Another Path
Yeah, the next chapter of the DBZ story. Nothing to say. Reviews are still appreciated as always so they show who reads this awesome story.
Chapter 4: Arrival on Namek
The Saiyan space pod crashed in the green planet's surface called Namek slightly shocking the area nearby with earthquakes. As the ship slid the door opened, the Royal Saiyan Vegeta floated out. He checked around the place, clicking his red-lensed scouter. Though Earthlings new how to perform the energy sensing without a machine, the Prince still had to practice it much more before obtaining any successful result with it.
His scouting device showcased many power levels just a few miles away. The flame-haired Saiyan smirked knowing that eternal power was just within his grasp. It was just the matter of taking hold of it. The Saiyan Prince took off.
The oval-shaped PTO ship landed on the grassy surface of the planet. As soon as it did many foot soldiers ran out carrying blasters weapons and their planet-trade armors and scouters. Frieza's floating chair floated down, followed by the two lap-dog lieutenants Zarbon and Dodoria.
"Scatter and found the Dragon Balls!" The short emperor commanded his tone barely raised. Of course, the soldiers knew how to even hear in ultrasonic if that meant an order from their master. If not, well better not even mention the consequences.
As the soldiers dispersed, Frieza directed himself to Dodoria.
"Where's the location of the nearest village?" The PTO Emperor asked/ordered to his subordinate.
"Just a mile away on East, sire" The pink alien replied clicking his scouter a few times. The average population had a power level of a few hundreds with the scarce thousand. Nothing difficult or bothersome for any of them.
"Then we are heading there immediately" The Icejinn ordered, his chair carrying him in the air. His two soldiers followed in toe like obedient lackeys.
The Capsule Corp ship landed on Namek's surface with a little thud. The door slide opened, showing three figures standing on the exit ready to face anything in their way. Dressed in their respective fighting Gis, Goku and Krillin had the turtle-brand orange one while Gohan had a new dark purple one that recognized his mentor Piccolo.
It was impressive how the planet had the inverted colors of Earth, with green sky and blue grass. But just as Earth, the planet was full of life and energy. The three warriors looked to many places around feeling different energies all over the alien world.
"That's Vegeta's energy" Gohan said, looking to the West. Goku fixed his eyes on the prince's energy. It was much stronger than before. But barely a threat to any of the three of them.
"Hey Goku, can you feel that?" Krillin asked looking to another place of the planet, his eyes widening in surprise.
"Yes. The energy over there is incredible" The Earth Saiyan said keeping his tone unsurprised. Though he was indeed surprised.
"Dad, whoever it is, is nearly as strong as you" Gohan commented, completely taken aback. Goku didn't response. He could feel the energy too. Only one possible answer of who that kind of power could belong to.
"We can assume that's Frieza" The Earth Saiyan chimed in "Let's be on guard. I don't think Vegeta is the only one that wants a wish from the Dragon Balls" The pure-Blooded Saiyan said and the other fighters agreed with that thought.
"So, are we going or what?" The blue-haired scientist said with a cheerful tone walking outside in a green and black outfit. The fighters looked to each other, not knowing if it was a good idea for her to come.
"You sure about this Bulma?" Krillin asked to her old friend.
"Please, what's the worst that can happen to me?" Bulma said extra confident.
"How about dying?" Goku said seriously towards his oldest friend. For someone of her age, Bulma folded her arms and pouted.
"Way to kill the mood" The earth scientist said with a little gruff. Before the Earthlings could continue their chat though, someone else interfered.
"Hey stop right there!" Planet trade dressed soldiers yelled to the Earthlings, pointing at them with their hand-held guns "This planet is under Frieza's rulership and no stranger is allowed"
"Come on, who said this is now his planet?" Krillin asked sardonically to the soldiers.
"Insolent. You will die by defying Lord Frieza!" One of them yelled angry, clicking his scouter "Two? That's not even funny at all" The soldiers fired their blasters. Yet, Krillin easily catched the two spheres on each of his hands, squashing them. The energy orbs harmlessly exploded in many sparks in the monk's hand palms.
The soldiers were completely taken aback by the effortless defense. They were taken even more backwards, when Gohan punched their face with simple blows that shattered their skulls. The soldier's brains were nothing but a scramble mass before they even touch the ground, their bodies dead cold.
"That was easy" The half Saiyan said, surprised by his own powers. The young fighter still couldn't fathom how strong he had become in such a short period of time. Been a Saiyan really helped on that.
"Still want to come with us?" Goku asked towards Bulma concerned.
"Come on Goku. With you and the others around nothing can happen to me" the blue haired scientist said smiling. The Earth Saiyan sighed but agreed. Better to keep Bulma close and not lose her than regret it later by having to use the Dragon Balls to revive her.
"Let's better move before someone else tries to attack us" The Turtle monk suggested. Goku and Krillin took of in the air, while Gohan carried Bulma. The scientist clicked the Dragon Radar, pointing to the nearest sphere.
"There's one Dragon Ball fifteen miles north" The three fighters accelerated their flight, barely using any energy. Flying fifteen miles wasn't even a warm up for the heroe's new strength. As the three fighters with a human draw near to the first ball, they couldn't help but note that they were also moving towards what they presumed was Frieza's outstanding power.
"Guys, keep your energy down. If those guys use radars like Vegeta, then they must not find use easily" Goku ordered. The monk and half Saiyan nodded and concealed more of their ki.
Not even five minutes later, the group of four landed in a tall rock cliff. Down them, was one of the many Namekian village with white egg-like houses. There were many Namekians outside, all of the looking exactly like Piccolo. They were surrounded by at least ten foot soldiers. On front of the line were the short Frieza and his two more powerful soldiers.
The four Earthlings had a panoramic view of the area from their surface, as they were amazingly covered from sight from anyone below.
"So the little guy is Frieza?" The bald monk whispered to the other fighters "I would laugh but his energy is giving me the worst chills I've ever had" The others hushed him, wanting to see what was going on. If this guy was after the balls too then they would have a lot of trouble.
"Why torture yourself so much? Just handle the Dragon Ball and no one dies" The short emperor said to the old green alien. Next to Frieza, Dodoria and Zarbon snickered, knowing that no Namek would live in this planet ever again after their lord had obtained the immortality.
"I know you are lieing monster" The elder Namekian of the group stated with hate in his voice and not backing down "I would rather die than give you the power to become immortal" Such a blatant comment caused Frieza's lieutenants to shift a little bit, knowing that even Frieza had a limit of patience with the lower beings.
Amazingly, the Icejinn could only smile wider. Which ironically, caused his cold appearance to look even more deadly.
"Well, just because I'm in a good mood today, I think I can grant that last wish of yours" The Icejinn said with an evil smirk, his index finger raising up and pointing to the Namekian elder.
"What now? If we let him go he'll just slaughter all the Nameks" Gohan said, feeling his blood boiling to pound Frieza down to a pulp. Thanks to some meditation while training, the Half Saiyan remained in control, not letting his power increase to be detected.
"I've got an idea" Goku said, getting closer to the others "I will distract Frieza. Once he is away, take all his men down"
"Sounds fair" Krillin said jokingly. But it was true. Even Gohan and himself fighting together might not do enough harm to the white-skinned emperor. Some harm, yes. Enough or very serious harm, maybe not.
The palm tree-haired Saiyan moved away and flew off from behind the island, always keeping his power at the lowest. The Saiyan started not only to fly away but also around the island, keeping his distance from the place Frieza was. As Goku stopped his flight, he could see in the distance the figure of Frieza. But now, not longer from above but at the same height. The warrior of Earth hoped his plan would work.
"Frieza!" The Saiyan yelled. The champion of Earth was floating away from the place, enough for Frieza to not see him but surely enough to hear his name called. The PTO emperor sharped his hearing, his name carried in the wind.
"Is someone calling my name?" The Icejinn said surprised, spinning the floating chair around. Nearly every soldier was trying to see who dared to speek to the short-but-still-powerful Frieza.
"Perfect! He heard me. Now the final push" Goku thought, gathering a blue energy sphere on his right hand. Enough power to not be a joke but still low enough to not harm the demon. Yet "Catch it!"
"Catch?" Frieza asked again, only for a flashing blue light to emerge from the horizon. Zarbon managed to jump away in pure instinct and fear but the attack kept forward and hit his boss dead on. A cloud of smoke covered the short Icejinn. But as the smoke cleared, only his chair had been destroyed while he was simply floating with his own ki unbruised and uninjured. His arms were behind his back, his cold mask on his face. The foot soldiers, even Zarbon and Dodoria were shaking in fear. Mostly because now that Frieza was angry, he would unleash his wrath with anything or anyone at sight.
"Zarbon, Why didn't you protect me from the blast? What would have happened if I had died?" Frieza asked, his cold eyes still looking to his far-away prey. The impudent would pay eventually.
"Sire, that's absurd. Nothing can beat a god like yourself" Zarbon said while kneeling in an attempt to save his sorry hide. By not dyeing instantly by the blast has now possibly lead him to die in the most painful way.
"I'll be back in an hour after amusing myself with the insolent pest. You have that hour to bring me another Dragon Ball or your head will be the one rolling on the ground at my feet" The Icejinn said with his cold menacing voice, taking off towards his prey.
"Your dad is a genius" The bald monk said smiling to Gohan "And a bit crazy too" Gohan rubbed his head innocently.
"Now to take him away from Krillin and Gohan" Goku thought and spun around taking off faster than Frieza. The short emperor clicked his scouter, feeling the power getting away. The Icejinn sped off faster but Goku remained one step ahead, not allowing Frieza to pass him but neither too fast for the lizard to lose the track of him.
Goku's aura flashed red for a moment, as he accelerated his flight but now down to an island. The Saiyan landed gracefully and without a trouble, waiting for the emperor to come. In que, just a few seconds later the ruler of the north Galaxy made his purple aura appearance.
"So you are the one who tried to sneak attack on me" The short Icejinn said coldly, landing on a boulder that shattered beneath his unholy strength. Goku remained undisturbed.
"Sorry about that. Subtle things are not my strong point" The palm tree-haired Saiyan replied with smirk of confidence. Any time he could buy for Gohan and Krillin would do a lot of good. And feeling Frieza's power, he just might hold enough.
The Icejinn only closed his eyes by the comment, giving the Saiyan one of his cold-taunting smiles.
"Oh, but you shouldn't worry about your strong points" Frieza said casually like waving a problem off "Non of them will matter once you are in Hell" The Icejinn narrowed his eyes in thought. The guy in front of him looked quite familiar from somewhere but the Icejinn couldn't locate where.
Well, he could have some fun and simply beat the answers out of him. He was an expert on that field.
Goku shifted his body into a fighting stance, bracing himself for a fight. He was confident in his power but Frieza was surely holding something back. His warrior guts were telling him that and that kind of feeling could save someone's life in a fight.
Notes from Chapter 4:
Frieza is stronger than the Manga cannon (Just slightly).
Power Levels:
Goku:
After training: 800,000
Supressed attacking Frieza: 100,000
Kaioken to drive Frieza away: 1.2 millions
Gohan:
After training: 100,000
Krillin:
After training: 60,000
Frieza:
First restricted form: 590,000
Zarbon: 28,000
Dodoria: 22,000
Planet Trade Soldiers: Average of 1,500 with squad leaders of 4,000
Moori: 900
It was just a matter of time before Goku made his presence to Frieza. Now, how long will they last in a fight?