Chapter 22
"You should really watch where you're shooting those things," said Tien stoically as he stared down the giant pink ogre who had tried to murderer the Namekian children. "You could hurt somebody if you're not careful."
"Why you insolent," began the enraged alien, furious because someone had spoiled his fun. "When I get my hands on you…"
"That's enough Dodoria." The warrior from Earth turned his head to face the bone chilling voice that had emanated from the black hoverchair. The chair held a small humanoid that looked like the personification of a demon. The space tyrant had a large chestnut-shaped skull, which was the color of bone except for the very top which was a deep purple, with two black horns that protruded at near 45 degree angles along with a pink fleshy tail with a spiked end that hung out of the hoverchair he sat in. The demon's eyes were blood red, and Tien felt like the alien could kill with mere glances alone with those devilish eyes. His cheeks seemed to be made of the same pink flesh that covered his arms and tail and his torso was covered by the same battle armor that his subordinates wore, being a deep purple color that almost matched the color of his shoulders and the top of his head.
Tien was barely able to repress a shudder as he looked into the face of pure evil, as the alien overlord continued to bore holes into the three eyed human as he shielded the Namekians and Gohan from the invaders. Out of the corner of his eye, the human could see the older Namek rush over to where the kid had sat down the two younger Namekians and they grabbed their father as he embraced them.
"Well I don't know who or what you are," said Frieza as he continued to look at Tien with a bemused expression, "but I do know that I don't appreciate being interrupted while I'm trying to extract vital information. So I do hope that you know where one of the other Dragon Balls is or I'm afraid my men here will have to dispose of you."
The three eyed warrior chuckled slightly, trying to appear calm in front of the powerful tyrant. "Well I think I'll have something to say about that. I've never been easy to dispose of." He turned his head to look back at the small group of Namekians and Gohan, his face becoming sober again as he began to speak.
"Sir," he said looking at the elder Namek. "Take your children and follow the kid, he'll be able to lead you to safety. Gohan," Tien turned his head to look at the boy who he was staring back up at him, "you know what to do."
"Right Mr. Tien," he said before leaping into the air. "Follow me you guys," he said as he waved for the three Namekians to follow him. The elder Namek grabbed the two young boys, one under each arm, and then turned to look at Tien. The human saw his eyes glance behind him, no doubt looking at the three aliens that had destroyed his village and killed the rest of his people before they returned back to the bald warrior.
"Thank you stranger," said the old Namek. "You are one of the few good ones." He then took to the sky and began to follow Gohan as they began their escape.
"How cute, they think they can get away." Tien turned to see that the alien tyrant was looking up into the sky with an amused expression on his face. The triclops glanced at his two henchmen and saw that the giant pink blob was furious while the noble looking man just watched the group leave impassively.
"I'll take care of it Lord Frieza!" yelled the one called Dodoria and he began to gather energy in one of his wart infested hands to blast the group out of the sky.
"I don't think so big guy," said Tien as he quickly cleared his mind and began to summon the power of the Kaio-ken. "You've killed enough people for one day, Kaio-kenx4!" he shouted as the familiar crimson aura erupted around his body. The fighter then sprung towards the giant pink alien who barely had time to turn his head to face the triclops before Tien dealt a devastating kick to his exposed face. The powerful blow sent Dodoria flying backwards and he collided into the cliff face behind the Namek village and his body was firmly lodged into the side of the cliff.
After feeling his kick connect, Tien twisted his upper body so that he was facing towards the light blue, fish-like alien who held the Dragon Ball that the Namek Elder had just handed over. The three eyed fighter pointed his index finger at the alien and then yelled, "Dodon Ray!" A thin golden beam shoot out of Tien's outstretched finger and raced towards the hapless lackey. The flunky didn't have a chance and the finger beam pierced straight through his armor and body and the Dragon Ball he held fell to the ground as his lifeless body toppled over.
Tien rushed forward and scooped up the giant orange ball into his arms before blasting off in the opposite direction of Gohan and the Nameks. He knew that none of the aliens here could sense energy, so as long as he was able to distract Frieza and his henchmen long enough, the kid and the Nameks would be able to escape from the evil warriors unharmed. From what he had seen so far of Frieza, he would send his men after the person that held one of the mystical spheres he coveted.
Sure enough it was not long before Tien could hear the tyrant's screams. "Zarbon, kill that man and bring back my Dragon Ball! Dodoria, get your lazy, incompetent self-up and go after the Nameks. We still need the elder one to tell us where the other Namek villages are, but you can kill the rest of them."
The human warrior grimaced as he heard Frieza's orders as he dropped from Kaio-kenx4 to just the normal Kaio-ken, unable to sustain the higher magnitude any longer. Tien knew that Gohan and the Elder Namek could not beat the one called Dodoria and he would make short work of them. Plus it would not take long for the brute to catch up to the small group and the only thing they had going for them was that he could not sense their energy but Tien feared that would not be enough for them to escape on their own.
The three eyed fighter was brought out of his thoughts when an orange ki blast missed his head by mere inches. Turning his head to find the assailant, Tien's eyes saw that the emerald-green haired man named Zarbon was the one who was now pursuing him, and he was forced to spiral out of the way of the next volley of energy blasts the teal alien fired at him.
For several minutes the two fighters flew through the green sky, with explosions of orange energy marring Namek's skyline as Zarbon continued his assault against the crimson warrior. Tien weaved his way through the deadly energy waves, evading the beams with only moments to spare as they streaked past him harmlessly. Trying to lose his purser, the bald warrior flew through several rock pillars hoping to elude the teal alien in the rocky formation. This ploy proved to be unsuccessful however as his stalker simply began blasted all of the rock pillars that obscured the human from view.
Now there was new element in play since his tactic had backfired on him, Tien now had to dodge both the giant rocks that were falling on top of him and the ki blasts that were being fired in his vicinity. The triclops performed a handspring on a rock as it fell in front of him and then flipped towards the next rock that was falling and his feet barely had a chance to touch down on the rock's surface before he had sprung towards the next falling piece of debris. In an incredible display of aerial acrobatics, Tien used the falling boulders as stepping stones to escape the rock formation that was collapsing around him. Once he had reached a high enough altitude that the falling rubble was no longer a problem, Tien smirked when he heard his pursuer's curses from his inability to hit the evasive human.
The three eyed warrior's smirk quickly turned into a scowl though when he realized that the elegant looking alien was gaining on him fast. Tien knew that the teal alien would be a difficult challenge to defeat in battle and nearly impossible to outrun in his current state. Quickly formulating a strategy as he continued to dodge the ki blasts that dotted the sky, the human warrior waited for a lull in the barrage of energy blasts before abruptly halting and about facing so he was facing in the direction of his pursuer.
"So, you finally realized that it is futile to continue running," said the alien named Zarbon in a smooth, eloquent voice as he brought himself to a stop several feet in front of Tien. "Now why don't you make this easy on yourself and just hand over that sphere you stole from my master. Maybe then I'll be merciful and grant you a quick and painless death."
"I don't think you even know what mercy is," remarked Tien before shifting the orange globe into the palm of his right hand, the reflection of his crimson aura dancing on the mirror-like surface of the large sphere. "But if you really want the Dragon Ball so bad, here catch." The crimson human tossed the mystical sphere into the air and Tien watched as the alien's eyes darted away from the three eyed warrior to look up as the Dragon Ball sailed through the air and towards him.
Taking advantage of his distracted opponent, Tien quickly raised his hands to his head and closed his eyes as he yelled, "Solar Flare!" The green haired alien looked back at the human just in time for him to be blinded by the intense light that was emitted by Tien's technique and he howled in agony as his hands instinctively shot up to cover his burning eyes.
After performing the Solar Flare, Tien quickly bent his knees and snapped his arms to 90 degree angles before shouting, "Kaio-kenx4!" The crimson aura that outlined his body intensified as the added power rushed into Tien's body. Not wasting anytime, the human warrior quickly rushed forward and hammered the teal man to the ground with a powerful overhead two handed blow. As Frieza's right hand man was sent crashing to the ground, still blinded because of the Solar Flare, the three eyed fighter quickly caught the Dragon Ball he had thrown earlier before blasting off through the sky, leaving Zarbon bellowing in agony on the ground below.
After pushing his body to the limit in order to get as far away as possible from the emerald-haired warrior, Tien let the crimson aura around him dissipate. With Zarbon being blind and kicked to the ground, he knew that he had been able to get a safe enough distance away that the teal alien would not be able to spot him with just sight alone. Without being able to sense energy, his pursuer would not know what direction he had flown off in and he would have as much chance of finding him as he did finding a needle in a haystack.
Besides, Tien knew that he might need the energy for later if the alien named Dodoria managed to catch up to Gohan and the Nameks. Praying that the small group had succeeded in eluding the barbaric fighter, Tien reached out with is senses as he searched for Gohan's energy signature. After a few seconds of searching, the three eyed warrior was able to pinpoint the kid's location and he could sense that a power level slightly less than his and two other small ones where right beside Gohan's. These were no doubt the Nameks they had saved but what did concern Tien was the large energy that was following them.
"Damn it," cursed Tien as he came to stop and turned in the direction that the energies were emitting from. "It seems they couldn't give that oaf the slip after all," he said aloud as continued to sense the chase that was taking place beyond the horizon.
"Hold on kid, I'm coming," he said as the crimson aura flared around him before he blasted off towards the horizon.
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"What!?" screamed Chi-Chi as she leapt off of Goku's bed and grabbed hold of Roshi's collar, lifting him off the floor. "You're telling me that my baby's stuck on a planet with that monster Vegeta and people that are even stronger than him!"
"That's what Bulma said when she called me," gasped out the Turtle Hermit. The housewife released her grip on the old man's collar and he stumbled back slightly as she made her way towards the window.
"Where are you going Chi?" asked Goku from his bed as his wife placed one of her feet on the window sill. The brunette turned her head to look back at her injured husband before answering.
"If you think I'm just going to stay here while our son is trapped in a potential war zone, than you must not know me very well Goku."
"Shouldn't we talk about this first though?" he asked.
"There's nothing to discuss Goku," Chi-Chi responded curtly. "Tien asked for the cavalry, and I'm the only option to reinforce them since you're still hurt so I'm going to take the ship Dr. Briefs just finished building and go save my son!"
"Bulma's dad finished the ship, that's great!" exclaimed Goku sitting up in his bed. "I still think we should calm down and try and come up with a plan though."
"Humph, we're wasting time we don't have," Chi-Chi spat out as she flew out of the window and towards the Capsule Corporation Headquarters. Her mind was filled with images of Gohan dying a horrible death at the hands of a hideous monster on Planet Namek. The thought of her son's peril only made the woman fly faster and she touched down in front of Capsule Corporation's main lab in record time.
To her surprise, the round spaceship had already been removed from the laboratory and was sitting several hundred yards away from the yellow building. The housewife quickly rushed over to the spaceship, where she found the hatch leading inside of the ship open. Stepping inside, Chi-Chi eyes' quickly scanned over the inside of the newly minted spacecraft. This level looked remarkably similar to the gravity room that she had spent the last month living inside, with the gravity control console in the middle of the room. Below her she knew that the scientist had built a living area that contained several bedrooms and a small kitchen where food had also been stocked for space travelers.
Looking around, Chi-Chi found the purple haired scientist bent over the flight controls of the ship and she briskly walked towards him. Upon hearing the footsteps, Dr. Briefs looked up and waved at the female fighter as she came to stand behind him.
"Oh, hello Chi-Chi, I see you've discovered that I'm prepping this baby for launch."
"Why," she asked, "for some sort of test? While forget about it because we don't have time for that right now! Gohan is…"
"Yes, yes I know," said the scientist with a dismissive wave. "I just got off the phone with Bulma and she told me the entire story. I've just set in the coordinates for Planet Namek and the ship should be ready for launch in a couple of minutes."
"You've heard from them on Namek. What did she say? Is my Gohan alright?" interrogated Chi-Chi.
"Yes, she said everyone's fine, she did mention that Gohan and Tien went off to check something out, which was strange since Tien was there with her too. He actually even told me to tell you something."
"Checking something!?" screamed Chi-Chi. "More like heading into danger! I've got to leave now or I'll never get there in time to save my baby."
"Well yes, anyway," continued Dr. Brief as the panicking mother raced around the ship looking for only Kami knew what. "Tien actually said that he did not want you to come to Namek still, even with these new developments."
The brunette stopped dead in her tracks and then turned to face the scientist with a mad gleam in her eye. "Did he say why he didn't want me to come save my son from almost certain death?"
"I think you may exaggerating a bit," remarked Dr. Brief, "but he said that you and he had made a deal before they left for Namek that you would remain on Earth as its' protector."
Chi-Chi's mind flashed back to her conversation with the three eyed man on the roof of the hospital. It was that day that Tien had passed along the mantle of the Defender of Earth to her while he was away on the journey to Namek. It was the reason she had been training almost non-stop for over a month and a half, so that she would be ready to face any threat to the planet. Now she was just going to gamble the fate of her planet and her entire species to run off into space where her son was already being protected by someone stronger than her.
The housewife shook her head before responding. "We made that deal when there was no danger for Gohan being on Namek. Now that there is, I'm going to be there to make sure that no harm comes to my son. Besides, nothing's happened since they left so I doubt there will be any trouble arriving anytime soon and it's my motherly duty to protect my son."
"He said you would say that, but he still wants you to stay," retorted Dr. Brief. "He says right now it's your duty to protect the entire planet and it was his duty to protect your son. Tien even went so far as saying that he would die before letting anything happen to the boy."
"Be that as it may, he still called for reinforcements to help them on Namek," chirped Chi-Chi. "I'm the only person we can send, so if he doesn't want me to go than whom did he have in mind?"
"I think he was thinking about me," said a new voice from behind the pair. Chi-Chi spun around to see her husband standing in the doorway of the spacecraft in his standard Turtle School fighting gi on.
"But, but how?" stammered Chi-Chi as Goku walked over to where she and the purple haired genius were standing. "The doctors said you were still going to be hospitalized for a few more weeks at best."
"Right after you left Yajirobe showed up and gave me these," Goku responded as he lifted up a small drawstring bag which was full with senzu beans. "One of these did the trick and now I'm stronger than ever!"
Chi-Chi raised her eyebrow at her husband's statement. What he said was true; his energy had increased by a staggering amount. His power seemed to have doubled since fighting the saiyans even though he had been bed ridden ever since that battle. She found it curious, but the housewife dismissed the thought. Right now only her son's safety was on her mind.
"But now that you've recovered that means that you can stay and protect the Earth while I go to Namek to save our son. Even with your sudden increase in strength, I'm still stronger than you and I know the Kaio-ken."
"Yes and that's why you should stay here, on Earth," replied Goku. "You made a promise to Tien that you would protect the Earth in his absence and you being stronger than me means that you would be more prepared to handle anything that threatens the planet. Plus, I'll be able to get stronger by training on the ship with the gravity machine before I even arrive on Namek."
"Yes but…"
"Chi-Chi please," pleaded Goku. "It was my idea for them to go to Namek in the first place and it's because of my saiyan blood that our friends died in the first place. It's my responsibility to make sure that we are able to successfully get the Dragon Balls on Namek and wish Krillin, Piccolo, and the others back."
Tears stung at Chi-Chi's eyes as she finally was able to see why her husband was so insistent upon being the one to go to Namek. This last month, she had known that he had been depressed and Tien had told her that Goku felt guilty about the others death but she hadn't truly believed him until now. Realizing how important this would be to her husband, Chi-Chi slowly nodded her head.
"Alright you can be the one to go to Namek but," the woman's fiery spirit reappeared in her eye as she continued, "Son Goku you better make sure that my Gohan comes back to me safe."
"Right honey," Goku said with a grin.
The brunette then turned on Dr. Brief, who had been standing there in silence while the married couple had shared their intimate moment. "Now get this ship up in the air Doc, my husband needs to leave for Namek as soon as possible. I can only imagine what Gohan is going through right now."
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There was a loud explosion of energy and Gohan was forced to dive towards the river that was below to avoid the volley of energy blasts that were erupting in the sky around him. The young boy turned his head to see the older Namek, whose name was Moori, clutching his two terrified children, Dende and Cargo, under each arm.
"You can't run forever you little runts," screamed the pink alien who was chasing them before firing an energy wave out of his mouth. Gohan veered out of the way of the energy wave and the subsequent plume of water that rose from the river. The half-saiyan turned his head and snarled at the overweight bully that was laughing his head off as he played with his prey before firing another energy wave at them.
"Up," ordered Moori and Gohan followed the old Namek higher into the sky to avoid the energy wave. Once the red beam collided with the water below, the entire river exploded and the heat from blast evaporated all of the water causing a huge cloud of steam to rise and obscure Gohan's sight. Coughing, the boy waved his arm in front of him trying to clear the steam away from his face. He was able to make out the form of Moori and he floated over to the Namek.
"We need to get out of here," said Gohan once he was within a foot of the Namek Elder.
"Indeed," Moori said. "With luck, this smoke screen could be our means of escape from that wretched fiend."
"Right, follow me." Gohan began to fly out of the steam cloud in the direction of the cave that Bulma was hiding in. That was where Mr. Tien had told him to rendezvous at when he had told the boy his plan before the stopped Frieza and his men from killing the remaining Namekians. They would be safe there, Gohan kept telling himself, and it was relatively close now, but they were having a lot of trouble getting there with Dodoria pursuing them and stopping them at every turn.
Gohan told himself that this time would really be different as he and Moori stealthy flew through the steam. Every time they thought they had lost the pink brute he somehow appeared and blocked their escape route. Whether it was landing on the ground and hoping that he would just continue flying overhead or trying to lose him in a giant rock formation, they're alien pursuer always seemed to be only one step behind them. This time though would be the time the actually slipped away and out of the murder's grasp, and it seemed like his wish would come try until he heard the rough voice saw from within the mist.
"Aw, to hell with all this damn smoke." Suddenly a bright white aura erupted from within the cloud of steam, instantly dispersing the mist and clearing up the sky once again. Gohan looked on in horror as the overweight henchmen snickered as he slowly began making his way towards the stunned group.
"You really thought you puny weaklings could escape from me," mocked Dodoria as he moved in for the kill. "I'm one of the most powerful warriors in the entire galaxy! One of Lord Frieza's personal guards, and you idiots thought you could escape from me!"
"You know what," yelled Gohan, his anger finally reaching its boiling point. "I'm really sick of you. You're just a big bully and I think it's time someone put you in your place. Let's go you big buffoon!"
Dodoria snorted before replying, "I don't usually fight toddlers but for you I think I'll make an exception." Frieza's henchman bent his knees slightly and then waved at Gohan with his hand. "Bring it on you little snot nosed brat, let's see what you got."
"With pleasure!" shouted Gohan and he prepared to launch himself at the pink alien warrior. He was stopped however when he felt a hand squeeze his shoulder and the boy looked up to see Moori standing beside him.
"Do not let your anger get the best of you child," the wise Namek said. "This fighter is much more powerful than you are and the only thing that would become of your fight with him would be your death."
"But…" began Gohan but he was interrupted by the older man.
"A good warrior knows when it is best to retreat. I want you to take Dende and Cargo and get them to safety. I will stay and hold this one off for as long as I can, I suspect that it is me that he is really after."
"But you could be killed!" exclaimed the boy.
The elder Namek just chuckled. It warmed his heart to see such a sweet and good-hearted boy. "Do not worry; I have lived a long and happy life. If it is my time, than it is my time. Now go, get the children to safety." The young half-saiyan just nodded before turning to move towards the two Namek children but he was distracted when he heard the sound of the overweight alien's snickering.
"How touching," he mocked as he continued to laugh. "but you really didn't think I would just let you leave did you?" Faster than either Gohan or Moori could follow, Dodoria vanished and then reappeared behind them and next to the two small Namekian children.
"Now I think I'll take care of these little vermin and then move onto you two 'heroes'," commented Dodoria as he raised one of his massive arms into the air as he prepared to attack the two defenseless children as Moori and Gohan watched on in horror.
"No!" yelled Gohan and he sprung forward to try and stop the pink alien but the boy knew that he would not be able to reach the Namek children in time to save them. Right as Dodoria began to bring his arm down, Gohan saw a red blur out of the corner of his eye and suddenly the pink brute was sent spiraling towards the ground.
"Mr. Tien," exclaimed Gohan as he stared in awe at the three eyed human who was standing where Dodoria had been a mere second before. The bald fighter turned to look at Gohan and the boy could see that the older warrior held one of the Dragon Balls in his hand as Tien dispelled the crimson aura that surrounded him.
"Hey kid," Tien said before looking over at the old Namek who stood behind the kid. "I believe this belongs to you," he said as he tossed the mystical sphere to its rightful owner. "Now you all need to get out of here. I'll stay behind and take care of this brute."
Not waiting for a response, Tien began to descend to the ground where the vulgar fighter still lay with his face in the dirt. As he touched down on the ground, the three eyed warrior could see Gohan and the Nameks flying off in the direction of the cave out of the corner of his eye. Breathing a small sigh of relief now that they were out of harm's way, Tien turned his full attention to the boorish fighter who had finally picked himself off of the ground.
"You," snarled the enraged alien as he stood upright. "How dare you interfere!"
"Sorry, but I'm not real fond of people killing defenseless children," said Tien. "Haven't I already warned you about that once today?"
The vile looking alien laughed. "I love you high and mighty types, always thinking your better than me. I always love wiping those self-righteous smirks of their faces before I kill them. I'm actually glad you somehow managed to give Zarbon the slip; I need to pay you back for interfering earlier and humiliating me in front of Lord Frieza."
"You can go ahead and try," challenged Tien as he dropped into his fighting stance, "but I've seen you fight. You're technique is sloppy, you're attacks are wild and inefficient, and you only rely on brute strength to win. I would never be able to look at myself in the mirror again if I ever let someone as unskilled as you beat me in a fight."
"Why you, I'm gonna tear you apart!" Dodoria screamed as he charged forward, with his arm pulled back and his giant hand was formed into a fist as he prepared to pummel the human before him.
Tien just took a deep breath before shouting, "Kaio-kenx4!" The familiar deep red aura ignited around his body as Dodoria unleashed a fierce battle cry as he threw his punch at the human fighter. The triclops evaded the blow without much effort and then rammed his knee into the pink behemoth's exposed stomach, causing the alien to double over in pain. As Frieza's elite bodyguard struggled to regain his breath, Tien leapt into the air and delivered a powerful roundhouse kick to Dodoria's neck sending him flying into one of the nearby rock pillars.
"As I said, wild and sloppy," commented Tien as he slowly walked towards the heap of rubble that the pink alien was climbing out of. "Honestly the kid has more discipline than you do."
Dodoria roared in anger as his aura flared around him as he flew at his lecturer before unleashing a furious barrage of punches at Tien, who managed to evade all of the alien's fierce strikes. As the barbaric fighter tried to deliver a heavy blow to the human's stomach, the three eyed warrior side stepped the attack and grabbed hold of the outstretched arm in front of him. Tien quickly spun his body to gain some momentum before releasing his hold on the giant, pink arm and sending the large alien racing towards another rock pillar.
The enraged fighter was able to bounce back quickly though and performed a flip in mid-air to regain control of his flight path before pushing off the rock pillar back towards the human warrior. As he flew, Dodoria pulled his right arm back as he prepared to strike at Tien before phasing out of sight. The human's three eyes glanced left than right before he quickly ducked to avoid the hefty hand that struck from behind and had swiped where his head had been. Pushing off the ground with his hands, Tien shoot of the ground with one of his legs extended and planted his foot underneath Dodoria's chin.
The pink alien's feet came several feet off the ground from the force of Tien's kick and Dodoria crashed to the ground dazed as an effect from the attack. Landing several yards behind the prone figure of the large alien, Tien let the crimson aura that surrounded his body to fade away in an effort to conserve energy. His shoulders heaved up and down as the human caught his breath, trying to be as silent as possible not wanting Frieza's henchman to know how much of a strain the Kaio-ken had put on his body.
Looking over his shoulder at the boorish fighter as he struggled to his feet, Tien mocked, "Your technique is terrible, most likely because you have only ever faced opponents that are weaker than you. I doubt you've ever really been challenged in a fight in your entire life and it has made you weak. Your attacks are wild and thus leave holes in your defense that an experienced warrior can exploit. Before now you've always been faster and stronger than your opponents and so their attempts to exploit your flawed technique were useless since you were quicker and tougher than them and could easily block or evade their counterattacks."
"Now that you face an opponent that is on the same level as you though, you are at a disadvantage because of your lack of training. Did you really think that you would never run into someone stronger than you? If you didn't, then you must be dumber than you look."
Dodoria pushed himself onto his feet and his body shuddered in a mixture of pain and rage. "How dare you lecture me!?" he yelled. "You mock me and treat me like I'm inferior to you. Well I'm not! I am one of the strongest fighters in the galaxy and I will not be beaten by a goodie goodie like you! When I get a hold of you I'm going to tear you into pieces. And I'll enjoy every second of it!"
With a howl of rage, the uncouth alien warrior charged at the fighter from Earth. Tien snarled as he watched Dodoria stampede towards him. He had hoped to keep him talking longer so he could have more time to recover from the aftereffects of using the Kaio-kenx4 so much in a short period of time. Now as he braced himself for the onset the pink alien, Tien only hoped that he would be able to hold off the alien warrior with the Kaio-kenx3.
As he was about to perform the technique though, Tien saw out of the corner of his eye an incoming energy blast that was heading straight where he was standing and he leapt backwards, escaping the blast radius of the ki attack. Dodoria seemed to have also noticed the incoming blast as well because he to leapt back and away from the explosion that occurred in between him and Tien. Both Tien and the pink alien touched down onto the ground and the human looked up into the sky to see where the mysterious ki attack had originated from.
"What now?" exclaimed Dodoria angrily as he too looked up. As he looked up into the sky his face turned from one of rage into one of shock and then horror as he set eyes on the intruder.
"Well, it seems to be my lucky day," said an all too familiar flame haired man as he hovered above Tien and Dodoria. "First Cui and now I find Dodoria along with my favorite Earthling. It seems that fate has smiled upon me today for granting me the perfect chance to eradicate both of you worthless vermin at the same time."
Sorry for the three weeks in between updates but school, basketball, and college applications have kept me busy. To make up for it though I plan on having a surprise for you guys sometime tomorrow, (two updates in two days!). Anyway as always thanks for reading. I know several people have said that they want to see Zarbon become a good guy and I too think that he should have had a bigger role in the story. This is why my newest story is primarily focused on Zarbon betraying Frieza and rebelling against him. Because of that story, Zarbon will not become a good guy in this one. So if you want to see a story where Zarbon has a larger role than check out that story titled Zarbon's Rebellion. Also I don't think Zarbon would join forces with the Z fighters primarily because he wouldn't see joining with the them as being a good gamble on his part, not thinking that any of them would be able to stand up to Frieza. Also someone was concerned with Goku becoming irrelevant and I can assure that he will not. He will have a large role in the story the entire time; he just won't be the strongest all of the time. Now Power Levels!
Tien: 6,000
Tien (Kaio-ken): 12,000 Time Limit=None
Tien (Kaio-kenx4): 24,000 Time Limit=1 minute
Gohan: 3,000
Moori: 2,500
Dodoria: 22,000
Zarbon: 23,000
I would like to thank Vegito73 for bringing to my attention that Dodoria is in fact at 22,000 instead of 21,000. As you can see I put the correct power level and went back and corrected my mistake so thanks. As always if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions for the story than leave them in a review