Another Path
Yes people, it's another chapter of my story... Wait a second, they are two!
Chapter 6: Another Plan in Motion
Gohan flew through the sky, after easily defeating the henchman Zarbon. The young half alien felt Krillin and Bulma going away and the half Saiyan had followed them to see where they were going. The human/Saiyan saw a Namekian house standing on a towering rock pillar a few miles in front of him.
Goku's son landed outside the house, feeling Krillin inside along with Bulma. Someone walked outside surprising Gohan, who opened his eyes amazed.
"Mister Piccolo?" The Saiyan asked to the Namek in front of him. The Namekian, though resembling Piccolo a lot, it was completely someone else. His clothes were a blue trench coat and white pants.
"Please come inside, Elder Guru is waiting for you" The half Saiyan followed the Namek inside the house and found an even bigger Namekian. Towering nearly for ten feet tall and full of wrinkles, the Elder Guru was the original father of every Namekian child. Gohan found Krillin, who was as confused as the half Saiyan while carrying a Dragon Ball five times bigger than one of Earth's Balls. Bulma was aside, checking something on the Radar.
"So you are both visitors from the stars?" Guru said to the two fighters, both Earth warriors feeling uneasy about the imposing presence. The old face, however, shifted into a smile "There's no need to feel inadequate. I wanted to thank you for saving my children" Both fighters smiled slightly.
"Thank you elder. But if it's too much, we wanted to ask if we can have the Dragon Ball over your head" Gohan requested to the Namekian Patriarch.
"Why would you need them?" The towering elder said, not distrusting but fully careful. His years of existence gave him a lot of experience.
"You see, some of our friends on Earth were killed and we want to bring them back" Gohan chimed in, as Bulma behind them started checking the house. The giant Namek took some time to think it.
"I can feel you are both telling the truth. Here you have it" The Namekian rose his arm and took the Dragon Ball that rested atop of his altar chair, handing it to the Earth fighters. Both were smiling, as they were now much more closer to their goal.
"Now, step forward, both of you" The Namekian elder said suddenly, and both Earth fighters felt complied to do so. The giant green hands were placed on each of their heads "I think I can release some of your hidden powers" The Namek simply said, his hand glowing with white ki. A second later, Gohan and Krillin's own aura exploded around them, causing little tremors on the house.
Goku was flying through the Namekian sky, following the ki signal. His eyes widened in surprise, as suddenly Goku felt his son and his friend's power increasing exponentially. As far as the Earth Saiyan could tell, they couldn't be using the Kaioken. There was no enemy around them. The Saiyan desenced outside the house.
"Dad" Gohan said happily, jumping on his dad with a hug.
"Hey Gohan" Goku hugged his son, surprised by the new crushing grip "Wow, how did you increase your power so much?"
"Guru did it" Goku' son explained to his father, also surprised by his power. Krillin also walked outside stronger than before.
"Yeah Goku. You should try it to. It can work wonders" Krillin said, doing a short martial arts routine to check his power. Gohan tagged along, both fighters going through a short sparr to check their powers. The Earth Saiyan walked inside the Namekian house.
"You must be Goku" The Elder said towards the new visitor. When he unleashed Gohan and Krillin's power, he saw some memory flashes of the palm tree-haired fighter. The Saiyan was impressed by the figure but kept his cool. He didn't have a lot of power, but his presence wasn't anything small either.
"I am" The Saiyan made a small bow in respect with his head.
"Please step forward" Goku did so, as Guru placed a hand on Goku's head. The Saiyan felt a mental proving and rose his mental shield "Don't worry, I won't see anything privet" The old Namek said, making Goku blush. The Saiyan lowered his mental shield allowing Guru to watch Goku's life on Earth since his arrival in a pod and his adventures up to this point "I see you are a very honest man, and that you want to protect everyone you consider family. Your motives are very noble and you must never be afraid to say it. Your Saiyan blood only gives you the power, while your Earthling heart drives it to do good things. Never think otherwise" Goku smiled proudly, indeed not afraid of saying what he felt.
"Now, let me see if I can unlock some of your energies" The Old Namek said, gathering ki around the Saiyan. Goku's white aura engulfed him, causing the rock pilar the house was on to tremble along with the nearby area. Goku's son and friend looked aghast to feel the staggering power the Earth Saiyan had now, the pillar beneath them shaking ready to crumble.
Far away from that place, a widow-peak haired man stop his flight, confusion printed on his face.
"What was that?" Vegeta said out-loud, flying with one of the Dragon Balls. Even though the Prince still had to learn more about ki sensing, no professional was needed to feel such a sudden power burst. It was coming from the East, but it wasn't Frieza and the Saiyan prince couldn't recognize who it belonged to.
New powers, smaller than the one felt made Vegeta's train of thoughts to stop. His eyes could easily see five ships ran over the sky, landing a few miles away from him. The Saiyan Prince went to the ground, hidding his Dragon Ball behind a rock formation, a smirk on his face. Whoever it was, meant Frieza was desperate to get a hold of the Dragon Balls quickly.
The Saiyan Prince took off, ready to fight whomsoever had come.
The five ships opened in the middle of the grassy valley, the five most powerful soldiers in Frieza's squad coming out of their space pods. Dressed in their PTO armors and lead by the purple alien called Ginyu, the Ginyu Forces were at the ready.
"Alright, listen up" The Ginyu leader commanded and his minnions stood straight up "I will go and brief lord Frieza of our arrival. In the mean time, fhe four of you must gather the Dragon Balls. For the one that brings the more, I will name him my left hand"
"Yes Sir!" The group of four aliens yelled together.
But before the Captain had even taken off, a punch to the face shattered his nose, sending the purple alien sprawling backwards. The purple squad leader rose back completely surprised. He recognised the figure in frotn of him.
"Vegeta!" The captain said out loud, rubbing his injured face. But instead of replying, the Saiyan Prince disappeared of sight faster than what Ginyu could see. A sudden yell took the troopers by surprise when the short green head of Guldo was rolling on the blue grass. A second later, both head and body exploded to dust.
"He killed Guldo!" The taller Recoome pointed the obvious.
"We worked an entire year for the pose!" The tall blue Burter yelled angry.
"Now that the advantage is gone, it's time for some fun" Vegeta said, folding his arms with a smirk.
"Fellows, change of plans" Ginyu said smiling "The one that brings me Vegeta's head to hang on the wall will instantly become my left hand"
"Yes Sir!" The three remaining members said out loud, doing one of their weird poses. The Saiyan decided to omit the obvious stupid dances. It was amazing these fools were Frieza's top élite group. The worst part was he once actually feared them.
Vegeta flew straight towards Recoome, landing a knee strike that sent the red-haired alien Recoome backwards. Jeice and Burter went speechless, when the low-class prince easily handle one of their own. The two colored aliens attacked together at super speed. But to the improved Vegeta, they were just very slow tortoises. His Zenkai power-up on Earth had put him into a level on his own. Who knew? He might actually be the Legendary Super Saiyan.
Scratch that, he WAS the Legendary Super Saiyan.
The Saiyan Prince sidestepped one of Burter's attacks and then dodged down one of Jeice's. He could do it all day and night, but the Prince had a date with inmortality. The Prince fired an uppercut towards Jeice, shaking his skull. Not even a second later, Vegeta was already jumping up, dodging Burter's sloppy fists, and spinning around, sending a white foot towards the blue alien's face. The alien never saw it coming, his head rolling away separated from his body by the stronger attack.
The two other Ginyu soldiers had their mouths on the ground, looking in disbelief. Burter was the fastest of the universe, yet there he was, beheaded and out-right dead.
"Who's next?" Vegeta smirked, an instant later reappearing behind the towering Recoome. Though taller, Vegeta was much more powerful. And smart too. The Prince fired a direct kick to the back of the knee, the leg joint buckling by reflex. The red-haired alien was now on one knee and much shorter. Enough height to equal Vegeta. What the Saiyan wanted.
With two hands around Recoome's head, the Royal Saiyan grinned in triumph, twisting the head, the cracking sound of bones music for the Saiyan. The red mohawk man's body fall forward, outright dead cold.
Jeice, showing his true color, flew off trying to escape. The Saiyan, however, was already aware. With one ki sphere on his hands, Vegeta threw his attack Baseball player style, the energy blast moving faster than the red-skinned alien. A second later, a small explosion bashed the Namekian sky, ashes settling on the Namekian ground.
The palm tree-haired Saiyan called Goku was standing outside Guru's house, looking at the horizon. More precisely to where Vegeta was fighting with many other powers. After his own power-up with Guru, the Earth Saiyan could nearly feel anything alive in the alien green planet.
"How do you feel Goku?" Krillin asked his long-time friend and former rival.
"Incredible" The Saiyan replied closing his eyes, allowing himself to feel the new-found strength.
"Not to stop your little chat, but we still have to find the other Dragon Balls" Bulma said, walking in scene with the Radar beeping.
"Frieza is out for the moment, and Vegeta is kind of busy" Goku explained "So we have to move fast before any of them does"
"Then let's split in three and retrieve the other Balls" Krillin suggested.
"Bulma, where are the other balls?" Gohan asked.
"Two are located a hundred miles in the north, another one is fifty miles East and another is seventy miles South" Bulma said, clicking the Radar. She did it again but apparently her plan didn't work.
"What are you doing?" Goku asked.
"There's one Dragon Ball missing and the Radar can't find it" The blue-haired scientific woman said "Maybe it's broken"
"Well while Bulma repairs it, let's go" Goku said, heading North direction. Gohan went for the East while Krillin took the South.
The purple alien fired rapid-fire punches, all of them parried with extreme ease. Ginyu proceeded to attack with a front kick that only went through an after image.
"Right here fool" Vegeta taunted, a few feet away from the alien. Ginyu clutched his teeth in anger, and now tried to fire a mighty left hook. Only to be hand-catched easily and countered with a front kick to the sternum. The alien skidded backwards leaving a small trench with his feet.
"That almost hurt, Vegeta" The purple alien said smirking, though obviously in pain. He was using his full power and Vegeta was simply swatting him aside.
"Don't worry, it will get worse" The Saiyan confirmed his statement by rapidly attacking with a left fist to the face, right elbow to the nose and a blue ki attack that sent Ginyu careening backwards. The sphere exploded, sending the squad leader far behind with a mighty explosion, his planet trade armor gone.
For someone so deadly wounded, the purple alien couldn't help but smirk. Though he had no idea how Vegeta had obtained such a power, Ginyu was not going to waste the chance of becoming more powerful.
He extended his arms to the side, a yellow power running around him.
"Chan..." But Vegeta cut the attack short with a knee to the guts.
"I know all about your body-changing technique" The Saiyan Prince said confident "And trust me, you are never going to get inside my body" By the time he finished, the royal Saiyan was already behind the alien, firing a short uppercut to the kidneys. Ginyu arched his body back in pain, allowing Vegeta to back-flip and connect his foot with Ginyu's head. The purple alien was sent high up in the sky, Vegeta already in his path. The Prince unleashed an axe strike that sent the soldier down hard to the ground. The prince rose his hands to the sky, gathering yellow ki on them.
The yellow sphere came crushing down from the sky, hitting Ginyu dead on. The concentrated power caused the nearby area to be blasted away, boulders flinged away.
Vegeta sighed, after using a bit extra power than needed. The Saiyan went to find his Dragon Ball, which had not been touched at all. Yawning a bit, the prince decided to take a little rest from his fight. He lied on the floor thinking in what to do next. His eyes slightly drifted to close.
A few minutes later, the beeping sound echoed as the machine slid its entrance opened. The blue liquid inside was sucked away, as the short Icejinn stepped forward, no bruises in his ivory skin. There were no traces from the fight, even the cut horn had been regrown. The galaxy emperor looked at his hands, marveled by his powers. His expression wasn't shown on his face though, as no one else didn't need to know.
"Here sire" A foot soldier extended forward with a bow new body armor. The Icejinn put it on without saying a word, the soldiers on the edge of nervousness.
"Sire, here's a new scouter" Another soldier said, extending the machine. The Icejinn placed it on his left eye, clicking it.
The emperor moved forward, his soldiers leaving him enough room to walk.
Notes from Chapter 6:
Before people complain about the power-ups received by Guru, you can check that Goku was actually the one who had his powers less increased.
Power Levels:
Goku:
After Power Unlocked: 2 millions
Gohan:
After Power Unlocked: 500,000
Krillin:
After Power Unlocked: 300,000
Vegeta:
Base form: 180,000
Tired after fighting the Ginyu forces: 100,000
Nail: 50,000
Ginyu: 120,000
Recoome: 45,000
Burter: 55,000
Jeice: 50,000
Guldo: 1,000
Frieza (healed): 590,000
Frieza is back. Without any more soldiers at his disposal, what can the tyrant do?