Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball (Z/Super/GT) or its characters.
Author Notes: This chapter was supposed to be twice the size that it is now, but I have a really good reason to "cut" it right where it ended. The next one is going to be intense, to say the least... okay that is enough spoiler for now. Just keep your eyes on the title for the next one, is a big hint about things that are about to happen.
Asparus raised from his seat, walking away slowly to a big window at the west side of the flight deck, his black eyes drifted downwards towards the big green planet just below the ship. The prince felt a huge weigh come crashing on his chest, like his heart was about to explode, he stumbled to the side, reaching with one hand for the metallic wall just to not fall directly onto the floor.
"Hey, are you okay?" Cabba asked with a tiny laugh, the soldier walked over to Asparus, with Kale and Caulifla staring at them from across the room.
"Don't worry, I'm fine…" Asparus straightened his posture and looked over to the window again. "Is this it?" He asked with a serious tone.
"Namek?" Cabba tilted his head to the side and glanced to the planet. "Yeah, it is. I never came here, but I'm sure that this is Namek."
"So, what are we waiting for?" Asparus said with a bright smile. "The end of our quest is waiting for us, just a few minutes away."
With a quick slap on his friend's left shoulder, Cabba walked back to his seat, he quickly became focused again, trying to get them to land as fast as possible.
Asparus' smile faded away, giving in to a grim expression; the saiyan continued to stare over to Namek, his eyes looking for something, a power calling out to him, dragging him in; a presence strong enough to make his insides flinch and throb in pain. 'What is wrong me with?' He leaned forward, resting his forehead against the metal, with deep breaths the prince tried his best to not let his friends see his uneasiness.
The royal spaceship glides over the greenish clouds, cutting a clean line on the sky. With a roaring sound, it slowly started to descend, but not enough to touch the ground, instead, Cabba kept it vessel in flight altitude, while looking to an ideal place to land.
"Look at this place, is so spacious and full of water." Caulifla yelled excited while hugging a window. "You think we will see those guys from the tournament? Pirina and Saonel, I think."
"Well, that is not hard, this is their home." Cabba said to her, his lips parted in an amused smile after he noticed how happy Caulifla looks. "I just hope they are okay, we don't know what Freeza is doing here and for how long he has been doing it."
"Look…" Kale slightly pushed Caulifla to the side and pointed to a small village, dark smoke oozing out from the ruined houses. "That's terrible."
"Cabba! Take us there, we gotta find that lizard bastard." Caulifla called out the soldier with a fierce shout, then she punched her frustration at the hard metal wall.
"Freeza… You bastard." Cabba reached for the console, forcing the vessel to a rough turn, making everyone inside lose their balance.
Suddenly the hull of the ship let out a deafening sound as if the metal plates started to melt and crush itself; Then a flash of silver cut the vessel in half, exploding all of the bottom part in a devastating clash on the sea, while the upper half landed forcibly on a small island close to the little village.
Cabba pushed the giant steel console that have fallen on top of him, the soldier looked behind him and felt his mind going blank for a moment. The entire room is destroyed; most of the heavy tall seats piled-on in a corner, and the place where before was the door leading to the hallway is now a giant hole leading to nothing but Namek's sea. "Caulifla! Are you okay?"
A pile of debris and scrap metal went flying away, as Caulifla raised her ki making a large aura around her. "Argh, I'm fine." She kicked a piece of the metal door away, sending it directly to the water. "Where is Kale and Asparus?"
"I found them." Cabba pulled one of the seats away from the pile, clearing away just enough for him to see Asparus tightly holding onto Kale, shielding her with his arms. With no delays he started to push and shove all the other collapsed seats away from the young couple.
"Thank you." Kale smiled to the soldier, she helped him push the last one away and got up on her feet, her body showing just a few scratches and nothing else.
Asparus on the other hand has a few deeper cuts on his arm and one half-moon shaped cut on his forehead almost reaching his right eyebrow. "It's here!" The prince said in a hushed whisper, his eyes wide open, while his lips tremble non-stop. In a strange motion, he jumped backwards, landing on his feet; in a lot of hurry Asparus walked out of the ship passing by the giant hole torn into the backside of it.
"What the hell is up with him?" Caulifla run after the prince, Cabba and Kale followed right behind her.
As the saiyans jumped out of the ruined ship, they landed on a small island, now mostly devastated by the crash. Ghill is seating on top of a hill, a small but quite high hill to the left side of them; he is holding a big orange ball on his left hand, it has four shining stars on it.
"You survived that, huh?" The white-haired warrior eyed the saiyans below him, his lips curved in a small smile. "I guess that is proof of the saiyans' resilience."
"You again!" Cabba stepped forward; he raised his left arm in a protective way, shielding Caulifla. With a quick more detailed glance, he noticed the ball on Ghill's hand, making the soldier growl in anger. "So you ARE working with Freeza."
Ghill eyed the quiet dark water behind him and with a quick swing of his arm; he tossed the Dragon Ball down on the sea. In a blur of white, he disappeared from his spot and reappeared beside Cabba. "Just out of necessity, don't hold that against me."
The saiyan soldier felt his entire body shake and a cold chill run on every fiber of him; in a movement of pure reaction, he quickly raised his right arm, throwing a punch at Ghill. However, his hand stopped right on track, a few inches away from the warrior's left cheek.
"A bit hasty, aren't we?" A copy of Ghill appeared to his left side, he was the one that stopped the blow from Cabba, while the original one just stared at him. "I like that, warriors don't need words, only our fists." With a confident smirk, the copy pulled Cabba in, then the original struck with his left fist, sending the soldier to clash against the ship's wreckage.
It took no time for Caulifla to jump in; the girl flew at Ghill, aiming a strong kick at his chest. This time the warrior stopped the attack himself, holding the side of the blade against her foot, he then retaliated, striking with the hilt of the omega balde, aiming at her neck.
Cabba rushed to her side, punching Ghill's hand away, making a clear way to Caulifla to press forward, and she quickly did. Bringing her right fist from the left, she tried to uppercut her opponent from his blind spot, however, her strike never connected. Instead, Ghill's body blinked for just a second, making him advance only an inch from his previous spot.
Two crossed silver lines appeared on Cabba's back, shining with a bright strange light; Caulifla got three of those lines, two on her left arm and one on her chest. A loud shrilling noise erupted from nowhere, making everyone cover their ears, then the lines exploded in a flash of silver, sending Cabba flying up high, and Caulifla to the water.
"Sis! Cabba!" Kale took a step on their direction, but her attention rapidly changed to Ghill; she frowned as her eyes landed on the warrior, her body moving on its own. A green aura exploded around her as she transformed into Super Saiyan 2, the saiyan girl tossed three balls of green energy as she made her way to him; Ghill blocked them with no effort and raised his right arm, taking his sword at his face height.
His copy jumped to behind Kale, kicking her forward; in an elegant and swift motion, Ghill slashed three strikes, each aiming at one distinctive spot on the girl's body. Soon after the silver lines appeared on Kale's legs and her right arm, followed by the same explosion that send Cabba and Caulifla away.
"I will crush you!" Caulifla went in back again, this time already transformed in super saiyan two. She tossed a flurry of punches, in a reckless rage. The way Ghill seems to block her strikes is almost impossible, his arms moves around but they leave an image of themselves behind, and those same images block any other attacks made on the same region. "Grahh, are you mocking me?!" Caulifla jumped back, disengaging from the dispute, and then she charged two massive waves of red energy, throwing forward a spiraling beam.
Ghill tapped the back of his sword with his left hand, making his copy disappear; a large crack appeared on the crystalline clear blade. He then posed the sword right in front of him, blocking Caulifla's attack with his weapon. The destructive beam went wild just after touching the sword, it started to loose its form spreading the energy all around, and in a blink of an eye the wave of energy disappeared. "A strong technique, I'm surprised by your power young miss." He looked at her with taunting eyes, his lips parting in a defiant smirk. Ghill tapped the tip of his blade on the ground, after a quick faded spark, the big crack on its blade completely disappeared, as if it was never there.
"This guy…" Caulifla wiped the sweat on her forehead, she stood looking at her opponent with an annoyed expression, panting heavily.
"You will get out of our way!" Cabba came crashing down on top of Ghill, his right fist landing an explosive blow on the warrior's face, his body crushing down on the ground. The young soldier landed a few steps away from his opponent, his hair flashing gold and his body beaming with a blue light covered by the golden glow of the Super Saiyan.
Ghill lifted his head and took a good look at Cabba's form. "This blue glow… could it be?" He mused by himself and let out a little laugh. "An impressive imitation, saiyans are indeed an interesting race."
Caulifla shouted with a mighty loud voice, her body twitched with the surge of power taking over her, her hair started to grow longer and longer, her muscles getting bigger and more defined. "Cabba, let's beat this douchebag."
"Right behind you." Cabba looked over to her and smiled with confidence, he feels that if he is fighting beside Caulifla, they can take on any enemy.
"Hahahah, a battle that is worth fighting." Ghill did a back flip, landing on his feet. "Let's fight for real, saiyan soldiers."
"As you wish!" Cabba pumped up his powerful ki aura, and flew at Ghill with sonic speed. Just as he was getting close to his target, the soldier turned his body in a spiral movement, and with a fierce swing of his right leg, shot an explosive kick onto Ghill's left side.
In a quick response, Ghill raised his left leg and intercepted Cabba's attack. On the corner of his eye, he noticed Caulifla dashing from behind Cabba, jumping behind both of them. The saiyan girl came crashing down holding both hands in a swing of her arms, aiming her strike at the warrior's head. Ghill took his left hand up, meeting up with Caulifla's arms, blocking her attack and holding the girl in mid-air.
The swordsman forced his right leg down, pinning Cabba's foot on the ground; with a swing of his body, he pulled Caulifla in a downwards spin, tossing her at the saiyan soldier. Caulifla's head hit Cabba right on his chin, making him growl in pain; Ghill pushed them away and in a diagonal motion slashed with his sword at Caulifla's back.
"Aaaarh!" This time no silver line appeared on her skin, instead, a fresh wound cut on her flesh, a lot of blood dirtying her back.
"Dammit! Hold on Caulifla." Cabba pushed himself out of the ground, hastily running to his girlfriend. "What?!" He stopped on his tracks after a strange glow got his attention, a silver line shaped just like the cut on Caulifla's back, appeared on his chest. A burst of energy exploded on his body, damaging a big part of his shirt, but this time he didn't get tossed to the sides, the soldier firmly held his ground even if his body has sustained a lot of injuries from the attack.
"I… am not done yet." Caulifla stood up, brushing off the open wound on her back. "I will break that stupid face of yours." She tossed her right arm up, pointing angrily at Ghill.
Ghill did not gave her a worded reply; instead, he closed his eyes and showed a sincere and wide smile. His body blinked and disappeared, a gush of dust and wind taking his place.
Caulifla felt a chill on her spine; her entire body froze in place, only her eyes slowly shifting to the side. The Omega Blade is cutting the air just a few inches away from her neck, the time seemed to stop for the girl. "Cabba…" She whimpered weakly and closed her eyes.
The sound of metal exploded everywhere; Caulifla cringed at the noise close to her ears, but mustered the strength to open her eyes. She got a glimpse of Asparus still in mid-air, his right foot pushing the sword away from her.
"Ha… Ha…" The prince eyed the sword with frenzied eyes, his breath going wild as his legs landed on the blue-grassed ground.
"How…?" Ghill jumped backwards, he looked to his weapon for a few moments and then to the saiyan in front of him. For the first time, the warrior frowned and snarled at one opponent.
"Are you okay?" Cabba patted Caulifla on the shoulder; she got startled and raised both arms defensively, but quickly recomposed herself and nodded to Cabba. "Tsk, we have to surround him, that way he will not be able to swing that thing so freely." Cabba looked to Kale and gave her a signal with his head. Caulifla pulled his left arm and took a step forward to face Ghill.
"I will not stay out of this." She slapped herself on the cheeks and let out a relieved sigh. Her golden aura grew massively in size, the girl focusing and letting out all of her power.
"Now!" Cabba shouted and jumped to the left. Kale quickly responded jumping to the right, leaving Caulifla on the middle. The three ran together to their opponent and locked themselves in a fast and destructive exchange of blows with Ghill.
"Wait… You can't!" Asparus shouted, but his voice was simply ignored. The prince keeps looking at the battle, a terrified expression showing on his face. "Stop… Just pull back." He squeezed his hands together, a strange sensation taking over him.
Cabba forced his way inside the lockdown, pushing his left fist upwards, but his strike went wide, Kale was the second one to go in, she tried to kick Ghill in a sweeping motion, but only hit the air in front of her. Caulifla let out an annoyed grunt and jumped forward, she reached forward with both arms trying to grab the warrior by his clothes, as her hands grasped the soft texture; she let out a victorious laugh, pulling her prey out and tossing him to the ground.
Cabba bounced on the ground and fell at her feet, his eyes staring confused at her. "What are you doing?" He jumped back to his feet, stroking his sore arm. "This is not working." The soldier looked to Caulifla, her face getting angrier by the second.
"If we can't touch him, let's blast him off from the face of this planet." Caulifla posed her arms in front of her, large orbs of energy forming in front of her.
"That is not a bad idea…" Cabba put both of his hands together behind him, holding them at the height of his chest.
Kale nodded and started to channel a violent burst of green energy in front of her.
"So, a valiant effort from all of you at the same time?" Ghill assumed a battle stance, his left leg posed back and his right one on the front, slightly bending forward; he held the hilt of his sword with both hands placing the weapon sideways in front of his face. "I accept your challenge."
"No! Don't do it!" Asparus ran at them, his feet stumbling on the way, but before he could reach the group, they unleashed their combined attack, a small rainbow of three colors flying towards the swordsman.
Their attack collided at the same time, hitting dead on their target, but Ghill did not move from his position. A massive aftershock pushed all the water away from the island, making a giant canyon of wet land between the various islands in the proximity, all the water that was pushed away from the sea, started to fall in an artificial rain.
The crossed steam of energy pressed violently against Ghill's sword, the warrior being pushed more and more towards the edge of the island; the white-haired man gritted his teeth and pushed his arms with a lot of strength, forcing the combined beam backwards. Slowly the massive energy of the saiyans' attack started to diminish, its size getting smaller by the second.
"Impressive!" Ghill shouted for his voice to be heard past all the noise; he took two quick steps forward, pushing the beam back even more. "But this is my win." Ghill leaned down and turned his body in a fast spin, slashing with his sword in a broad and long curve, a silver shockwave exploded from it, destroying the combined attack of Cabba, Kale and Caulifla.
"Is he for real?" Cabba stomped the ground, trying to not be swiped away by the wind lash.
The Omega Blade started to glow with blinding bright light, strange pulses of energy flying out of it. "Omega Blade, second phase: Turmoil!" Ghill lashed out with his right arm, cutting the air in front of him and sending a silver slash-shaped wave of energy at Cabba. The young saiyan soldier just looked at his chest not feeling anything from the attack.
Then Ghill delivered another wave, this one at Caulifla… then a third one went flying at Kale, then another one and another one, slash after slash, his attacks getting faster and stronger. In a matter of five seconds, the swordsman had attacked more than seventy and two times. "Explode!" Ghill finished his sequence of attacks, by hitting the tip of his sword against the ground, making a loud thunder-like noise.
"Wha-What is this?" Kale yelped in surprise as she looked on her arms, various little cuts of energy appearing on her skin, all around her body.
"Kale!" Asparus shouted in panic, he ran to her but got his body pushed away by an invisible force.
Pillars of spiral light surrounded all the saiyan warriors, sounds of explosions echoed from inside of it, from the outside part the wind cut the ground and anything close to it as if they were little swords made of air. The saiyan prince could only watch in horror as the spiraling energy continued to hurt his friends, their screams of pain making Asparus bit his lips strong enough to tear in and blood run on the side of his mouth.
One last huge explosion of air announced the end of the turmoil, leaving now only silence after its wake. Cabba was the first one to fall, his hair back to its black color, the saiyan soldier face-landed on the grass, large cuts appearing on his arms a quite large amount of blood coming out of his wounds.
Kale went down second, most of her clothes torn to pieces, her shirt barely hanging on her body, her skirt with a large teared piece on the left side; two large-sized wounds parallel go from her belly button to her collarbone. The shy saiyan girl, back to her base form, fell sideways to the ground, her body giving no signs of consciousness.
Lastly, Caulifla fell to her knees a large cross shaped wound open on her back, the little top she always wears, is now completely gone, leaving her breasts exposed; a few deep cuts are open on her arms, leaving quite a trail of blood going down to her hands. She held her eyes open, taking a lot of effort to just not collapse completely to the ground, she trailed her eyes to a few bloodstains on the ground, one leading to Cabba and the other to Kale.
"You… Bastard…" She glanced back to Ghill, her eyes burning with rage, her hair starting to flash from gold to black, barely not going back to normal.
"Awake are we?" The white-haired warrior rested the backside of his blade on his left shoulder and started to make his way to Caulifla. "I commend you for your efforts and willpower, but this is the end for you little miss." With an elegant swing of his arm, Ghill posed the sword in front of Caulifla's face and with a quick movement he thrusted forward.
A muffled sound came from the weapon as a firm hand reached in, grasping the blade and stopping the attack before it could hit Caulifla. "No more… I will not let you harm them any more than you already have." Asparus shoved the sword away, making the warrior jump backwards as to not fall down. The prince reached from the end of his long shirt and took it out together with the blue one, in a swift action. "Caulifla, take this… I know you will not like this, but just cover yourself with it." He threw the shirt to the girl, who grabbed it with her left hand.
Caulifla did not wear the dark green shirt; instead, she just held it against her chest, covering her exposed skin. "What are you going to do, Wimp?" She pushed herself up enough to sit down, her arms losing all of its strength.
"The only thing I can do. I will fight, even if I don't want to." Asparus stepped away from the girl, his eyes now aiming at the seemlessly invincible swordsman.
"I thought you would cower in a corner and wait for me to leave, and yet, here you are, standing in front of me." Ghill let out a taunting grin. "Oh, you are the saiyan prince, right? Why don't you show me what you are worth?" With a quick reset of his stance, Ghill blink away, a blur of white dashing towards Asparus at an incredible speed.
Asparus took two small steps and then a large one, stomping the ground with his right foot, then he punched the air in front of him. What seemed to be an attack without purpose turned out to strike precisely against Ghill's sword, the impact made the warrior "jolt" out of his white blur, he glared surprised at Asparus, but quickly got his momentum back changing the way of his strike.
The saiyan prince took three steps to the left and raised his left arm, making a perfect-timed block to parry Ghill's sword. The sword flew at Asparus again, this time coming from below his belt height; this one got dodged with ease. Grunting annoyed with impatience, Ghill lashed out with four slash in rapid succession, every blow got blocked by Asparus' arms.
'This boy… Is he faster than me?' The white-haired man skipped backwards a few meters and raised his arms upwards, his sword shining with a bright light. 'Let's see if that is really the case.'
Asparus started to ran at his opponent, but suddenly he stopped on his tracks and swung his right arm backwards, blocking a strike coming from behind. A copy of Ghill had appeared out of nowhere trying to catch him off guard, but after being blocked, it was he who got surprised and pulled to the ground.
"Not this time!" Asparus crashed his right elbow on top of the copy's head; the false Ghill stirred for a few moments and then disappeared, once again making a large crack on the sword.
The real Ghilll left no time for respite, he charged at the prince, locking himself in a trade of blows against Asparus, the warrior cut away in an amazing display of mastery, his sword painting the air with a silver color, just like a brush color a white canvas. And yet at each swing of the sword, Asparus moved his hands perfectly to block the attack, he is not fast like Ghill in his movements; instead, he is precise at each step, as if he can foresee where the strike would come even before the warrior had made his move.
"You can see it?" Ghill disengaged from Asparus, taking a few heavy breaths. "Impossible, you have it too?" His face became a confusion of emotions, his lips parted in a bright and genuine happy smile; his eyes on the other hand gazed at prince with a burning rage of a mad demon.
"What are you talking about?' Asparus said confused. In a quick reaction, his body jumped forward as three swords clashed at the ground where he was. Three copies of Ghill are standing still holding their swords in hands, glaring at Asparus with the same hate on their eyes as the original one.
All four Ghill engaged in battle at the same time, using the same insane speed to attack, a real flurry of slashes and stabs, four swords gliding at the same time, all missing their target as Asparus continued to evade everything the swordsman tried to throw at him.
Caulifla stared at the fight in awe, she could not believe in her eyes, the opponent that nearly killed all three of them with so little effort is now desperately trying to hit even a single strike on Asparus and failing. "Is that really Asparus? How is he doing that?" The girl tried to stand up, but ended falling with her chest on the grass, panting heavily and hissing in pain with all the open wounds on her body. "Dammit, goddammit I need to help him."
"JUST FALL ALREADY!" Ghill's rage infused shout echoed on the place, his clear judgment and clever tactics giving in to his anger. In a fit of anger, the warrior dropped his sword on the ground and threw a punch full of frustration at Asparus.
The warrior's fist collided with so much power on the prince's chest, that Asparus immediately puked blood, tears of pain coming out of his eyes. With such opening, one of Ghill's clone brought his leg in a powerful sideways kick, striking Asparus once again on his chest, sending him flying at the lone thin cliff on the edge of the island.
"That's it…" Ghill eyed his sword, a half saddened smile appearing on the corner of his mouth. "I found someone else like me."
Asparus jumped out of the stones, flying directly at Ghill, the copies all jumped on top of him, pinning him against the ground. "Fuck off, your annoying shadows." An eruption of silver energy enveloped his body and exploded in eight straight thin beams, three of them piercing the body of the copies, destroying them in instants, creating even larger and wider wounds on the Omega Blade.
"Silver… Hahahahah, SILVER!" Ghill tossed one hand at his face and started to laugh out loud in a maniacally way. "I found it, so far away from home what a funny thing." He blinked in a flash to his sword and pulled it out of the grass. "Come Saiyan Prince! Let's finish our duel."
"Your eyes…" Asparus looked at his opponent, a sense of pity overcoming the saiyan's judgment. "You are insane."
"If you are not coming, then, I…" Ghill teleported behind of Asparus. "I will go to you." His left fist came down in a devastating punch, knocking Asparus on the ground again.
The prince jumped to his feet and jumped again this time to the right side, he turned in instinct and raised both arms to the side; two massive orbs of silver energy forming on his hands and before he could come back to his normal senses, Asparus fired his attack at Ghill.
The massive size of the energy beam coming at him startled Ghill, he spun around in a circle of one hundred and eighty degrees, embracing his sword with both arms, shielding it with his body as Gin Taihou exploded on his back, carrying the warrior all the way to the sky.
"He took it directly?" Asparus came back to his senses, almost regretting firing out a wave of energy, but got surprised by the outcome of his mindless attack.
As Gin Taihou started to die out, Ghill's body break free from the energy, he landed close to destroyed ship; his large and clean cloak is now only but little pieces of burned cloth, falling down together with the false rain pouring everywhere. Ghill rolled his way out to the clear ground, his right hand clenching firmly the hilt of his sword.
"Haha… Hahaha, not so tough now, huh?" Caulifla is standing in front of Ghill, one hand holding onto Asparus' shirt, pressing it against her body, the other pointing at Ghill. "I told you I would blast you off from the face of this planet." She concentrated all of her energies on her right arm, making ball of red energy on the palm of her hand.
"CAULIFLA! DON'T DO IT!" Asparus yelled as loud as he could, he tried to jump towards her, but he was too late.
Caulifla fired her attack at Ghill, all of her energies focused only in eliminating the threat that is this warrior. However, before the beam could reach him, Ghill raised his right hand, pointing the sword at the incoming attack.
"And yet you will fail to do that." Ghill smirked as the Omega Blade started to absolve the entirety of Caulifla's ki poured on the attack; all the cracks on the sword started to disappear, the crystalline look coming back to it. The shining light pulsing from the weapon quickly spread to Ghill's body, healing his wounds.
As a drop of water fell from the sky, wetting the blue grass covering the island's ground, Ghill blink beside Caulifla, his sword posed to strike her on the back.
"I will not let you!" Asparus jumped in, his left hand reaching in to Caulifla pulling her away from the attack.
"Got you." A soft smile appeared on Ghill's lips, he disappeared once again, his shadow instantly appearing behind the saiyan prince, and then his blade pierced through Asparus' chest. "I have won our duel, Hahahahah." In one swoop he pulled his sword out from Asparus's body, and with one last look to his defeated opponent, the white-haired warrior disappeared in thin air.
A gush of blood came out of the prince's wound; he fell to the ground unconscious, his head hitting the grass just to the left side of Caulifla's feet.
Caulifla glanced to Asparus, a guilty feeling taking over her chest. "I… Dammit, what did I do?" She fell to her knees, both hands raising up to her face; a few solitary tears starting to slid on her cheeks. "What should I do now?" She looked over to Kale and Cabba, her chest in pain for seeing them like that.
"We have to help them!" A large namekian stomped fiercely on the ground, big veins popping on his forehead.
"Calm down Pirina, we can't do anything now… We can't save anyone if we are dead." Saonel pushed his friend back, not letting him walk away from their cover behind some rocks. "I know how you feel, but we can't take on that guy… Not right now."
"But Saonel… they are killing everyone." Pirina eyed his friend, and got only a sad nod from him.
Just a bit further away from the two namekians, is a small village that once knew only peace, but now large clouds of smoke escapes from the destroyed houses, a sickening amount of corpses are lying on the ground, all of them with an expression of horror and shock on their faces, while the evil servants of Freeza are scouting every part of the village, looking for one of the Dragon Balls.
"Just tell us already where are you hiding the Dragon Ball?" One of the emperor's lackey yelled angrily at three young namekians kneeled in from of them.
"You killed everyone…. Why would I help you?" The tallest of the namekians shouted, his eyes full of tears.
"Why, you…" The evil soldier raised one arm to strike at his prisoner, but a pink laser flew by his left side, piercing the namekian's chest.
Freeza smiled as his victim's lifeless body collapse to the ground. "Don't bother threatening this scum, I have dealt with their kind before and they don't speak… Unless you really push them." The evil emperor is sitting on his floating chair; by his side are three of the big dragon balls: one star, five stars and seven stars, all floating a few inches from the grass. He raised his hand once again, now aiming his index finger at the smallest of the pine-green aliens. "Now, why don't I push you a bit more? Then maybe you be a bit more willing to cooperate.""
LORD FREEZA!" a few men came running and shouting desperately. "We found it." They opened a way on the group for one of them to pass, he is carrying the Dragon Ball of two stars on his hands.
"Oh, what a pleasant surprise." Freeza turned his finger to his soldier's direction and with a tiny flash of light, he got hold of the ball using his ki, floating it to the other ones at his side. "You lot did a fine job, now I have four of them." He smiled in amusement.
"Make it five." Ghill appeared in front of him, tossing the four stars' ball on Freeza's lap.
"Oya, Mister Ghill? I will never get used to your sudden appearances, but nonetheless, you brought us another one, you are…" Freeza stopped talking for a second, frowning as he looked at Ghill. "You look like trash, what happened?"
"Do I?" The white-haired warrior looked down, examining the state of his clothes or the lack of most of it, save for his pants and the belt holding the sheath of his sword; on the other hand, even if his body is not covered by wound anymore it is still stained with blood, especially his arms and his back. "I found a god here on Namek and fought against him." Ghill smiled to himself, just the memories of his recent duel making the warrior shiver in anticipation of another battle.
"A God?!" Freeza eyed the man, stunned by the news. "And you won? What a splendid show of skill mister Ghill… Say, were you able to kill this god?"
Ghill shrugged with his shoulders. "I drove my blade through his chest, but he is probably going to live, I think." The warrior glanced all around him, the number of corpses spread all around making him frown in anger. "Since you have our prize by your side, you don't need them anymore." He pointed at the two young namekians.
"Indeed, I don't." Freeza grinned with evil intent and quickly raised his finger, firing his death beam at one of them.
Ghill stepped in, blocking the beam with his sword. "We have no need to kill them." He turned to look at the namekian boys. "You two, go." He pointed to the south end of the village.
"W-why would we believe… on you?" One of the boys said while sobbing, his left hand resting on his dead friend, lying by his side.
"GO NOW!" Ghill angered shouted startled both of them, prompting the young namekians to jump out of the ground and start running away.
Freeza only stared as the boys disappeared away in the distance. "You know, mister Ghill. For someone so efficient as yourself, you really are a pain in the ass." The evil emperor turned his floating seat to the other side and started to fly away, taking the Dragon Balls with him.
"You wasted countless innocent lives just today… Who is the real pain in the ass?" With an annoyed grunt, Ghill disappeared again, resuming his search for the rest of the Dragon Balls.
As the remaining of Freeza's man exited the place, Pirina and Saonel came out of their hiding spot, both with a grim saddened expression.
"That was Danah, right?" Pirina looked to the way where the boys fled.
"Yeah, and little Nerin." Saonel patted his friend on the shoulder. "Come, we need to go after them and protect those boys… is the least we can do for now."
Pirina nodded and then turned his gaze to the people on the ground. "We will make this right, brothers… I promise you."
PS: Oh speaking of Titles name, this one is a tribute to Omega, the villain that gave me the idea to make the Omega Blade, Cannon Ball is the song name of his Boss Battle.
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VcArchangel chapter 18 . Oct 23 – Well at this point Ghill has only used the power from the sword, so his powers are still hidden, even on this chapter.
And about the many moving pieces, I can say just a little about it without spoiling things, but I can say that Goku, Vegeta and a lot of people are showing up, however, who is going to fight, that is the tricky part.