you! How could I, Lord Frieza, the strongest force in the universe, be outmatched by a filthy half evolved Saiyan! This has to be a nightmare!"
"...This is the end. It's over." Goku told Frieza.
"You...insolent...! Have you forgotten who you're up against!? You will rue the day you crossed me!" Frieza said as he gathered all of his energy into his hands. "Someone of my strength could never fall to the likes of you. I'd rather die by my own hands before I let that happen!"
"What are you waiting for then?" Goku asked as he prepared a Kamehameha to counter Frieza's attack.
"You fool. Do you actually expect me to die? I believe that fate belongs to you alone." Frieza said as he lifted the energy ball above his head. "How long can you survive in the vacuum of space? I doubt you'll find it nearly as effortless as I do! You and this planet can die together!" Frieza then threw the ball down at the planet, causing a massive explosion and energy pulse that could be felt across the entire planet. With that one attack, he had started a countdown. "Hmm. Seems I pulled the reins a bit too tightly on that one."
"Because like a coward, you were too worried about getting caught in the wake of your own explosion. You failed once again. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm still alive." Goku told Frieza.
"Cling to that attitude while you're able to. You have no idea what's happening now, I take it? The planet might not have exploded instantaneously, but it's core has been completely destroyed. From 5 minutes from now, this entire planet will be reduced to rubble!"
"Then I just need to beat you before that. I should have plenty of time. In fact, I can beat you and get me and my friends off this planet before that."
"There'll only be one of us to leave, and I don't believe that privilege won't go to you. For all your heroics, the odds are stacked against you! But as a little farewell gift, I will let you see me at the absolute peak of my immense power!"
"Why wait so long to show it to me, Frieza? You're not fooling anyone. As soon as you're at full power, your ability to control it goes right out the window! YOU'RE NOT STALLING FOR MORE TIME! We're settling this NOW!" Goku cried as he and Frieza flew at each other. They repeatedly tackled each other before Goku kneed Frieza hard in the stomach, causing him to spit up blood, before he knocked Frieza down to the ground. Frieza stopped himself before he hit the ground and dodged another one of Goku's kicks. "What's wrong? Afraid you're gonna wear yourself out too quickly once you get to maximum power, huh?" Goku asked as he flew in front of Frieza and kicked him in the face. He followed Frieza and got under him as he kicked him higher into the air. Frieza caught himself and used his energy to push Goku down, causing him to skid across the planet's water and surface for miles, creating a deep trench. Goku erupted out of the trench, only slightly damaged by the attack, and not amused at all.
"Exasperating to find that you've underestimated your opponent, isn't it. And that's just me at 70%! But don't worry, the grand unveiling is underway." Frieza then began to completely focus on getting to his full power, Goku letting him do it now. During this time, King Kai contacted Goku with telepathy and begged him to think about what he was doing.
"Don't fritter away for another moment! This is your window of opportunity to strike! Hit Frieza with everything you've got while he's busy puffing himself up to maximum power! You can't miss this chance! I'm not kidding when I say there won't be another one! There won't be another one!"
"I understand King Kai." Goku responded. "I know all too well that this might be my one and only chance to take him down. It's also my only chance to see what he's really made of."
"You...want...to see?" King Kai stammered. "No! You're not yourself right now! This kind of talk is madness! Snap out of it!"
"I know, but I...I have to let him do this! I have to...fight!"
"Please, think about what you're doing! This isn't a contest! Goku!"
"KRILLIN CAN'T BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE BY THE DRAGON BALLS A SECOND TIME, AND I REFUSE TO TAKE THE DEATH OF MY BEST FRIEND SITTING DOWN! He was a good man, one of the bravest I've ever known! The fate this bastard dealt him was THE LAST THING HE DESERVED! Before I'm done, he will bleed!"
"I understand, but there's no sense in waiting for him to reach full power. Think about the others! Think about your brother and son!"
"They'll be fine. Believe me. They will, and I bet my brother would want the same thing as me. So I'm going to wait, and fight Frieza with everything I have." Goku said as he continued to wait. He then turned to Frieza with a stern look. "I hope you know that the whole reason I'm waiting for you to reach full power is so I can have the honor of taking you down at your best! Because regret is one thing I won't be fighting! Look at you. You're itching to lass out at me at full steam. Otherwise you would have hit Namek with another blast and be done with it." Frieza growled, but also smiled at Goku's words. He was right. He wanted nothing more than to put him in his place personally. Eventually, Frieza got to his full power.
"You wanted me at my strongest, so here I am."
"Are we going to finish this, or are you going to keep talking?" Goku asked before Frieza punched him in the gut. Frieza then continued to attack him before he knocked Goku to the ground. His attacks were finally doing real damage to Goku, a fact that made the Saiyan excited. And so, the legendary fight between these two raged on, as another fight continued elsewhere.
Orion's perspective.
I rushed to Cooler with all I had as he came at me as well. Our heads clashed as we glared at each other, energy literally sparking between us as we began to exchange blows. Each blow caused the air to flare with energy, creating thunderstorms, hurricanes, and even tidal waves all around us as we fought. Cooler charged energy all around him like a barrier and tackled me, sending the air out of my lungs. I ignored the pain and began to repeatedly elbow his spine, hearing a crack with each hit until he let go of me, to which I responded with a swift punch to the gut. I then charged an energy orb into his chest and sent him flying into the air. I flew after him, my yellow aura surrounding me like a living flame as I chased after Cooler, who had readjusted himself to be facing me so he could fire multiple eye lasers at me.
I dodged between the multiple small beams as I got closer to him and spread out my arm as I clotheslined him. After I hit him, he grabbed my arm and brought me closer to him as he punched me in the face. I was sent back a bit, to which Cooler quickly closed the distance with his tail, using it to grab me around my neck. He tightened his tail's grip and started to punch me in my gut multiple times, each time causing me to spit out the air I could no longer breathe in. He then flew downward towards the ground before throwing me downward.
Before I could even touch the ground, Cooler dropped right on top of me with his foot, sending me down with a harder force than before. I quickly grabbed his foot and threw him under me before we hit the ground, placing my knee on his back as we landed, causing my knee to press into his back extremely hard as he made contact with the ground. With his face in the ground, Cooler moved his hand slightly up, causing his energy to throw me up from the ground and off him. He jumped at me and knee me in the face before swinging his arm across, sending me back down. He then stomped on my back, causing me to scream. I used Jupiter Breaker on my arms and swung my arm at Cooler's leg. Cooler's leg seemed to bend in a very painful way before he was pushed off me with the attack. Cooler muffled a scream as he put his leg's bones back in place and stood up.
"You are starting to REALLY get on my last nerves, you damn monkey! Just lay down and DIE!" Cooler shouted as he fired multiple blasts at me. They each hit me and exploded on contact, forcing me back with each blast I blocked. My arms were starting to get sore with the barrage, so I charged a Sword of Mars and fired it as a Galactic Photon Ray to my side as I continued to block. I controlled the attack as it flew through the air and directed it right to Cooler, the attack exploding on contact. I then created a countless amount of orbs for my Comet Barrage and sent them flying at where Cooler was within the white explosion caused by my previous attack. I continued to make orbs and sent them to Cooler as all of the orbs flew around the dust cloud attacking Cooler, before each one of them flew out of the dust cloud and fused to create a massive final blast that slammed down into the dust cloud, pushing all of the dust away to reveal Cooler being pinned down by the blast before it explodes. As the smoke clears, I see Cooler stand back up with a very pissed expression, which I could see since his visor was now destroyed.
"I'm not going to just let you kill me. If you want me dead, try something more creative. Otherwise, I'm going to be the one to murder you." I growled at him. Cooler chuckled as he looked at me.
"Will you know? I think you'll find it will be harder than you think it will be. I haven't been holding my punches, so it's only a matter of time before I end you. I will thoroughly destroy you with my own two hands. Just like that stupid monkey I disentigrated before." I tilt my head at that.
"'Monkey'? What are you talking about?" I gritted my teeth as a thought came to mind. "Are you talking about my brother?" I began to shake more and more, my anger bubbling. "That Saiyan's name..." My anger then exploded out of my like before as I felt my body be empowered by my rage. "WAS RADITZ!" My ki exploded from my body in a violent burst, causing all of the land formations around us to completely break apart, the water that was under me to completely part, and lava to shoot out from the ground as I twitched in absolute fury. I then brought my fists to my side and flew right at Cooler. He smirked as he stopped my first with his own, the impact creating shockwaves as our surrounding ki pushed against each other as we traded blow after blow. After being hit in the face by Cooler and returning the blow to him, I backed away and shot multiple blasts at him.
Cooler deflected the blasts before firing a beam at me, which I blocked with ease with Saturn's Shield, not a single layer breaking or even cracking. I then took the shield and had it spin as I spun around and threw it at Cooler. Cooler dodged the attack, but I brought the shield back after he had dodged it, hitting him in the back like a buzzsaw. He had enough of the attack and charged energy through his hands to cut the shield in half, but this left him open to me with my Sword of Mars. I slashed down at him, slashing his back and creating a large scar. He screamed before he knocked me away with his tail. I gritted my teeth as we continued to attack each other relentlessly, but I then heard something in my head. A telepathic conversation that I was picking up from King Kai. I must be able to overhear them due to me having talked through telepathy before and because of this conversation being on a more open channel, if you will.
"Grand Elder of the planet Namek, this King Kai of the northern galaxy speaking." I heard King Kai say.
"Go on, King Kai." An elderly voice responds. That must be Grand Elder Guru. They must have already used the Dragon Balls on Earth to bring back everyone that Frieza, Cooler, and their men killed here on planet Namek.
"As you can tell, Grand Elder, Namek could explode any minute now, taking everyone on the planet with it, but there should still be one wish left on the Namekian Dragon Balls!"
"Yes, King Kai. I believe you're right."
"Then we have to move quickly. We won't get a second shot at this. You have to tell your dragon to transport everyone except Frieza and Cooler to planet Earth!"
"I understand that you're watching and I realize that time is of the essensence; unfortunately, one must convey their wish directly for it to take effect. But I might be able to contact someone close by and ask them to make the wish-" At that point, I couldn't keep ignoring what they were talking about during my fight. The most important fight I've ever had in my life. I couldn't stop myself from yelling at them through this telepathic link.
"NO! DON'T DO IT!" I was shocked to hear not just my voice be heard by this mental link, but also Goku's. Both of us have shouted our objections at the same time. "You can't make that wish! You have to change it!"
"Goku!? Orion!? Have you two been listening in!?" King Kai exclaimed.
"Forget about that! You have to change the wording of your wish!" I yelled at them as I continued to block attacks from Cooler.
"Ask so that everyone on planet Namek goes to Earth except for Frieza, Cooler, Orion, and me!" Goku finished my thought.
"What!? Look you two, I know how you both feel, but you both need to get off Namek and get home soon!" King Kai told us.
"I already told you, Kai! If you even think about stopping this fight between me and Cooler, I will kill you personally!" I shouted angrily as I continued to slash at Cooler with my Sword of Mars.
"I feel the same way. I won't ever forgive you if you don't let us keep fighting!" Goku agreed.
"But, you two-!"
"Please, King Kai!" Goku pleaded. King Kai stammered, not sure what to do at all.
"I-I'm not sure, you two..."
"Just do it, and fast! This whole place is going to blow any second!" Goku pleaded as me and Cooler broke off from each other and stood on to tall rock platforms to catch a breath, lightning, raging winds, and lava that was shooting out from the ground all around us as the planet neared its end.
"...Fine, you two. I can see your minds are made up. If you both want it that badly, I won't stop you. Be sure you both get back to Earth safely you two."
"You got your own worlds to take care of, King Kai. We'll handle this one." Goku reassured King Kai.
"Yeah, don't worry about us. We'll be fine. I already have a plan to get us off this planet when we're done beating these two arrogant fools into the ground." I told him as I saw out of the corner of my eye the large hulking figure of Porunga in the distance. Even from hundreds of miles away, he's still massive from here. I couldn't help but smile. Once they make their wish, nothing will stand in the way of our fight. Cooler seemed to have noticed my line of sight and followed it and gaped when he saw Porunga.
"I-Is that the Dragon of the Dragon Balls!?" He exclaimed. "I thought the balls were rendered useless when that old Namekian elder died!"
"It appears another set of Dragon Balls on Earth were used to bring back everyone on Namek that you and your brother killed, including the elder. Now they're going to make another wish with these Dragon Balls so that everyone besides you, your brother, my brother, and I are all transported to Earth. It will only be us here. I hope you look forward to that." Cooler twitched at my explanation.
"No... No, I will not let that happen! I won't let your plan succeed! That wish belongs to Frieza! I won't let you use it! Everyone on this planet will die alongside the both of us if needed!" He shouted as he flew towards the Dragon. I immediately flew after him and caught up to him.
"Absolutely not!" I shouted as we began to exchange blows once again.
"Get out of my way!"
"I said absolutely not!" I continued to block Cooler's attacks, keeping him away from the Dragon. I then saw Dende land in front of the dragon.
"Porunga!" He shouted at the dragon, who looked down at the child.
"I am here, young one. Do you have another wish to make?"
"Yes! Yes I do!"
"Then speak your wish now!"
"Right. Porunga, our last wish is-"
"Grant immortality to the mighty FRIEZA!" Cooler and I stopped in our tracks as we saw Frieza, who was now at 100% power and much more bulky because of that, fly straight at the Dragon, Goku right behind him.
"NO!" Goku shouted as Frieza got right up to the Dragon, a crazed smile plastered on his face.
"I wish that I, Frieza, be granted ETERNAL LIFE!" Frieza exclaimed.
"Yes! Finally, Frieza is now immortal!" Cooler exclaimed happily before he and Frieza then noticed Dende below who spoke to the Dragon in Namekian.
"I have heard your wish and will fulfill it gladly. All living beings, save for those known as Frieza, Cooler, Orion, and Goku shall be transported to planet Earth." Porunga's words made Goku and I smile as Cooler and Frieza were left speechless. Frieza shook angrily as he pointed his finger at Dende.
"Why you LITTLE BRAT!" Frieza then fired a Death Beam at the child, but Dende disappeared out of thin air before the attack could hit. Frieza stared at where Dende was with confusion before something else happened that made him even more confused.
"FRIEZA!" Everyone turned around to see Vegeta flying towards us and stopping right next to us.
"Vegeta!" Goku said happily.
"Good to see you were brought back, prince." I said with a small smirk. I soon saw a smile grow larger and larger on Vegeta's face as he looked at me and Goku before he started to laugh with joy.
"Orion, Kakarot, you dogs! You both finally did it! You're both Super Saiyans! I can see it! The power you both hold is incredible! Frieza and Cooler don't stand a chance!" He laughed happily as he turned to Frieza and Cooler with a cocky grin. "I told you two! These two are the legendary warriors! You will finally know true terror at the hands of Saiyans!" I couldn't help but smile more. Vegeta, a warrior fueled by his own pride, was now basking in a pride not for himself, but for his race at the sight of these two being beaten by Super Saiyans.
"Vegeta!?" Cooler exclaimed when he saw the received prince.
"This can't be! I killed you myself! Y-You...! You must be a ghost!" Frieza stammered.
"Oh yeah? Can a ghost do this!?" Vegeta shouted as he charged an energy blast at Frieza and fired it, hitting Frieza dead on. He smirked as the same energy that engulfed Dende from before covered him and transported him off Namek. I couldn't help but be happy. Don't worry, Vegeta. Goku and I will finish this for you and everyone else who is begging for these two monsters to be dealt justice. We'll finish them off and get back to Earth, where you'll soon become a Super Saiyan as well. I can't wait to see you get this far. I turn my gaze back to Cooler and Frieza, who are now trembling.
"I shall take my leave now. Fare well!" Porunga said as he flew off with the Dragon Balls, heading to Earth.
"No! Wait! Not yet!" Frieza desperately called out as the orbs flew out of reach.
"Sorry, Frieza. Looks like your luck's finally run out." Goku said with a cocky smile. "You had me worried there."
"Such a shame really. If only you knew Namekian. The true irony of this is that even if we didn't get in your way and you gathered all the Dragon Balls and somehow managed to summon the Dragon like you planned, you would have never been able to get your wish, since you would need to know Namekian, or at least be able to convince a Namekian to say your wish to the Dragon for you, which would have been impossible, considering you both killed all the Namekians here. You coming here was completely pointless for you both, and only served as your choice of finalizing the place where you both would die." I told them.
"...That little freak was the same one Cooler killed early, wasn't he? How was he and Vegeta still alive!?" Frieza asked angrily.
"It's because Earth has its own Dragon Balls, brother." Cooler explained, venom in his voice. "They used those to grant a wish to bring everyone here back to life so that the Namekian Dragon Balls could be used to transport everyone on Namek, save the four of us, to be brought to Earth. That's what the monkey told me!"
"What!?"
"That's right. Sorry to say, but immortality will never be yours." I said definitely and definitively. Frieza's energy shot out of him with anger, destroying everything around us as to show his reaction to the news. The little show of anger only made the destruction of Namek more clear, as the clear waters had been replaced by lava, random spouts of magma shooting out everywhere, and hurricanes and thunderstorms raging around us.
"...The planet's beginning to collapse. In two minutes, Namek will be a cloud of dust and a memory." Frieza began to say with a stern expression. "Only one question remains to be answered, can we finish you in these two minutes, or will you survive long enough to bear witness to the great explosion, then suffocate in the void of space."
"All I know is that I think both me and my brother have been waiting for this for a long time." Goku said with a smile.
"Agreed. Now we'll find out which pair of brothers are the real greatest warriors in the universe." I said, smirking.
"Is that so? You both signed your own death warrants just to see which of us is stronger?" Cooler asked. "I suppose we should feel honored that you both are so desperate for another beating from us." Goku and I looked at each other and nodded. We understood what the other wanted. Don't interfere with the other's opponent. We'll finish each fight separately. We won't let them gang up on us. We both flew down and landed on the ground, the two tyrants looking at us with amusement.
"Hand to hand combat, heh? Oh alright. My, this really is important to the two of you, isn't it?" Frieza said as he and his brother floated down in front of us. All of us got into a stance...and then rushed at each other, Cooler at me, and Frieza at Goku. Each of us soon forgot about the other group as we focused on the one we were in. Cooler and I began to deliver a barrage of attacks to each other, each one landing perfectly. His attack in my gut, then mine his face, then his to my side, then mine to his chest. The process repeated itself until he fired a yellow blast, his Death Flash. I surrounded myself with my ki and flew into his blast like he did when we started fighting. I flew through the blast and got right in his face before I punched him as hard as I could. I then continued to punch him in the face before I grabbed him and forced him down to my knee. I then focused my ki in my right palm and slammed it into his face, blasting him away. He got up and tried to back away, but I never gave him a chance to take a breath, always catching up to him.
"You damn ape! You are not my better! You are NOTHING!" He shouted as he punched me in the face, which I quickly brushed off. I then quickly kicked him in the gut before kicking his face. I then grabbed his tail and pulled him back towards me like a yo yo and continuously punched him until I had finally had enough and just fired a Galactic Photon Ray at him, hitting him with the bright white explosion. The blast sent him right into the side of a mountain. He pulled himself out as I flew to where he was, landing a few feet away. He got back into his stance, panting heavily as he did. I got into my stance as well. Neither of us moved for a bit until I relaxed and stood normally.
"I'm done." I said in a flat. Cooler's eyes widened.
"Done? What do you mean 'done'?" He then slowly started to laugh. "Oh I get it! You're scared! Scared that you're losing to your superior! Scared of dying along with this planet!"
"That's not it." I interrupted him before he could continue prattling on. "I'm bored." The amount of confusion on his dumbfounded face was something I had never seen from Cooler.
"...What did you say...?" He quietly muttered the question.
"I said I'm bored. You're boring me." I answered, my tone just as unimpressed as I really was. "All this time, you've been hitting me with everything you had. We both have been. To be fair to you, I'm honestly shocked by how well you did against me despite never using this Final Form of yours in a fight before. Your energy output and conservation were incredible, but in the end, I still managed to wear you out. You've finally gotten to the point where your punches are doing anything to me anymore. The fact of the matter is, I've lost my motivation for continuing since you've fallen in power so much. And even after everything you've done, I still don't want to kill you. Consider this one last act of mercy from me." I chuckled as I watched Cooler tremble in anger, confusion, and realization that I was right. "You finally got the fight you've been craving for all this time, but in the end, it seems you got something that was too much for you to even handle. Funny how things work like that, huh? Guess you've finally got a taste of failure. This fight's over, so there's no need to continue. Feel free to run away and hide, or stay and let yourself be blown to bits, I don't really care. I'm going to get my brother and leave this ruined planet and head back to Earth. Once I leave, I never want to see you or even hear about you ever again. If you show your face to me in the future, I'll finish what I started." I then flew off towards where I could feel Goku's energy. We should have enough time to make it to a ship and get off this planet. Cooler could only watch as I flew away. I could hear him screaming at me as I did.
"Y-You...! How dare you! I'm boring you!? I won't accept this! I'm the strongest in the universe! You think you can show me mercy! You should be begging me for mercy, you damn...naive...ignorant MONKEY! I do not need your mercy, nor do I care for your kindness! I am Lord Cooler, and worms like you should be licking my boot! Someone like you...SHOULD BE KILLED BY MY OWN TWO HANDS!" I then felt an incredible surge of energy as I turned around and saw Cooler creating a massive ball of fiery energy. His Atomic Supernova. It was as big as a moon. His signature attack that he used to destroy planets. He had used all of his energy to create it. He then threw it at me, and as I watched the ball hurtle toward me, I could only feel immense fury at Cooler.
"YOU IDIOT!" I shouted as I created my Sword of Mars and charged at the ball, cutting through it like butter as I sped towards Cooler. Cooler's eyes widened as he saw me dash through the attack, my sword radiating a powerful glow that surrounded me as I did. He screamed as I cut straight through him. He looked down at himself, looking at the large hole that was now in his chest. I moved my hand that was covered by the Sword of Mars, and swung downward, letting it dissipate away. At that moment, all of the energy that I had forced into his body with that attack started to sparkle around Cooler. It burst out of him like a bomb and spiraled around him like a tornado in a bright purple and white light. He screamed as the energy ate him away, leaving behind nothing but dust and energy that sparkled in the air like stars. I turned to where he used to be, only to see nothing left.
Cooler was dead. Not a single atom of him remained. I felt my hand shake on it's own. I looked down at my hand and gripped it tightly with my other hand to keep it from shaking. I...killed someone. Something I promised myself I would never do. I...don't know how to feel about this. I looked back at where Cooler once was, my expression showing pained regret, sorrow, anger, and disappointment. "You damn arrogant fool..." Was all I could muster before I turned away and flew off. I need to find Goku...
3rd Person
Goku and Frieza were also continuing their fight as Cooler and Orion finished theirs. The two collided against each other with all of their strength. Frieza managed to get Goku in a bear hug, crushing him between his arms until Goku started repeatedly elbowing him in the side. After multiple elbows, Goku finally got Frieza off him. Frieza then charged at Goku and slammed him into the ground. "Hahaha! Well now, satisfied?"
"Is that the best you can do?"
"What!?"
"I said is that the best you can do!?"
"WATCH YOUR TONGUE!" Frieza shouted as he rushed at Goku, but Goku intercepted him with a mighty gut punch, one that forced all of the air and some blood out of Frieza's mouth and lungs. He stumbled forward before he fell to his knees. Frieza looked back at Goku with shock and fury. How could he be losing! He immediately began to attack some more, but he was losing his edge, with Goku continuously getting the better of him in speed and power. After another powerful gut punch, the two stared at each other, Frieza gasping for air, but then Goku relaxed.
"It's done."
"Huh? What do you mean 'done'!?" Frieza asked. "Well, answer me ape! Why are you giving up!?"
"You've been coming at me with everything you've got, but it's finally caught up to you, and your power level is falling fast. The fact is I don't see the point in fighting you anymore. Your pride is already shot, and in the end, I guess that's good enough for me. You were so sure of your own power that you never imagined anyone in the universe could bring you down. I don't need to keep fighting you, because I've already won. You can crawl off somewhere and hide. I don't really care. I'm going to head back to Earth with Orion. We should make it back in time if we leave now." Goku took a breath as his Super Saiyan form faded and he returned to his base form. "Your days of terrorizing the universe are over. I don't ever want to see your face ever again."
"Why you...! That is the last straw!" Frieza shouted as Goku flew off towards Orion. "You lie! I am not beaten! Not yet!" Frieza then created a Death Saucer, his own version of the destructo disk, and threw it at Goku, who saw it and dodged, but it still made a cut on his face. Goku spun around and looked at Frieza with an angry glare.
"I warned you, but you didn't listen! I gave you one last chance to walk away and you blew it! FRIEZA!" Goku screamed as the Super Saiyan form burst from him. Frieza then smirked as he sent the Death Saucer after Goku, creating a second one to try to trap the Saiyan. Goku then charged right at Frieza with the two saucers chasing him. He sent a blast right in front of Frieza, creating a dust cloud so that Frieza couldn't see him or the saucers.
"I won't fall for that!" Frieza shouted as he jumped, dodging one of his saucers. "I'll never fall for it, so come out and face me you coward!" Frieza then got his answer as Goku slammed his elbow against the top of his head and got in front of him.
"Enough is enough! You've finally met your match, just admit that!" Goku shouted as he began to repeatedly slap Frieza before slamming him into the ground.
"I will not admit defeat to a filthy Saiyan, not ever!"
"Frieza, stay down! Dodge it!" Frieza then turned to where Goku was looking, but then felt pain. He looked down, and the bottom of his torso and his left arm had been cut off by his Death Saucer. Frieza fell to the ground, still alive due to his race's ability to survive being in pieces, but the pain was still there. Goku looked at Frieza with not a single ounce of pity.
"Well, you might have had this coming, but I have to say, I never expected you to fall so hard. One way or another, me and my brother will make our way back home. Meanwhile, you and your brother can stay here and think about what you both have done as you share the same fate as the planet you destroyed." Goku said as he walked away from Frieza, who was coughing and slowly dying from his energy loss that couldn't sustain his body like this without enough power.
"Please...help me." Goku stopped right in his tracks when he heard that. "I...I beg of you. Don't...leave me to die like this." Goku shook with anger as Frieza kept talking. "Have...mercy...on me...You...can't do this..."
"How many people asked you for mercy! Hundreds!? Thousands!? What gives you the right to expect any, especially from me!"
"Please...I beg you..."
"...Damn it." Goku, begrudgingly, let his better nature win as he turned and gave Frieza some of his energy, much to Frieza's surprise. "There. I've given you some of my energy. With any luck, it should be enough to get you off this planet before it explodes. That's all you get. You're on your own from here." Goku said as he turned away and started flying to his brother, who was heading this way. Cooler's energy was gone now, so Goku assumed Orion had no choice but to kill him.
"Hahaha..." Goku turned to see Frieza facing him. "Even in the throes of unfathomable rage, you're a chump for a hard luck story. How admirable." Goku didn't give him any satisfaction of pissing him off more as he spoke to Frieza calmly.
"You mentioned being able to survive in space without oxygen. If that's true, I suggest you cut your losses and get out of here now. Maybe one day, you'll come to realize how precious life is."
"And where, I can't help but wonder, will you and your brother be in the moment of truth? The vacuum of space I think will hardly be kind to you both, don't you agree?" Frieza said, chuckling evilly before erupting in maniacal laughter. "If only there was time to scurry back to your ship before the grand finale! Alass, if Vegeta hadn't wrecked it, I'd offer you mine. So near, and yet so far. Hahahaha! The curtain closes on the Saiyan scourge! It would seem that you, my friend, get to suffer the same fate as the planet I've destroyed. Oh the irony. He triumphs who loses everything, the vanquished escapes. I hate to gloat, but there's a lesson on the virtues of mercy: it's only virtue is to your foe."
"...We'll see about that." Goku said before flying off. Frieza was stunned that Goku didn't react at all and just left him there, alone and able to survive. It was as if...he was looking down on the emperor.
"...You...simian bastard! I am Lord Frieza! None surpass me! No one even comes close! Ech this into your skull! I am the emperor of the universe! The likes of you are only fit to grovel at my feet! You must...YOU MUST DIE BY MY HANDS!" Frieza shouted as he fired all of his energy at Goku in a beam. Goku sensed the energy, and gritted his teeth angrily.
"YOU FOOL!" He shouted as he fired his own blast, which quickly overpowered Frieza's. Frieza could only watch helplessly as Goku's blast got closer, until it finally hit him, causing a massive explosion that separated the clouds and water. Goku panted as he stood still. Eventually, he composed himself, and glared at where Frieza once was. Disappointment and hatred were the only things he could use to describe how he felt at that moment. He turned his back to the area, and flew off to meet his brother. Orion said he had a plan, so he better hope it was a good one.
Orion's perspective
I flew as fast as I could, and eventually, I got to where Goku was. He was flying towards me, and we both stopped when we saw each other, both of us exhausted and still in our Super Saiyan forms. "Kakarot...Did you...?"
"...Yeah. And you?"
"...Yeah. There was...not a single trace of him left." I said, my voice trembling as I thought about what I had just done. I shook my head as I got back to focusing on our situation. "We need to hurry. The planet is seconds away from exploding, and I know the fastest and best way to get off of this dying rock."
"And what is this brilliant plan of yours?"
"Frieza's ship. If we find that ship, we can find where the Ginyu's ships were." I explained. "I know that Frieza's ship is destroyed because of Vegeta, and I don't know where any of Cooler's men's ships are or any other ship. However, knowing the Ginyus, they should have landed close to Frieza's ship. We can find them and use them to get off Namek."
"Sounds like a plan. I still remember where Frieza's ship is. Follow me." Goku said as he flew towards the ship with me following behind. The trip was filled with dead silence, save for the sound of lava erupting from the ground and lightning striking all around us, neither of us wanting to talk about what we were going through at this moment physically or mentally. We finally made it to Frieza's ship after a while, and I frantically looked around for the Ginyus' ships.
"Found them!" I shouted as I pointed to where their pods were. "Get in one of them and click the green button! That will send us to the planet where the Ginyus heading to before this! We can figure out how to get to Earth once we're safe!"
"Got it!" The two of us rushed to the ships. We both got into one of the ships and quickly hit the green button. The pod doors began to close as the destination appeared on the pod's screen.
"Planet Yardrat?" I said as I read the screen. "Well...that's convenient." I finally relaxed as the door finished closing and the pod flew up into the sky, Goku's pod following after me. My Super Saiyan form finally dissipated as we flew off Namek. After a few seconds of getting further away from the planet, the once beautiful green planet exploded in a violent red blast that almost reached all of the surrounding planets and moons. It looked like a star. I turned my gaze away as I began to close my eyes. I was so tired... It's fine now, right? I can finally...rest...
