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"Kakarot" Vegeta groaned out.
"What was that? 'Kakarot'?" Freeza asked, lifting his foot off of Nonoi's head. "That's a Saiyan name, isn't it?"
Ah wait! He looks just like that foolish Saiyan who tried to stop me from destroying Planet Vegeta!, Freeza thought.
"Another Saiyan running around in this universe? Seems I truly lost my touch in genocide." Freeza said, "It would be too much hassle to chase you around, so do me a favor and kneel down."
"I don't think I will." Goku replied.
Freeza's lip twitched up slightly before he launched into a flying kick aimed for Goku. The Saiyan quickly dodged and landed his boot on the emperor's cheek. The emperor stumbled backwards and rubbed his cheek, a small bruise beginning to form on his cheek. Unleashing his rage, he began to fire multiple ki blasts at Goku.
Krillin yelled out for everyone to duck. Goku stood his ground as Gohan and Krillin jumped out of the line of fire. He effortlessly swatted away the beams with one hand. Freeza was shocked that a Saiyan…that anyone could deflect his attacks, and with one hand nonetheless. He managed to deflect them away from his friends as well.
"Oh you're good." Freeza said, glaring at Goku.
Vegeta let out a hoarse laugh and pointed out at Goku. "Oh you don't get Freeza. Kakarot is different from me, the woman and the rest of the Saiyans. He's a Super Saiyan! If there is a God, he must be good for letting me live to see the day you're defeated by the hands of the legendary warrior."
Super Saiyan?, Nonoi thought to herself. That phrase was foreign to her, but was so fascinating.
Freeza glared at Vegeta before quickly raising his hand and shooting a death beam through Vegeta's chest. The beam was too fast for Nonoi and the others to block.
"Legends? Myths? Stories? You know how much I despise those things, Vegeta." Freeza said, "Almost as much as I despise you Saiyans."
Vegeta coughed blood and reached out for Goku. "Listen Kakorot…this isn't a game. You can't play by the rules of battle with this one, Kakarot…" The Z-fighters and Nonoi listened on as Vegeta recounted his hardships under Freeza's rule and how their home planet was truly destroyed. He spoke of how Freeza groomed him into being a killer, held him as a hostage and killed his father, and how Freeza destroyed their planet because of his fear that a Super Saiyan would rise up against him. Freeza smirked at the prince's recount of his actions and patted him on the back.
Nonoi and the others were stunned by Vegeta's story. The enslavement of someone as strong as Vegeta was unreal, but someone being able to destroy a planet was beyond belief. Just how strong was Freeza?
"Defeat Freeza, Kakarot…redeem our honor as Saiyans, please Kakarot..defeat.." Vegeta's voice gave out as he finally passed on. A somber mood washed over the other warriors as the Saiyan Prince died.
"Vegeta…I finally understand you now." Goku stepped forward to face Freeza. "For Vegeta…for the people of Namek…for the Saiyans…for the Universe…I will finish you!"
The air was thick with tension as Goku and Freeza stared each other down. Piccolo placed his hands on Krillin and Gohan's shoulders, while also giving Nonoi a look that signaled they needed to get away from the area. A fierce battle was about to begin and they would only be in the way. The quartet retreated quickly onto a rock and watched the battle from above. It felt like ages before the two warriors finally began their battle, which involved a series of counters by Goku and tail attacks by Freeza. They were enjoying the battle within the battle.
"Are they even?" Krillin asked.
"Tough to say…they're still sizing each other up." Nonoi answered.
Freeza smirked at Goku and clapped, much to the Saiyan warrior's confusion.
"You're stronger than I thought." It was hard to tell whether he was being sarcastic or not, but Goku took the compliment regardless. "But it still won't be enough to beat me, you know?"
"I won't know unless I try, huh?" Goku replied back, a smirk donning his face too.
"Fine, I shall educate you then." Not even breaking eye contact with the Saiyan, the tyrant exploded the ground beneath Goku's feet, which prompted Goku to launch himself into the air. Freeza remained focused and appeared behind him, kicking him to the nearby waters. Seemingly predicting where Goku would pop up from, Freeza plunged his head back underwater with his foot.
From beneath the water, Freeza could hear what sounded like talking from the water, which began to bubble below him.
"What's the matter, monkey?" Freeza mocked. "I don't speak drowning, ape!"
Freeza laughed as he began to feel Goku's body go limp and as the bubbling and thrashing began to stop. He floated up in the air, his foot still holding a tight grip on the Saiyan's head. The tyrant's laughter filled the air and echoed through the battlefield as he held Goku's dazed body. Once again, he was disappointed in the male Saiyans, who seemed to be less dangerous than the woman was. Freeza's laughter was cut off by a sudden ball of energy flying out of the water and heading towards him, causing him to drop the Saiyan. On alert, he was looked for the intruder and was greeted by another blast, which he easily deflected.
Is it those pests again?!, Freeza thought.
Caught off guard by the attack, he was sent hurtling down by a flying kick into the ground, a mountain of rocks collapsing onto him.
"Hah! It worked!" Goku exclaimed. His orange gi was soaked, but that was the least of his worries. He was battling a true monster right now and if it meant getting his favorite outfit soaked or the use of dirty tricks to win, he was willing to do it.
The rubble of rocks exploded in purple energy as Freeza stood up again and regained his posture. He stared down Goku while cracking his neck, never losing eye contact with the warrior.
"I don't think I've had to dust off myself this much in one day since my days with father." Freeza said, dusting his chest off. He brought his hands up and using his telekinetic powers, he began to lift a mountain out of the ground and hurled it at Goku. Nonoi and the others watched stunned as Goku attempted to push the mountain away from himself, but ultimately failing as he found himself sandwiched between the mountain and a cliff-face. Goku began to fire off ki blasts, shattering the mountain much to Freeza dismay. Still eager to keep the Saiyan on his toes, Freeza began to shoot off smaller stones and rocks at the orange clad warrior, who dodged every single one.
"Incredible he's keeping up with Freeza, pound for pound." Piccolo said, watching in awe as the battle raged on.
Nonoi stayed silent. She could tell the Saiyan was truly gifted in the art of battle, but something was telling her he would be in trouble sooner or later.
Goku began to deal heavy punches at every stones tossed at him, but Freeza decided to take advantage of Goku's averted focus and rounded up behind him. Got him!, he thought. Freeza smirked as he trapped Goku in an amber-yellowish energy ball.
"Let's play a game, monkey!" He yelled launching the ball towards the sky and then quickly appearing above it, spiking it back down to ground. "This might be it for you, ape!"
Freeza moved away from the blast radius as the ball hit the ground, exploding on contact and creating a giant mushroom shaped cloud. The quartet of bystanders braced themselves as the blast's aftermath blew everything away.
"Dad!" Gohan yelled as he looked at the aftermath. The island Goku had hit was completely gone, not a single trace of it remaining. The two smallest warriors gritted their teeth, wondering if Goku survived the attack.
"Relax, Gohan." Piccolo said, pointing towards the sky. Nonoi and Piccolo smirked as the smoke cleared and revealed that Goku was partially unharmed from the attack.
The galactic emperor and Saiyan seemed to exchange barbs while mid-air and were looking to finally get serious with one another, settling down on another island. Goku removed his orange gi shirt and began to stretch while Freeza stared on with his arms folded.
"So we're in agreement?" Freeza asked. "I'll use only my legs and my tail in this battle from now on, okay?"
"Whatever, I wouldn't recommend it though." Goku said before charging at Freeza, who stared at him unimpressed. The emperor effortlessly dodged Goku's attacks, letting the Saiyan use up his energy. He waited for the Saiyan to tire before kneeing him in the stomach and slapping him with his tail, knocking him across the island. Goku flew back at Freeza, who effortlessly swatted him back down. Goku lifted his head to see Freeza crouched in front of him with a cocky smile on his face. As Goku went to punch him, Freeza smoothly swatted his hand away and wrapped his tail around the Saiyan's neck, pulling him in to deliver another knee to his stomach. Goku collapsed to his knee, spitting out blood and saliva.
"I could've sworn I shattered your ribs and destroyed your organs with that one. You are quite the warrior to have survived that one." Freeza said, "You're much stronger than I assumed and I might have to use 50% of my true power, hm."
"What?" Goku was stunned.
"Let's see" Freeza laughed. "I've been using maybe less than 35% of my power? I suppose half of it will finish you off."
"No way…you're bluffing!" Goku said.
Freeza crouched down to look him in the eyes, a cold wicked smile gracing his face. "Am I?"
Goku reflexively leaped away from the tyrant, who began his pursuit of the Saiyan. "Let me show you the difference in our power!"
Freeza waved his hand in reckless abandonment destroying the entire field between him and Goku. Goku stood stunned as Freeza began to go on about that being fifty percent of power and that his full strength is capable of destroying planets even larger this one! Freeza took advantage of this moment of weakness by Goku and speed-blitzed him, wrapping his tail around his neck and dragging him into the water once again.
"You seemed like you needed another bath, monkey!"
The quartet of warriors on the sidelines watched on concerned, Nonoi more so. The waters of Namek were a danger itself, from it's unpredictable currents to the beasts inside of the water. However, her worries would be short lived as the water suddenly exploded and Goku popped out of the water with a feral yell, stunning Freeza and the rest of them. His body was encased in a red aura as he charged at Freeza, who stood there with wide eyes.
"KAIO-KEN TIMES TWENTY!" Goku yelled.
"He used the Kaio-ken!" Krillin cheered.
"Kaio-ken?" Nonoi questioned.
"It's a power multiplier. It's increases Goku's power based on the number of times it's used, so Kaio-ken times two would double his power and so on." Krillin explained. "King Kai taught him that technique, but it's only drawback is the aftermath of its usage and the damage it does to the user."
I see…so it's a double edged sword, Nonoi thought as she watched on in awe as Goku kept up his attack.
Goku began charging his energy as he knocked Freeza around, keeping up an insane assault to prevent him from fighting back. He rocked the tyrant hard in the jaw and sent him hurtling into the sky. Cupping his hands and throwing them forward, a blue ball of energy gathered in his hands.
"HAAAA!" He yelled as the ball became a great beam racing towards Freeza. The galactic emperor extended his hand to try and stop the blast. He pushed everything he had in a desperate attempt to send the beam back towards Goku.
"You bastard!" He yelled, his anger quickly turning into fear as the beam began to slip past his hand. "I can't lose! I won't lose! I refuse to lose to some DAMN MONKEY!" He let out a desperate scream as he began to focus more energy into his final push back. His attempts were futile as the beam began to overtake him, surrounding his body and shooting straight past into the Namek sky. Freeza's scream became deafening silence quickly.
Everyone watched in hope as the blast shot off into space. "Oh! Oh! He did it, guys!" Krillin yelled, "Goku beat him!"
"Let's go, Dad!" Gohan yelled as he began to celebrate with Krillin.
"We should hold on the festivities for now, Gohan." Nonoi said, her gaze locked onto the smoke cloud from the beam.
"Huh?" Krillin asked. "Goku got him, didn't he?"
"Look," Piccolo said.
Krillin and Gohan turned their gaze to the disappearing smoke cloud, their expressions changing from joy to confusion to pure fear as Freeza's figure came into view.
"He's a monster through and through." Nonoi growled out, they were in for a long haul for sure.
Freeza floated in the air frozen, his arm remaining outstretched. Burns and small bruises covered his body as smoke emitted from his skin. His face vividly detailed the pure anger and disgust he was feeling. He quickly descended to the ground and hammered attacks at the exhausted Goku, knocking him back with a wicked right hand. He kept his vicious assault and delivered multiple staggering attacks.
"Goku's done…" Piccolo muttered. "He can barely get to his feet."
Freeza breathed in and out deeply, ceasing his attacks to stare down the Saiyan. Stumbling back to his feet, Goku stood up as straight as he possibly could and stretched his arms out as if he was reaching for something. His breathing was rugged, but calm enough to know he was desperately concentrating on something. Freeza smirked and wondered if the Saiyan was surrendering, but was only answered with a cheeky smile from Goku, which only angered him and caused him to knock Goku back onto the ground. The Saiyan stood to his feet once again and threw his hands back up in the same pose.
"What's he doing now, Krillin?" Nonoi asked.
"I don't…he couldn't possibly be givin-" Krillin quickly realized what he was doing mid-sentence. "It's the Spirit Bomb!" He said excited, but not loud enough for Freeza to hear him. "It's an attack he used on Earth against Vegeta, it gathers life energy from all living things on the planet like animals, people and any other living organisms."
"Life energy? But Namek is lacking life energy at the momen-" Nonoi looked up towards the sky and became wide-eyed. "Is that it?!"
They all looked up and remained still as they bore witness to the giant ball of energy hovering in Namek's atmosphere. Krillin concluded Goku must've been using energy from surrounding planets and moons to gather enough energy to defeat Freeza.
Meanwhile Freeza seemed to be tired of waiting and being mocked by Goku, and prepared to finish off the battle with a final Death Beam, but he was seemingly cut off by a sudden grab of his tail. Before he could get a look at who was behind, he was swept off his feet and being spun around and thrown into the air, where Gohan, Picoolo and Krillin waited to deliver a trio of damaging blasts. The tyrant was sent plummeting towards the water.
"How long, Goku?!" Nonoi asked as the other warriors joined her on the ground.
"A few more minutes should have it ready," Goku said as Krillin helped him up. "Can you manage that?"
"A few minutes…" Nonoi looked on as Freeza emerged from the water, his head bulging with veins. "Fine!"
Nonoi dashed at Freeza, who charged at her as well. She fired off an insane number of point-blank ki blasts at Freeza to stun the tyrant and used the moment he was distracted by them to swiftly land 2 hard punches on face and a knee to his sternum. Freeza looked dazed by the female Saiyan's attacks, she was growing stronger again and becoming an even bigger pest than before. He screamed in aggravation and lunged at her, connecting with a right hand, but she managed to counter with her own attack as well and making their attacks into a cross counter. She staggered back a bit before ultimately falling onto her knees. She looking towards Goku, who gave her a small smile and mouthed that the attack was nearly complete. Freeza recovered quickly and he was beyond livid, his eyes seemed crazed as if he lost all sanity.
"I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!" He yelled as he floated up and generated a black and red ball lightning ball in his hand. " I SHOULD'VE DONE THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MISERABLE LIVES AND THIS PLANET!"
Nonoi tried to make it back to her feet to stop Freeza, but her body seemed to have reached it's limit. She looked at Goku, who watched on nervously and continued to mouth that ball of energy just needed a little bit more. Ruggedly breathing in and out, she raised her right hand and gave the rest of her energy to Goku.
"IT'S DONE!" Goku felt the stop of energy flowing into the Spirit Bomb. He threw his arms down and let the Spirit Bomb fall towards the planet. Freeza's anger and declaration of destruction was abruptly stopped as a bright light began to shine from being him. The giant ball of energy absorbed Freeza's attack and began to overwhelm the galactic emperor as he desperately tried to push it back. Piccolo rushed to rescue Nonoi from the impact and fled for cover as Freeza failed to push back the attack and fell into the bright, giant mass of light that exploded on impact with the planet. The attack's impact leaving a massive crater in the planet's surface.
Only Goku, Gohan and Krillin stood in awe of the power of the Spirit Bomb, while Freeza, Nonoi and Piccolo were seemingly missing.
***END***
IT'S BEEN A WHILE HUH? I'VE DECIDED TO FINISH THIS STORY AND REVISE/ADD ONTO OLDER CHAPTERS LATER ON. THANKS FOR READING THIS CHAPTER. REMEMBER TO FAV, FOLLOW AND REVIEW. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS WELCOMED.
