Chapter 18: Cooler vs Saiyans! Survival of the Fittest!
Author Foreword: Heating up to the climax, let's see how our boy Cooler can handle himself against the Saiyans!
Sorry for the long wait, I've been… really busy...
But first, I'm gonna have to say… if anyone's gonna have grievance with Bardock's crew's power levels… They kinda trained and we time skipped it? I mean if you want a chapter about it without interruptions then sure
Also the new Broly announcements… I'm just gonna make a seperate fic while I do this one, and if they include Broly in the series after the movie, maybe I'll have him in the possible
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"Ah yes, the target of my hate and revenge. Come back for another humiliating beating? Or will you stand up to my challenge?"
"We'll see about that." Goku yelled back
"K-kakarot…" Vegeta mustered, still tired from his fight. He turned back to his base state and turned away to find some other minion
"Hey buddy! If you want, we can tag in, give him the one-two!"
"Hmph, like that'd matter anyway" Cooler commented
"Cooler, why're you doing this?" Piccolo asked
"Oh, well if you want to know, I've come here for two things." The Tyrant looked at his opponents, "The planet, and to avenge my family, which means killing your "Son Goku". I don't care about the populace, but this planet will be owned under me." He stared back impassively as Goku grimaced at him, "Come now, I won't actually harm them…. Well I wouldn't sell your planet like my brother Frieza. Rather, I'd just control them and have them as loyal citizens under my own dominion."
"With your soldiers free to do whatever you want." Piccolo pointed out
"Well, I tried being reasonable." Sighed Cooler, "Anyway, I only spared you out of disgust of your weakness. Why're you here, to throw your life away Saiyan? I might want revenge, but even I have a limit on how much I inflict."
"Cooler, I won't stand what you're doing! I might hate justice, but you can't stomp all over my friends!"
"Really now?"
Before he could retort, Cooler was sent back by a punch to the face by Goku, flying right into a hill on the island they were on. Standing up and dusting himself of, Cooler and Goku engaged in a fist fight brawl, tumbling, flying and punching each other across.
Meanwhile Piccolo went to Vegeta, hauling him out.
"What… what the hell are you doing, Namekian?" Vegeta rasped out
"Finding some place to rest you. You're in no shape to fight Cooler right now."
"But…!"
"I see you've only unlocked Super Saiyan." The robed warrior commented, "You aren't as accustomed to it as Goku. Besides, I'll give you a senzu bean to heal you before you can continue with the fight."
"Senzu Bean?" Asked Vegeta, remembering some comments the other Earthlings made
"Magical beans grown by a cat that instantly heal a fighter, especially from mortal wounds, injuries and fatigues."
Vegeta gave him a look of disbelief.
"I didn't say the world made sense." Piccolo said as they flew off to an adjacent island…
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"Bring it!"
Bardock kept taking down soldiers slowly as the fight in the skies kept going. Nearly 100 of Cooler's men were with them, all fighting the Earth Warriors
"Where do they get all these troops!?" Gohan asked
"I don't know, maybe they just scrounge up alot of punks and bitches around!" Said Fasha as she roundhoused two of them.
"Well, they're still weak, we can beat these goons," Tien said,"… problem is…"
As the Saiyans and Earthlings fought, Dore and Neize beat them back, Gohan shouted as he was wrung around by the big green goon, and Yamcha was electrocuted due to Neize's ability.
"If you think you can beat Cooler and his Elite Squadron, you're shit out of luck!" Dore said as he threw Gohan and focused on Tora, who cried out after recieving a swift gut punch into a throw. Bardock grit his teeth as his allies suffered.
"Hey ugly!"
As Dore turned around, he met a blast to the face, recoiling and covering his face
"Now you've done it!"
He roared, launching at Bardock, Tora and Fasha both kick him in the gut, ending with Bardock punching his helmet, creating a crack in it. As Dore tumbled down, Neize stopped while he was choking Yamcha
"Dore!"
"Distructo Disk!"
Halfway turning his head, Neize could only float there as his head left his body following a blow from Krillin
"Neize! DAMNIT!"
"You assholes shouldn't have come here!" Eat this!"
Bardock and his crew charged individual attacks and hit Dore hard, sending him hurtling down
"AAAAGGGHH!"
"Tri-Beam!"
Tien hit Dore's back, sandwiching him between the two attacks. After a few moments, he erupted in an explosion, an echoing scream being what was left of him
"Oh crap, the elite squadron!" despaired one of Cooler's troopers
"Yeah! You better fear us! We're the best!" Called out Yamcha, before several troopers tackled him
"Oh Yamcha." Krillin rolled his eyes before launching kamehameha's at the the remaining troopers
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As Vegeta chewed and swallowed the Senzu bean, he twitched as his stamina and body were restored, and stood up Piccolo nodded as they looked back to the island, where Goku and Cooler were engaged in super sonic clashes above the island, the sound waves rippling and causing disturbances all across the land.
Vegeta grit his teeth and transformed to his Super Saiyan state, and glared at Piccolo
"I'm going back. Not for Kakarrot, but for that damned lizard…"
"I won't stop you." Piccolo warned, "But if the situation gets worse, I'll try to help."
"Whatever."
Vegeta flew off towards the island, his golden aura leaving a trail across the sky as the prince blew into the fight, missing Cooler by a few inches as the fighters floated there.
"Well now, two glowing haired individuals, who have the power to take out my brother, face me? Hah, this is utterly pointless."
"I'm not doing this for anything but pride!" yelled Vegeta.
"Well so am I, and you don't see me getting pissy."
"GRR!"
Goku called out to Vegeta, but it seemed as though Vegeta was caught up in his rage, with Cooler dodging many times. Goku sighed and charged his attack
"Ka…. me….. Ha…. me…. HAAAA!"
Just as Vegeta punched Cooler in the face, stunning him, the beam attack hit Cooler with full force, sending him into a waterfall near a lake. The Saiyans followed, landing on seperate pillars of stone as Cooler walked back out, scuffs and marks across his body.
"Well, you managed that at least."
"Ha! You've reached your limit! And now we have you cornered!" Yelled an arrogant Vegeta.
Cooler kept his composure for a bit, before chuckling
"...what? What the hells so funny!?"
"Oh Vegeta, you don't know when to stop being funny; you see, my brother and I were mutants of our species-beings born with incredible power, unlike our father or the rest of our race. Though while my brother was a prodigy, I had to work for my power."
The Saiyans looked at each other as Cooler continued
"But suffice to say…. I've discovered a secret. With enough training, we can enhance ourselves even further!"
Before Vegeta could retort or Goku ask, the air got heavier as Cooler's frame shuddered. He grit his teeth as his body enlarged, and his plates grew and took on spikes. A large crest grew on his head as his transformation ended; the Saiyans were speechless.
"Behold! My fifth form… and now, it's time for you to be punished!"
A face mask enclosed on Cooler's mouth as he rushed at the Super Saiyans! Goku was caught in Cooler's flight as Vegeta, flabbergasted, stared behind him as Cooler sent Goku into the lake behind them, creating a giant divide. Goku was sent flying as Cooler followed in hot pursuit. Vegeta shook his head and raced behind them.
As the trio raced upwards, Goku launched a Kamehameha at Cooler, who tanked it and swatted Goku to the ground. Vegeta tried to fire a Galick Gun behind him, but was met with a similar end, with Cooler grabbing Vegeta's face with his foot and dropping at high speed, landing Vegeta's head into a rock formation in the lake. Cooler looked down at the collapsing formation, the armored Saiyan sinking with it as a shaken Goku rose up behind him
"You see, unlike my brother, I tend to talk less and use my power more…. It tends to be effective."
Goku tried to land a few body shots, but his desperate effort earned him quick blocks from Cooler and a counter attack, during which Goku was punched through the abdomen
"AARGH!"
"This is why I don't believe in legends…. They're easy to disprove."
As Goku lost his will and powered down, Cooler grabbed his head and powered a death beam in his other hand
"Goodbye, Saiyan…"
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Can Piccolo possibly help Goku and Vegeta? Will the Earth be controlled by Cooler? Will the Fighters of Earth be able to stand against this tyrant?! Find out next time, on Bardock Kai!