Chapter Six - One Down!
Cooler floated in the air, a few feet away from Mizuna. Shock still clearly written on his face. It didn't take long for him to regain his composure. "This is some sort of trick. Delaying the inevitable won't save you, Saiyan." He yelled at her, then he charged, his fist cocked back to begin his assault on her anew. She had moved directly behind him in the moment it took him to do that.
With a ferocious knee to his ribs, he was violently smashed into the ground. He sputtered as he stood back up, but she was already on him. Attacking him without remorse, finishing her combo with a kick that sent him skidding 50 feet away from her. He was a mess of bruises after that. She wasn't even trying now, a dark smirk crossed her face.
"Welcome to the end of your life." She said with a chuckle.
Cooler yelled, as his aura flared around him and destroyed all rubble that had piled up on-top of him and cleared the lingering smoke. How was she accomplishing this? Just moments ago he had her dead to rights and now she was effortlessly overtaking him. "Impossible!" He bellowed aloud. "No Saiyan is this powerful!"
Cooler raised his finger and let loose a barrage of blue death beams aiming to pierce her body. She didn't even move as they all struck home, and just fizzled away on her chest. "Come now, let's see all that power you're always boasting about. Go on, I'll wait." She crossed her arms and politely waited. Part of her mind was telling her to kill him now and end it, but the new power she had was too exciting to pass up on testing.
Then he brought his arms up on either side of him in a power up stance. "If that's what you want! I have a fourth form that puts Freezas full power to shame. I've never used it in battle, you're in for a treat." Then he widened his stance and clenched his fists as he energy suddenly flared up around him. Mizuna could feel the air around her start to pick up as he bent over slightly and growled in concentration, his torso expanded outwards, the armored plates arched away from his shoulders, and his forearms grew fearsome looking blade plates. All the muscles in his body grew and he gained another foot in height. White horns grew from his head, and his eyes turned into a glowing red.
A white bone mask slid into place across his mouth as some sort of guard, then he chuckled as he finished his transformation. He towered well above her now, and his previous injuries had all healed. Mizunas senses were telling her they were about even in strength now. She didn't think he'd grow this powerful, but the thrill of a true challenge to her new Super Saiyan strength intrigued her. "I'm impressed, Cooler. You're a little stronger then I was hoping. It'll be fun killing you."
Cooler growled in answer. "I've hidden this ability from my father and brother, it's an advantage that I alone have discovered. This form is perfect for battle. Buffing yourself up like my brother is pointless and only drains your power away quickly. I have no peer in this form!"
They stood silently, only watching each other, sizing the other up for the briefest of instances. Then they both charged at each other in unison.
'CRACK!' Sounded from the ground beneath them as their forearms connected. Then they rained blows on one another. Neither of them actually connecting. They both blocked any attack the other gave. Mizuna knew she was getting no where, she couldn't risk tiring herself out this way. She leapt back and began firing wave after wave of energy blasts towards Cooler, Who elegantly dodged them, chuckling as her inability to land a telling blow on him now, just as he suspected.
After what seemed like hundreds of missed blasts, he noticed that she wasn't firing without purpose, she had formed a massive orb of energy blasts around him. She clenched her outstretched fist and all the blasts she so painstaking put into place all convened on him, detonating on contact and causing a massive explosion with him at the center. As the smoke cleared, it was apparent that he had formed a defensive shield around himself, but not before he had taken a few hits. A few steaming burn marks scorched his white bone armor Telekinetic masters as frost demons are, she expected this much from him. Energy shield or not, she'd tear him apart all the same. He appeared before her, avoiding her instinctive punch towards him, throwing swift kicks that knocked her to the ground and stomped her into the dirt, her clothes becoming further torn and disheveled.
"Is this the best a legendary Super Saiyan is capable of?!" Cooler yelled, revulsion evident in his voice, then he lifted his large foot again to crush her head, she rolled to the side, avoiding his stomp, and drove her fist into his exposed stomach under his armored chest plate. He groaned in pain and some blood leaked out from under his mask, he was momentarily driven his knee from the blow, but still managed to return a strike of his own/. Cooler aimed his clenched fist straight forward, right at her face. She titled her head slightly to the right and let his fist go past her head, she could feel the force of it tousle her hair then quickly spun on her heels, seized his arm with both of hers and expertly used his momentum to throw him on-top the ground. When he yelled more in frustration then actual pain as his body cracked the ground beneath him.
After which she came to a realization. While they were evenly matched in strength. For all his power, he wasn't a terribly good martial artist, if he was one at all. He fought more like some sort of back-ally brawler. it didn't seem like the frost demons trained much and probably relayed on being so much more powerful then everyone else, they simply brute forced all their fights. It made sense, there weren't many people this high on the power chain.
That gave her a distinct advantage, she was a warrior at heart and had trained for many years just for this confrontation. She had fought many battle and spent many of them on the losing end. She knew had to pick herself back up and win the second time around. She had to fight the way she had been trained, her Saiyan instincts were going insane with this new transformation, but she couldn't let them drive her anymore. She already made the mistake of drawing this out longer then necessary.
"Hyah!" Mizuna released a barrage of punch onto Cooler, aiming for all his exposed spots. Hitting the armored plates on his body would only waste her time. Then she took him by the leg, flung him into the air and let loose two large energy blasts from both hands.
Cooler managed to right himself in the air and dodged one of the blasts and deflected another back in her direction. She moved towards him, narrowly avoiding her own blast. Coolers tail suddenly struck out towards her head in an attempt at restraining her.
Mizuna caught the feeble move in one hand and positioned herself directly behind Cooler, his tail still in her hand, and she yanked. In one swift motion, she completely dislodged his tail from his body and threw it away on the ground far beneath them. Cooler released an animal howl of pain, and threw wild punches at her. Just the way she wanted him, hurt and distracted. One of the punches connected to her jaw and a trickled on blood went down her chin, she only smiled. "I think you look better without the tail, actually. Can't have you copying the Saiyans after all."
The frost demon bellowed in rage as he came on again, but he was injured now, losing blood, and his power was beginning to fade. Mizuna was comfortably in her domain. Every time Cooler struck, Mizuna was ready and averting all of his heavy blows with less and less effort. He was bigger, but that only made it easier to get inside his pitiful defense and strike devastating blows on him.
Before long there wasn't much space on him that wasn't bruised or bleeding. He was breathing hard now, but he had atleast stopped his bleeding stump that used to be his tail, cauterizing it with an energy blast. Incredibly painful, yet effective.
Cooler was kneeling on the ground, huffing in pain. While she stood across from him, a bored expression on her face. "You filth, I'm the most powerful being the universe has ever seen! You can't defeat me!"
"Clearly, since I'm standing here and you're moments away from a violent end, that I have." Mizuna said with a tired smile as she continued. "You won't be alone in hell for long, I'm going for your family after this."
"Never!" Cooler gathered what energy he had left in his left palm, she'd think it was a last ditch effort to kill her directly, it was in a way. I have all this power, the secret transformation of my clan and yet she's completely taken me apart. I'm running out of options, blowing up the planet is a cowardly way to win, but I won't be killed by this low life!
He lifted his hand and moved in towards the planet, but she caught his hand before he could follow out his plan. She clenched his hand in hers and crushed it. Brutally kicking him in the ribs and putting him on his back. "Trying to destroy the planet, are we? I think not. You won't escape your fate. Goodbye."
She lifted her palms in the air and a massive blade of pure energy formed around her hands, then she slashed into him. She slashed him into hundreds of chunks and finished it off with a massive blast, just to be safe. She took a deep breath as she powered down, her many wounds made themselves known after the thrill of battle wore off. She looked up, Coolers ship was still there. I don't have anywhere else to go now, she thought bitterly as she looked at the blackened ruins of her former home one last time and resolved to leave.
She flew up to the ship, and entered through the roof entrance. There were a handful of terrified looking aliens aboard as she crossed them, no soldiers of any sort; just a few pilots, and other workers. She gathered the all in the main area of the ship, where Cooler most likely spent his time. There was only about 12 of them. "This ship is under new command now. No one's. Cooler is dead, I don't care about leading anyone, I just need some food and news, maybe a healing tank."
Most of them bowed in obedience. Aside from a green skinned woman with short white hair in the back, she was short and certainly not bad looking, Mizuna internally mused. "Yes?"
"Who the hell are you, lady? You think you can just come aboard and order us all around?" She all but yelled, defiantly.
"Well no, you're welcome to go if you please, but I certainly wouldn't mind the help. Also, this is a pretty barren world now, probably not the best place to be abandoned on now."
She sneered and walked out of the room, Mizuna watched her go, but didn't say anything else. She clearly wasn't leaving, she could feel the womans energy signature on board. She shrugged.
"So, first order of business. What news of the other frost demons, of Cold and Freeza?"
They all exchanged looks for a moment before an older looking man stepped forward and saluted as he responded. "A transmission just came in that Freeza was defeated on Planet Namek."
"Defeated?" Mizuna was momentarily shocked, who else had the power to kill these vile creatures?
"Yes sir, we don't know who killed him. But reports say that King Cold has already set out some time ago to the site to see for himself. He asked for Lord Cooler to join him, but he came here instead."
"I see, interesting. Take me there." The crew all rushed off to their assigned jobs and she wandered down the hall looking for the kitchens, she could heal after she had a full stomach. By the time I get there, I'll have healed and I'll wipe the floor with King Cold as well. But who could've gotten strong enough to defeat Freeza? Must be some warrior, I'll have to track them down as well. Strange I didn't feel their power levels when it was happening. Must be pretty far away. She smiled in excitement, another chance to test her new strength.