This chapter will contain dialogue from the manga and anime. And to top that off because of my lacking ability in this chapter it will be a long chapter. Without further ado:
Chapter 5: Who's That Girl?
~On Planet Namek With Our Earthling Heros~
Gohan easily kept up with Krillin as they ran in the direction of not only the namekians but the people who were also collecting the Dragonballs. His heart trembled within his chest, the power that filled the air was the strongest he'd ever felt. For a second he nearly forgot to breathe. It was so suffocating as it pushed down on everything around them.
"We're getting close! Suppress your ki completely! We've got to switch to walking!" He admired his father's friend but not as much as Piccolo, and he'd do anything to get his master back.
"Do you feel that? I'm picking up large ki signals," He said in a hushed voice. Gohan nodded. He thought it was terrible before, but it was even more so now. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he tried not to tremble as he kept his energy suppressed to the point it felt non-existent. If Krillin weren't right in front of him, he wouldn't be able to tell if he was even on this planet.
They crept silently before peeking their heads over and looking at what lay below. They got a quick glance at three individuals from which the power been coming from and immediately ducked down. Closing his eyes, Gohan couldn't stop the trembling and silently wished for the protection of his father and the love of his mother.
Krillin mumbled softly, and they went around to find a different angle in which they wouldn't be right in front of the villain. From the new perspective, they could now look without being singled out as they were in the blind spot of the three. And taking a better look, they noticed there were several more in which all wore similar armor but how the others acted left him to believe the three were stronger than the rest and the one in the middle far stronger than the two to either side of him.
"Hey, that looks just like the spaceship we came in," He pointed out in a whisper as he looked at the building structures.
"That's weird I thought they had a radar-like ours but sounds like they're still searching. Oh and there's that guy in the hover vehicle again, he's the one in charge," Gohan nodded in agreement having figured that out for himself.
"His power levels massive," They both trembled as they focused on the strength of that single individual with the horns and pinkish scaled body. It was far higher than his father's power.
"No kidding,"
Krillin gasped. "Check it out! Look at what those guys have tucked under their arms! It's the dragon balls! Look at the size of them,"
They both looked on in amazement.
When the pink one looked in their direction, they ducked and waited with bated breath hoping they hadn't been seen. They couldn't fight these guys!
"We gotta be careful, 'cause if they spot us we're good as dead!" Krillin whispered in a hushed panicked voice. It took them both a few seconds to calm down before they could spy on them once more.
They listened intensely to what the soldiers had to say.
"Master Frieza we found only five of them, the rest must have gotten away," A soldier yelled while shoving three elderly, seemingly men, and two children out of one of the larger homes.
"Outside! Now- if you don't want to die!" another chuckled.
The children clung to the larger of the three elders all five looking surprised and equally scared.
"They look just this like Piccolo and Kami sensei! They must be namekians!" Krillin pointed out.
"Come on out! Step forward! Move it!" I soldier yelled.
"What are they going to do with those namekians?" Krillin wondered aloud.
"Krillin are they all Saiyans?" Gohan asked unsure as to make of the colorful and mixed-match alien group that were bullying the namekians.
"No ... They have the same clothes, but they're not saiyan. Besides, the only Saiyan left should be Vegeta. Aside from you and Goku." He was silent for a moment. "Come to think of it Goku's brother said they "exterminate the natives of hospitable planets and sell them." Maybe these guys are in on that too, but it doesn't look like Vegeta's here," another long pause as he shifted around looking around the village. "Is he looking for Dragon Balls somewhere else?"
"Hello, I am Frieza. As you can see I am collecting your dragon balls. Where are the other five? We had noted that there were ten of you," the horned alien spoke in a chillingly low tone void of any emotion. "You planning to remain silent? We will just have to kill you then!"
The larger of the namekian began to speak yet not in a language that Gohan could understand, and it seemed no one else could as the leader of the group interrupted him.
"Speak in a tongue that we understand, not namekian, we know that you can speak the universal language," he ordered in a bored tone.
"The others... Went to work in the fields... The only ones here are the elderly and the children…"
"There you go! As long as you cause no trouble you will be perfectly fine," said Frieza with a dry chuckle. "Now on to other questions. Where is the Dragon Ball? There's one here I'm quite sure of that,"
His surprised gasp giving him away. "I mean... We don't have anything like that…" one of the elders stuttered; showing an inability to lie.
Frieza laughs maniacally grabbing everyone's attention as he spoke with a slightly humorous tone. "The second elder we killed said something quite interesting. Yes, something like that your people will only hand over the dragon balls to a great hero. He was very stubborn and would not cooperate with us. So we killed another as a lesson,"
"What?" An elder gasped
"Then the third told us many things. As the maker of the dragon balls was the great Elder. Who delegated to seven elders, dispersed over the planet, the guardianship of each of the seven balls. To obtain one, you must have a contest of strength or wit. Or explain the reason for that which you desire. Only after you are deemed worthy by each of the seven elders can you possess them all,
"I tried to do as he said but he said he would never give the balls to me,"
"How-How could you?"
Frieza didn't answer instead finishing what he said as if nothing had been said. "After telling the fourth elder what had happened with the first, second, and third, he was happy the hand over the Dragonball to me,"
"You liar!"
"You killed them too!"
The two enraged elders attacked, and the mint man of color quickly raced at them. His movements were sharp and precise as he killed the first with a sharp kick to his exposed neck no doubt snapping his neck. The second had been able to merely one of the soldiers with a ki beam that pierced the armor. Tossing one of the dragon balls into the air, the mint colored alien jumped above the second elder, killing the old man in turn with a ki beam that left his body charred. With the two killed he landed next to Frieza where he caught the Dragonball he had thrown.
"Now will you cooperate or will Mr. Zarbon over here need to kill one of the children?" Frieza chuckled.
"I- I can't believe them," Krillin whispers
"How awful." was Gohan mournful reply.
Then came the soft feminine cry of a woman. "If you value your lives and the lives of those children, you will do as he asks!" This made Gohan look closer at the pink and lavender horned alien. Sitting in the hovering chair, within the alien's lap, was a girl stretching out her chained hands to plead with the namekians. She had to be as pretty as his mom, no, prettier. She looked to be wearing a dress while wearing a collar that was connected to her bounds hands by a silver chain. Her raven black hair fell in waves of curls to frame her sad tear-stained face.
The large elder held the children protectively as he asked. "Why do you want the Dragon Balls? What will you wish for?"
"Simple. Nearly eternal life for myself," Frieza beamed happily
"What? What about Vegeta? Isn't he also after that?"
"Maybe…" Gohan began. "They're not in on it with Vegeta…"
"Could it be?"
"I will not give the dragon balls to a creature like you. Even if it means my life!" the elder answered
"So you would choose death rather than make me happy? People on this planet are so stubborn. But would you be able to remain so stubborn if faced with the death of those children?" At his threat, the children tightened their grip on the elder who growled.
"What? Not even you would murder children!?" the elder growled in disbelief.
"Combat power? Master Frieza! Look!" The giant spiky pink alien cried informing Frieza apparently of an oncoming threat.
Having sensed the power Krillin and Gohan look to the sky to see three namekin men soaring towards the village. Both of whom shared a gasped as they got a peek at the men's raging auras.
The elderly man exclaimed happily at the sight while at his feet a child cried happily, "The cavalry is here!"
The Namek men drop to the ground suddenly with a thug each wearing a sneer or growl on their green faces.
"It is as we feared," one explained angrily while looking to the two dead bodies of the elderly men.
"So annoying. Just persuading them to give us the Dragonball you had to come along and make us waste our time killing you," Frieza sighed with evident irritation in his voice.
"Rumors of Dragon Ball thieves raiding the villages are true," one of the men explained
"They will regret disturbing the hard-earned peace of Namek,"
"Be careful my brothers, their power is considerable," The elder warned with a growl with one of the children calling out "good luck,"
"You plan to fight? What sort of combat power do they have Mr. Dodoria?" Frieza asked with a chuckle.
"I'll check sir," The pink menace chuckled as he played with the gadgets on his face. He laughed "You'll be disappointed, sir. All three rate at approximately 1000, not even worth our time!" Dodoria finished with an ugly laugh.
"You're going to face us with powers of 1000?" One of the soldiers laughed while looking at the three nameks with the others.
With a roar of anger, the namekians charged at the soldiers and the soldiers, in turn, charged towards them ready to shed blood.
Talking to himself and slightly to Gohan "Huh, Haven't they figured out that the namekians are suppressing their ki?"
"You know, the saiyans were surprised by that too," Gohan answered.
With amazing speed, the first soldier was taken out with ease by a namekian. Soldier whizzed by the heads of the Dodoria and Zarbon. The namekians move with practiced skill and grace showing great ability in fighting which surprised everyone within sight. One soldier was sent in the direction of the three not fight, nearly hit Zarbon in the face but with a quick kick, the soldier was sent into the lake.
Looking quite annoyed Zarbon glared at Dodoria "What is this? That's no 1000 power level!"
The Dodoria fumbled with the gadget on his head "I- I don't understand! They all increase to 3000!"
The namekians continue their assault on the soldiers quickly defeating them and killing all that went against them. Having stood on the sidelines, the Elder with the two children looked on with encouragement the children going as far as to cheer for the three older and stronger the nameks.
"The Namekians must be able to control their combat power at will! I've heard of such races!" exclaimed Zarbon in slight disbelief.
Off to the sidelines, Gohan and Krillin cheered for the nameks and watched in sheer amazement as they rightfully killed the soldiers that no doubt deserved it. But Gohan's attention was once more brought to the woman that wouldn't look away from the elder and the children. She seemed to be on the brink of tears and shaking her head at the elder who at that same moment jumped into action destroying the devices.
"The Scouter! He destroyed them!" Zarbon screamed.
"Scouters?" Krillin questions
"Those things that tell them where their enemies are and how strong they are!" Gohan exclaimed both terrified and amazed.
"I get it! It wasn't that they knew the location of the Dragon Balls! They use those gadgets to find Namekians and take the dragon balls from them! The old namek figured it out and wiped out the gadgets!" Krillin said impressed by the elderly namek's quick thinking.
"I'll kill them all! I'll wipe out every single one of them!" Dodoria yelled with determination and anger in every word. With that said he raced towards the Elder ready to kill him. The other namekians looked on with terror unable to save the elderly Namek with Dodoria's flying towards the namek in a pink blur.
"Mr. Dodoria wait!" the demand quickly made the pink alien stop in his tracks to look back at his commander Frieza. "Kill the three young ones first you idiot!" and with a grunt of anger, the menace switched directions. With a roll in the air, he landed with a thud only feet away from the nameks where he stood seething with anger.
The woman screamed and cried begging Frieza to stop in his assault against the village, to give the elder another chance. "Fine but those three must die!" Frieza's answer only made her sad with a few tears falling down her cheeks as she cried for the life that would be taken. Her face held in her hands as her body shook with grief and anger, her power almost visible as it trembled violently around her with a cry to help, protect and heal. It made Gohan oddly calmer seeing the woman expressing her outrage and dismay just as he longed to do but couldn't.
"It will only take ten seconds to kill you!" Dodoria laughed while threateningly cracking his knuckles.
The strongest of the nameks laughed at his challenges, with the others following suit. "You can't beat us!"
Dodoria continued to laugh, "Can't beat you? What a joke!" with a flash of speed the spiked headed pink monster vanished from sight only to reappear in a manner of seconds behind the lead namek to thrust his clawed hand into the unsuspecting warrior. Violet-red blood squirted out from the wound, coating Dodoria as the namek died with a strangled cry of pain on his bloodstained lips. With a sharp yank, he took back his hand and turned to the namek behind him where he opened his mouth releasing a ki beam that quickly killed his frightened opponent leaving the blackened body to fall to the ground limply.
With a chuckle Dodoria flash-stepped in front of the last namek that while trembling fought to avoid the tyrant's shape claws. Even after making his attack which shook the ground Dodoria stood unaffected with his armor the only thing showing wear, he stared at the terrified namek. Using his spiked head as his weapon, he pinned him against a rock wall where the namek released a cry of pain before he like the others died.
With a soft chuckle, Dodoria made his way back to Frieza's side all the while brushing the dirt from his hands.
Turning red eyes to the elder Frieza once more began "negotiating" with the elder. "You should understand that there's no use in resisting or running, so come down!" and like that the elder was back on the ground with a glare in place. "You're finally listening, very good,"
"You destroyed our expensive Scouters. I suggest you give us your dragon ball as an apology," The elder was silent. "You've seen how we do things if you continue to be stubborn those children will die next,"
There was a long moment of silence. "F-First promise you won't touch the children,"
"You should have done that from the beginning," he laughed.
Gohan growled his fists digging into the grass and unknowingly tearing the strands out by the root. "They won't get away with this!" his power rising to the surface as his body trembled.
"Gohan! Whoa! Don't get any crazy ideas!" Sweat covered Krillin's brow as he looked at Gohan and the village. "Th-these are not guys we should be going up against!"
The elder came forward with the four starred dragon ball and thrust it out towards a soldier that went to grab it. "Take it and leave!"
"Thank you I'm glad you finally see things our way, but while you're at it, could you also tell me where I might find the other dragon balls?"
"NEVER! I would never betray my fellow Namekians- not even if you kill us all!" the elder growled. "Now do as you promised!"
"Dear me! Everyone on this planet is so terrible stubborn," Frieza cooed almost sadly. "You and the children will have to die after all,"
"WH-WHAT!? NO!" In a flash Dodoria attacked the elder, his elbow meeting the namek's face in a thrust of power that sends him flying to the feet of the two children that clung to one another in fear.
"You gave your word! I gave you our dragon ball now leave us in peace!" the elder pleaded with the children now rushing to his aid.
"But the dragon balls are worthless unless we have all seven of them. You destroyed the Scouters we used to find them so you must tell us where the others are." The girl looked at him horror-stricken. Her hands were coming to grip his armor as if to tell him to stop but he brushed her hands away while also hitting her across the face and giving her a look that said: "butt out."
"I told you! I would never betray a fellow Elder of Namek even if it means my death,"
"It will... It will…" Frieza chuckled
"Master Frieza…" Zarbon piped up. "Will we be able to find the dragon balls without the scouters?" He asked
With a sigh, he answered. "There are only two left we'll find them eventually if we search for other villages," he then looked to Dodoria and gave him an order. "Kill all three of them,"
"Yes, sir!" Dodoria was all too happy to oblige.
"Run you two! Run away!" The elder yelled as he stood weakly as he took his stance in front of them. He'd die to keep them safe.
"But Elder?!" The smaller one objected.
"Do it!"
It was only a second til the bigger of the two pulled the small one after him. "Okay,"
"I will show you the honor of the Namekians!" The elder cried allowing his power to build around him.
A beam of red streamed past the elder's head; it's real aim being for those he had wanted to protect. There was a small cry from the smaller of the children as he fell forward the beam having pierced his little heart. "Scargo!"
But the small cry of the namek's name was swallowed by the scream of the woman. "No! Frieza you horrible monster!" The woman screamed as she attacked the lavender alien with violet lightning coming from her hands. Frieza growled out as he was burned, but the burns didn't stop him from grabbing her by the throat and throwing her to the ground.
Gohan growled his power level was rising with every second that passed, his own body trembling from the force of his anger.
It only took a moment for Dodoria to appear before the Elder Namek and with a few quick moves he had his hands firmly on either side of his head, and with a sharp yank he snapped his neck."I think that's all the honor for today" he laughed.
"Gohan get a hold of yourself boy! There's nothing we can do! Stop!" Krillin urged the little half-saiyan.
The only child left of the tribe cried as he looked at the dead body of his friend and the others of his village that they motionless at his feet. His body was frozen in fear for only a moment before he ran wanting to get away from the horrible aliens and from the fact that he was now alone.
Dodoria came racing towards him as the namek tried his best to flee away from the scene. But he did not get more than two steps when the tyrant landed in front of his path.
Snorting in disgusted Dodoria looked down his nose at the green boy. "Squashing a little punk like that'll hardly be any fun at all!" Bringing his hand up to end his life he roared, "SO JUST DIE!"
"No!" Unable to control his rage for another second Gohan jumps down surprising everyone within the little valley that the now ruined village had once peacefully rested.
"What was that? Another one!? But where?" Dodoria asks in confusion looking in the direction of the shout.
In a flash of color Gohan was on top of the Dodoria and with a swift kick to the face sends the pink monster into one of the buildings of the village.
"That idiot!" Krillin huffed before jumping after Gohan; he refused to let his best friend's son died.
"Wh-what are you?!" Dodoria muttered as he slowly got up.
"I'm going to beat you up!" Gohan screamed
"You're going to what?" Dodoria laughed as he got up slowly from where he'd been thrown, he didn't even get to his knees for another second Krillin had jumped up and kicked him square in the face sending the tyrant once more to the ground.
"You idiot! Get away!" now Gohan stood with wide, confused gray eyes. Finally realizing what he'd done, he jumped in place looking at Krillin to tell him what to do. But Krillin had grabbed the namekian boy and was already taking off into the sky.
A red beam whizzed by Gohan's head causing him and Krillin to look back at Frieza. The woman was holding onto Frieza's arm having forced him to miss. She was fighting with Frieza taking his hits to her body while also keeping him from aiming at them.
"Get away from here!" The woman cried up at them, her blue eyes frantic while waving at them to leave. "Now!"
Gohan flew off after Krillin but not without looking back at the beautiful woman who now lay on the ground with blood smearing her face.
Who was that woman?
"Go after them Dodoria!" Frieza yelled before turning his red eyes down to Kagome who lay on the ground unconscious no doubt from the hit to her head. He growled inwardly, and today had been going so well. She'd come to understand though that this was for the both of them so that they could be together; forever ruling over the cosmos side by side.
Flying at top speed, Krillin and Gohan aimed to get away after saving the namekian child that clung to Krillin.
But Dodoria was quickly approaching.
"Step on it Gohan!" Sweat gathered on Krillin's brow as he thought of what to do. Even with their head straight the pink monster had quickly caught up with them, and they were no match for his power. Gohan had been lucky, so had he, if Dodoria had been paying attention their attacks never would have landed, and they'd all be dead.
"He's gaining on us; we're in trouble now!" He warned as he continued to think about how they were going to get away. He surely couldn't let Gahan, his friend's kid, die so young. Gohan had so much more living to do, plus he'd never forgiven himself.
"Give it up it's no use! You can run but there's nowhere you can hide that I won't find you brats!" Dodoria laughed only a little way behind them. He was practically on top of them now. Several dark ki beams sent in their direction had them scrambling to get out of the way while still maintaining their fast pace.
A beam grazed Krillin's arm causing him to lose his grip on the kid. "Damn it," He groaned angrily as he switched directions to catch the defenseless namek but was pulled backward by a giant hand grabbing his ankle.
Fearful eyes turned to Dodoria who laughed evilly. Gritting his teeth and swallowing the fear, Krillin twisted his body and hit Dodoria in the face with the back of his bald head. With the monster holding his face in pain Krillin was able to fly down after the namek.
'I'm not going to make it!' he pushed forward, using all his energy to fly fast but even then the kid would still hit the ground before he could get to him. Cringing at the thought of the boy dying, he watched as Gohan moved swiftly, looking like a purple blur, to catch the little namekian only feet above the ground. But there was no time to applaud Gohan for his quick moves for looking behind him Dodoria looked at them with raging eyes.
"Get going Gohan!" he yelled.
With a roar, Dodoria released a beam from his mouth that Krillin quickly dodged. Only to watch as Gohan just barely got out of the way at the last minute.
'Their quick, only makes the game more fun!' Dodoria laughed to himself. 'I'm going to enjoy killing these two,'
Gohan shrieked at the sight of the man behind them. "He's right behind us!"
"Just keep going as fast as you can!" Krillin yelled back trying to calm him down, but he doubted they could outrun him. 'Damn he's still gaining! What do I do!?'
Then he was reminded of a technique that Tien had used. "Just keep going and whatever you do don't look back!" Saying this, he brought his hands to his forehead and began gathering his energy at his brow.
Gohan nodded and pushed on trying his best to go faster.
Turning Krillin called forth his attack. "SOLAR FLARE!" and with it came a flash, consuming the surrounding area in a bright, blind, white flare of unnatural light.
Dodoria fell for it and cried out while Krillin momentarily cheered having been successful in using the technique for the first time. They then flew towards the ground where they found a rock formation with the side of a cliff that would hide them for the time being.
"That was amazing Krillin!"
"Thanks, kid," looking out Krillin kept his eyes on Dodoria.
"Where'd you learn that?"
"It was nothing, just a trick I picked up from Tien," his heart tightened lightly at the thought of his friend.
Dodoria flew around howling in anger as he went back and forth looking for the three. The formations all looked the same along with the trees and plants, it was annoying! "Everything looks the same on this god-forsaken planet!" He roared angrily.
In a hushed whisper, Krillin turned to his two companions. "Without his scouter, he won't be able to find us, so stay quiet till he's gone," They nodded with Gohan smirking.
"They have to be close!" Dodoria growled as he flew over the water. Flying around several times, yelled several insults as he did, he finally spotted them along the side of the cliff near the water. "Try and escape this you brats!" he dared before taking aim and firing a massive ki beam.
The beam went straight into the water causing it to ripple and jump, causing giant waves before the beam explored. It's destructive power going outwards and incinerating the land formations within a mile radius.
Seeing no sign of their bodies, and feeling quite confident in his abilities Dodoria left. There wasn't any possible way they could have dodged his attack and was even more convinced that Frieza would be pleased to know he'd taken care of the brats.
Little did he know that floating above him, holding their breath, Krillin and Gohan -along with the namekian- had escaped the attack and now waited for him to leave.
~With Vegeta ON Namek~
Flying in the direction he thought he'd come from, Dodoria looked around angrily. 'This planet all looks the same! Why must we collect these damn dragon balls, it'd be much easier if we just blew it up!'
In the midst of his thinking, something hit him from behind, with so much power that he was sent plummeting into the ocean below.
Coming to land stood a smug looking Vegeta, his arms crossed over his chest as he eyed the shocked Dodoria. He laughed at the pink glop as he struggled to get out of the water, he'd almost been expecting him to sink.
"You? Vegeta!"
"It's been a long time Dodoria, how are you?" He asked mockingly.
This only made him growl. "I should have known it was you, after all, you've become known for shooting people in the back,"
"Come now, don't test my patience when you don't have your precious Zarbon to back you up," He paused, only for a moment, to think of his threat. "Then again I still plan to kill you,"
"You saiyan trash-"
'He may be large, but I didn't think him stupid, that was a terrible insult.'
"-It's about time I put you in your place! You have a long overdue lesson in respect!"
Vegeta scowled as he looked at Dodoria not only with his scouter but with his new sense seeing if it were as accurate as the scouter. It seemed almost dead on, the feeling he got from Dodoria easily matched up with the numbers.
"Before I kill you, I'll give you a chance. Hand over the Scouter and leave, and I might be so kind as to overlook your foolish behavior," Dodoria extended his hand.
"I see, so you've lost your Scouters after all. Such a pity how will you and Zarbon be able to kiss Frieza's ass now," He laughed. "Priceless, no wonder I caught you off guard,"
"You little bastard," Dodoria growled out.
"Save it," he began to take off the scouter and watched with growling mirth as Dodoria's eyes brightened. "Take it," he let the red and white device fall from his hands and to the ground at his feet.
"I'm slightly surprised, I was sure I'd have to tear that scouter off your dead body before you'd hand it over," he walked lazily over to him his eyes never leaving his. "But I will admit I'm disappointed, either way, we have a deal, and I'm sure Frieza will be pleased to know you've had a change of heart,"
Vegeta growled at the mention of the tyrant's name and smashed the scouter with his boot.
"What have you done!? That was the last scouter on the entire planet!"
"It was, but now I have the advantage, for I didn't need it,"
"What are you talking about? You'll become just as lost as me; you'll never find Frieza or the namekians,"
"You're wrong," Vegeta laughed. "I've discovered that it's possible to sense power levels without a scouter, it's one of the things I learned from my trip to Earth. It's hard to believe, but I had to rethink about impossibilities if others on earth could do it without technology why couldn't I?" He momentarily thought back to the fierceness of the fight he'd withstood and the battle of will he had Kakarot had endured. "It was a very enlightening experience, and now I can feel the energy in the air just as I can feel the breeze,"
"I get it, those brats I chased were earthlings!" Dodoria exclaimed causing Vegeta to raise a brow. "You must be working with them!"
"Don't be an idiot! There's no way those earthlings could have made it here, even if they were they wouldn't dare try and face me again after the beating I gave them back on earth,"
"Doesn't matter I killed them and I'll kill you too if you get in my way!" Dodoria took a fighting stance as water, or maybe it was sweat, dripped down his body. "This is your last warning," his body seeming to tremble with his words.
Vegeta was quickly growing tired of all this talk; he was ready to kill Dodoria. "I think I'll stay, go ahead attack me! Or are you too afraid? You must have been monitoring my fight with Kiwi, so you must know my power level? Good! You should be scared," he laughed.
"I refuse to believe that, you just can't!" With a roar, he sent several blasts of ki at Vegeta.
"Do you need more proof?" Vegeta chuckled from behind him, startling Dodoria who threw his spiked forearm back to protect himself. Bending to avoid the spike, Vegeta caught the offending appendage. Twisting the much large male around Vegeta grabbed hold of both his arms and pulled them backward looking to break his shoulders. Cracks filled his ears, and a gruesome gleam took root in his ebony eyes.
Dodoria howled in pain.
"This is the might of the saiyan race, with every fight, every opponent we face, every time we're brought to the brink of death makes us stronger!" Vegeta declared with a cruel, bloodthirsty, smirk. "I'm more powerful now than you'd ever imagined!"
Dodoria just cried out in pain trying to pull back his arms that were about to snap.
"It's amazing to see what a coward you truly are without your master to hide behind," he laughed enjoying the pain he was bringing to the pink blob.
"Vegeta wait! Please! I can help you! I know what happened to your home planet!" Dodoria cried trying to buy himself more time.
"Planet Vegeta was destroyed by an asteroid! What else is there to know?" he growled pulling hard making the man fall to his knees.
"You'll never know if you kill me!" he screamed shaking his head as he trembled at the pain.
With a growl Vegeta let go, he wanted to know how Kagome had died. He'd never believed that an asteroid could have destroyed everyone on his planet, and a part of him hoped, and dreaded, what this new information would mean.
Dodoria fell forward pulling his arms into his chest before turning to face Vegeta. "If I tell you, how do I know you won't kill me?"
Vegeta narrowed his eyes as he flashed a fang with a deep growl. "You don't, so start talking!"
"Fine but remember I'm only the messenger, as far as you know Planet Vegeta was struck by an asteroid, well that was a lie,"
"Get to the point; I'm losing my patience pig,"
"I'm saying, that it was Frieza who'd destroyed your planet. He'd been using saiyans' to do his dirty work for years. He sent teams of saiyans' to planets he wanted to use their skills of transformation on. It made it easier to clear out any opponents, and for a while, it was a very productive arrangement. Compared to me they made for a reasonably impressive bred of warriors, and since no saiyan could match Frieza's power, he let them live, that is, till their usefulness ran out.
"But over time things changed, while Frieza could defeat anyone saiyan, strong fighters like you were beginning to emerge. With each new victory, your species became more and more difficult to control. Frieza saw that it wouldn't be long until he could no longer control them, and left uncheck he feared that those with such strength might pose a severe threat to his rule.
"He planned to eliminate all saiyans, but your precious Kagome sped up his plans before schedule," Dodoria laughed as he began to float in the air, planning to use the memory of the girl as a way to escape. It was no secret that the prince desired the girl, the entire planet knew, and it was why Frieza couldn't simply take her when she captured his interest. Dodoria still couldn't understand the girl's appeal, she was small and weak.
Vegeta's eyes widened, and heart raced. "Kagome?" What did she have to do with anything, she wasn't a fighter, in fact, she hated unnecessary violence.
"Yes, it seems the little princess had caught onto Frieza's plan and led a full-scale rebellion against him. She fought fiercely to the bitter end," He laughed mocking the pain that shone in the saiyan prince's eyes. He wasn't about to tell him Kagome was alive when he could cause him more pain.
"With a flick of his finger, your planet and civilization were destroyed. But you should be thankful, he spared your life Vegeta, seeing as you were a prince and as talented in battle as you are, he thought you'd still be useful to him. Be grateful for I wouldn't have seen such use of you, then again, it wasn't my decision to make,"
Vegeta gritted his teeth as he glared up at Dodoria. His people had died fighting for their freedom; his mate, Kagome, died fighting against Frieza and the crimes he had committed against their species. She had died a warrior's death on the battlefield, but that still didn't sit well with him. She hadn't needed to die and surely hadn't deserved such a fate.
"It sure felt good watching that girl beg for her life after all the problems she'd caused," although he was bending the truth he couldn't pass up the chance to take a jab at Vegeta. "Now that you know, I think I'll be on my way,"
His fists shook at his side. He'd never felt so much rage in all his life; it was nearly blinding. "You're not going anywhere," he growled out through clenched teeth. "You will pay for your part in this just as Frieza will! But I warn you I do this not for my planet, not for my race but because you thought you could get away with it!" He roared. With each word his power built around him flickering between blue and white with flashes of electric currents running over his body. The ground trembled just as his body did with his anger.
Dodoria flew in the opposite direction as quickly as he could.
He didn't get far as it only took a single ki beam to end his life.