Another Path
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Chapter 5: Fight Time
Goku eyed his enemy in detail. Even when the ice demon was just four feet tall, the full-blooded Saiyan still knew not to be overconfident. There was a lot of power inside Frieza that what met the simple eye. Like if his current form wasn't actually his true self.
The Saiyan shot forward at lighting speed, taking the Icejinn completely by surprise by the dash. Goku landed a front knee strike to Frieza's nose, which shattered under the amazing pressure. The Earth Saiyan took his advantage and moved swiftly behind his short enemy, grabbing the purple-edged tail. Then Goku started spinning. The Saiyan kept rolling Frieza in a self-made tornado until enough momentum was gained. The palm tree-haired Saiyan shot the short demon like a rocket through many cliffs and rocks, each of them shattering by the little living projectile. The galaxy emperor ended up under a small mountain that crumbled on top of his midget-sized frame.
Goku waited, feeling his enemy's power barely decreased from that powerful attack. A light came from the debris and everything exploded with a giant shockwave, rocks flying everywhere. Frieza floated back in front of his enemy, his nose dripping purple blood, his Planet Trade armor gone and his ivory-colored body slightly purple-bruised.
"Impressive, you actually caused me pain" The Icejinn complimented his enemy. Frieza grabbed his nose and with a sickening move, he straighten his broken body part back to its former self. Goku wanted to throw up by the disgusting sudden movement "Aside from my dear family, you are the first one to ever break a part of me"
"Don't worry, I can do much worse" Goku said with a little grin, going back into a fighting stance. The Icejinn stretched his arms, before looking at his enemy, his own cold malefic grin on his face.
"Babbling won't save you, fool" The short Planet Trade emperor said with his coldly demeanor and grin. However, there was still that nagging feeling in the back of his head that was telling that he already knew the man.
"It's not babbling if it's true" The Earth Saiyan retorted even more confident, though in the back of his mind he was still aware of Frieza's power and to not let him take the advantage at any point. Frieza shot forward with a front right fist to the ribs. Only for Goku to brush it to his right much faster, leaving Frieza's guard opened, allowing the Saiyan to land a left sharp elbow to the cheek sending Frieza skidding back a few feet, trenching a little path on its way.
The Icejinn recovered faster and tried to retaliate even faster with a barrage of continuous rapid-fire blows. But The full-blooded Saiyan was one step ahead and easily defending himself from each of the attacks. Frieza got a lucky shot in hitting Goku's nose but his ivory fist went only through a holographic after image. Goku was behind him, both hands clutched together to his right, landing a powerful strike. Frieza's senses went rogue inside his head, his body flying in the air beyond rocket speed. The Earth Saiyan took flight after him and kept pummeling the Icejinn down to a pulp. Blows rained down all over Frieza's short body, marking the ivory skin with painful purple bruises.
With a fast kick, Goku sent the Icejinn backwards through the Namekian green sky, chasing after him with his own white aura flaring around. Frieza regained his bearings in mid-air with his eyes showing annoyance and anger. The galaxy emperor shot both hands forward with a thrust and delivered a telekinetic blast. The Earth Saiyan was completely off-guard by the special type of attack that hit him right in the chest, stopping his flight. The Icejinn took the advantage and flew backwards in the attempt to gain some breathing space.
Goku recovered faster as Frieza didn't put enough strength on his blast to even wind the mighty warrior. As Frieza had created a gap in space, the Saiyan's aura flared red with the Kaioken, his flight speed increased enough to get close to Frieza in less than a second. The Icejinn saw his attacker and waiting for the last second, he shot an eye ki beam. The energy would pierce right through any body part.
His blast did go through something: an after-image. Too late did Frieza realised than his enemy wasn't in front of him, when an elbow to the back his face rattled Frieza's coordination, a sudden punch to the kidneys caused him to scream in pain and a blue energy blast sent him careening down to the ground, the island where Frieza impacted reduced down to nothing but atoms.
Zarbon was really screwed. The Henchman was already flying towards another village in desperation. He had to find another Dragon Ball in less than fifty minutes or he would see all the people he killed in Hell. That prospect wasn't a very enticing one at all.
A sudden purple blur hit his back, sending the PTO soldier down to the ground with sickening speed. The dust settled and Zarbon rose back, his spine nearly broken in two. Frieza's soldier could see his attacker, a little boy with weird long hair and blue clothes.
"Are you lost kid, or just plain stupid?" Zarbon said, trying not to laugh so much. The pest in front of him would be a good punching back to blow some steam. Gohan's face was a wall of seriousness and he didn't want to play around anymore. The bastard in front of him had surely killed a lot of innocent people and the young half Saiyan would not stand for it.
Moving at top speed, Gohan was in an instant behind Zarbon, taking the henchman completely by surprise. The half Saiyan fired a powerful uppercut, sending the green alien back and up for a few meters. Gohan flew forward and landed a barrage of continuous rapid punches all over the soldier, who was completely unable to stop the beating, his armor cracking.
"How is this possible?" The henchman said confused clicking the one-lensed scouter. "Your power is just five thousand, how can you fight me so easily?"
"You are an idiot" The half Saiyan said in a deep tone, not knowing if to be amused by his lack of knowledge, disgusted by his actions or disappointed for the lack of challenge "I can increase and decrease my powers as much as I want. Your stupid scouter won't help you this time. it's obvious I'm much stronger than you"
"No, that's impossible!" The henchman said, clutching his teeth in fury. His body though, started to contort, his muscles bulging. His human face shifted into a crocodile-like snout.
The transformed soldier sped off, hitting Gohan with a left hook. But though the attack did connect with the target's face, there was no response whatsoever. The half Saiyan wasn't moved or injured by the tickling blow. Zarbon staggered back in fear, after his increased powers did nothing. He then staggered back in pain, when a yellow energy ball sent him careening to the ground.
While Zarbon was fighting for his life, Dodoria was left in the Namekian village with the Dragon Balls. Still, he was getting bored, only an old Namekian and two children remained and those were very easy to kill. He wanted a real challenge.
Before he even registered it, all the foot soldiers around him dropped to the ground. By his scouter, all of them were dead no power signal coming off. But that was impossible. There were no other energies coming from around.
A kick to the back of his head shut Dodoria's thoughts when he was sent crashing against rock formations, a few miles away. A bald monk flew down in front of the Nameks, surprising the green aliens.
The fat alien flew back in scene, rubbing his wounded parts. His apparent attacker was a bald short guy, dressed in orange.
"Alright midget, you asked for it" The purple henchman cracked his sharp knuckles and attacked forward with a punch. Only to be brushed aside and countered with a knee to the guts and a open-palm strike to the face. Dodoria was sent backwards with force and pain he had never experienced before. The alien had not regained his footing, and he was already been hit effortlessly with murderous blows.
"How is this possible?" The now injured alien asked to no one, clicking his scouter "Your power level is just of a thousand. You can't defeat me!"
"You should train your brain a bit more instead of your stomach" The monk joked taunting "It would work wonders on you"
"You miserable..." Dodoria started to blurt out but a sudden kick in the back of his head sent him forward to crash face first on the blue grass. The short monk grabbed Dodoria's leg and whipped him up to the sky. The Turtle student cupped his hands right, blue energy shinning.
"Kamehameha!" Krillin fast-enchanted the attack, the beam firing upwards to meet the Planet Trade soldier. The energy enveloped the purple alien before he could even scream in agony. A second later, the blue light dimmed, only dust of the henchman.
"You okay?" Krillin asked the green Namekians. The Piccolo resemblance was simply uncanny.
"Thank you stranger" The old Namekian said thankfully to the bald monk, making a small head bow "We owe you our lives"
"Seriously, it was nothing" Krillin laughed a bit nervous "But the Dragon Ball you have can help me and my friends"
"Why do you want them?" the Village elder asked warily.
"An alien attacked my planet, and a lot of my friends gave their life to save it so we need to bring them back" Krillin explained the situation.
"Your intentions are honest" Moori said, whispering to a child next to him. The boy ran into one of the white houses and arrived a second later carrying a giant Dragon Ball "Please use it well" His face suddenly contorted into a sad expression "But I wouldn't hope for much. The Elder of our people is dying and he created the Dragon Balls. Once he is gone, so will the Dragon Balls"
"You think I can meet him?" The monk asked the green aliens, lifting the sphere. It was as big as his chest "If he created the Dragon Balls then he must know how to use them"
"One of my children can escort you there" Moori said "Dende!" Another little Namek child stepped forward, slightly shorter than Krillin.
"Hey Bulma, you can come out already!" Krillin yelled to the hidden woman.
"Wow, the Dragon Balls here are much bigger than those on Earth's" The Scientist woman lifted the sphere, checking the size of it. Krillin lifted Bulma, both following the short Namek kid.
"Krillin look!" The blue-haired woman said surprised, after clicking the Radar "We are going right into another Dragon Ball"
Gohan dodged under a clothesline attack, countering with a left and right fists to the stomach and an uppercut to the chin. The reptile soldier stepped back in agonizing pain, his bulky body nothing but a mess of trickling blood and shredded clothes. On the other side, Gohan was standing tall and bruiseless. The battle had easily dragged for what looked like hours, though for Zarbon, it felt ages of torture. Purple blood slipped from his fanged mouth, cuts framing his body.
The reptile alien opened his maw, firing a sudden orange blast. Gohan stood still, waiting. When the attack was in range, the half Saiyan swatted it back to the origin with faster speed. The attack hit Zarbon dead on the face, sending him skidding backwards. As the soldier regained his senses, the half Saiyan was no less than an inch away, both of his hands up in his forehead with palms forward.
"Masenko HAAA!" The Saiyan/human fired his yellow attack, hitting the monster dead on, engulfing him. A second later, nothing remained from the invader.
The half Saiyan turned his head around, feeling his dad's power not decreased at all. Then, Gohan felt Krillin and Bulma's energies moving away, along another power that Gohan couldn't identify. The Saiyan child flew after them.
"Miserable creäture!" The short Icejinn spat out in anger, though he also spat some purple blood from his broken lips. The Icejinn didn't know how much time it had gone by, but from his point, it seemed like ages. Whoever the man was in front of him, he was giving him quite the beating of his life.
The short emperor expanded his purple aura around him but a roundhouse sent him staggering backwards. For what looked like hours, Frieza had been trying to power up, knowing this pest would not survive a fight against his more-powerful second form. But as much as he tried, the pest never allowed him to do so.
The Icejinn rose his index finger, firing a Death Beam. The attack, however, was nimbly swept aside. Frieza fired another and another, his purple attacks going straight for Goku's heart. But no longer deflecting them, the Saiyan was dodging them with his after-image technique, each attack only going through a holographic copy.
"You vermin, stay still!" the galaxy ruler yelled in anger, pouring more energy into his barrage. But even then, the only thing Goku had to do was to dodge with swift precision. Frieza looked aghast in surprise. No matter how much he tried, the weird-haired man was simply dodging him. Who was him?
His thoughts stopped when a kick to his lower spine caused Frieza to scream in agony, not even a second later a roundhouse hitting him dead on his open mouth. The short-sized fighter almost felt his jaw bone loosen from his skull.
The Saiyan stood confident but also wary. Frieza had much more power he once thought, and Goku had all his senses in alert in the case he tried to suddenly power-up. His black eyes drifted into another direction, feeling his friend's presence moving.
"I think I stall him enough" Goku thought, sensing Krillin's energy going away. Frieza was covered in bruises and scorches, one of his head horns splinted in half. His breath was labored, while Goku was perfectly unscathed and unwinded. The Icejinn was still gasping in pain, recovering from the inflicted injuries on him.
Goku was no less than a second later behind the short creäture, grabbing his purple tail. With an overhead whip motion, the Earth fighter flung the space emperor down towards the Namekian sea.
"Kamehameha!" The Earth-raised Saiyan fast-charged his blue attack, the energy beam pushing Frieza down to the green ocean's surface. The attack splitted the water in half as Frieza was sent crashing hard against the murky rocky ground below. The tons of murky water hid everything from sight.
The Saiyan charged the red Kaioken and flew away to the green horizon. Minutes passed after Goku left the scene, and the ocean exploded like a typhoon, as Frieza emerged from beneath.
"Insolent bastard, where are you?!" Frieza yelled at full lounge, though there was no one to answer him back. He was loosing blood and his body was completely trashed like never before. His left eye was completely closed and his right arm was hanging without any movement. He needed to find his ship and get into the Healing Chambers. Once he healed, whoever that guy was, he would make extra care in torturing him.
After a few minutes of flying without any kind of direction as his scouter had been destroyed by the recent beating, the short-size injured emperor arrived in his ship. Nearly every foot soldier was shocked to see their emperor bleeding and limping. If someone could have done that to their boss, then they were completely screwed.
"Get me into a Healing Chamber immediately!" Frieza bellowed, shaking everyone in fear.
"Yes Sire!" the men said, running inside the ship and not get killed. The emperor was carried away with extreme care. No one wanted to die on that day.
In less than five minutes, Frieza was already getting inside the circle-form healing pod.
"Sent a message to the Ginyu forces. I want them immediately in this backwater, retrieving the Dragon Balls" The Icejinn said in pain and anger to the nearest doctor, who could only nod in response.
"It shall be done Sire!" The doctor/messenger said to his lord and master, making a small bow.
The Icejinn got inside the oval chamber, a blue liquid covering him and his breathing mask. His eyes closed as he started healing. Knowing his body, it would take less than an hour before healing entirely. An once he had granted eternal life, that bastard that defiled him would experience torture worse than Hell. No mercy will be given with Frieza.
As the Earth fighters were on their own business, so was a certain Saiyan Prince. The widow-peak haired Vegeta was already carrying one of the Dragon Balls. If what he heard about them was true, then seven were required for the wish to be granted. Not that he was in a hurry.
The Saiyan took off leaving nothing but a smoking village and dead black-burn corpses in his wake.
Notes from Chapter 5:
Vegeta can't feel the Earthlings presence because he never felt their powers before (on Earth he used his scouter and never fully understood the ki sensing but after the beating he received from Goku).
Before people lash at me for the fight, remember that Goku is just halting Frieza enough so Gohan and the others can get the Dragon Balls and save the Namek. He doesn't want to have the fight for his life yet.
Power Levels:
Goku:
Base form: 800,000
Kaioken escaping: 1.2 million
Gohan:
Base form: 100,000
Krillin:
Base form: 60,000
Frieza:
First form: 590,000
Injured: 100,000
Zarbon:
Base form: 28,000
Transformed: 30,000
Dodoria: 22,000
Frieza is out for the moment, allowing free-way for Vegeta. Now, the Earthlings are heading towards the Guru. What can they do from now on?