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Previously on Part 15: Part 15 was a Destiny special. Destiny's past has been explained.
Previously on Part 14: Kageto and his crew finished training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber way before they planned. From here on the story continues...
Part 16: Cooler's Revenge
Somewhere on a far away planet...
"Lord Cooler, we have terrible news."
"What is it, Salza?"
"Your brother, Frieza, has been killed by a Saiyan."
"What?! My brother defeated by a Saiyan? How could a Saiyan generate enough power to kill Frieza?"
"I don't know, sir, but he's currently on a planet called Earth. Should we go and investigate?"
"Yes, prepare the ship, we're going to Earth. We should get there in a few days."
"Yes, sir."
"Frieza, I have always hated you. You were a disgrace to this family. Luckily you were part of this family, otherwise I wouldn't avenge you. That Saiyan will pay for messing with our family."
The Z-fighters took a well deserved rest and went camping. Goku was diving for fish, Gohan was gathering wood and Krillin was cooking. Gohan was walking back with a stack of wood.
"Hey, Krillin, I've got the wood you asked... uh... uuh."
A tall stranger in a body armor with a helmet grabbed Gohan by the tail.
"Hey, look, is this the Saiyan that killed Frieza?"
"I don't know," this mysterious guy said who appeared out of nowhere, "He's just a kid. He doesn't look all that strong."
Goku came out of the water with a big fish. He sensed something was going on and he rushed back to the camping site.
"Hey, who are you guys?" He asked the group.
"We are Cooler's Armored Squadron," they said as they struck a pose. They attacked shortly after.
Back at the lookout...
"Hmm, something fishy is going on," Kageto said, "I'm sensing a few unknown energy patterns. One of them is very familiar though. You guys go do whatever you want. I'll handle this."
Kageto flew away in the direcrion he sensed the energy patterns. In the meantime someone appeared on the battlefield.
"Frieza!" Goku screamed in surprise.
"Heh, so this is the Saiyan who killed my brother. DEATH BEAM!"
Goku was holding Gohan when he turned his back to Cooler to dodge the beam. It hit him in the back and he turned around and countered it with a blast. He fell in the water with smoke coming out of his back. Cooler could easily deflect the blast. Goku and Gohan feel from a waterfall. Cooler launched an energy blast in the water.
"Good job, Lord Cooler, you've taken care of that Saiyan trash," Salza said.
"Gather your men and scan the entire area. Kill him."
"No one could have survived that blast, sir."
"You don't see anyone block my Death Beam and counter it, Salza, believe me when I tell you he's alive. Now go find him and KILL him."
"Yes, Lord Cooler."
Salza and his crew flew away blasting every square metre of the place. Meanwhile Gohan had carried Goku to a nearby cave.
"Dad, you have to heal. We can't let those people destroy the forest with all of the animals."
"I know, Gohan," Goku said in a weak voice, "I'm really hurt. I can't move a lot."
Just then Salza and his team arrived and trashed the place. They got buried under a few boulders. After a few hours Krillin and Oolong arrived yelling for Goku and Gohan. They were with Icarus, Gohan's dragon."
"Goku," Krillin screamed, "Gohan, where are you?"
"We're down here, Krillin."
"Hey, did you hear that?" Oolong said, "I think it came from under this boulder."
Krillin lifted the boulder up and saw Gohan's head.
"Hey, Gohan, is your dad with you?"
"Yeah, he's right here."
"Hey, Krillin," Goku said.
"Hang in there, Goku. Don't die."
"Don't worry, I won't."
Krillin continued to remove more boulders when one fell from above. He reacted fast and pulverized it with a ki blast.
"I hope they didn't sense us."
Doore's scouter went off.
"They have to be he..."
A pterodactyl flew very close to him.
"Oh, it was just that animal."
The sun was coming up.
"Whoa, it's morning already?" Krillin said.
"Yeah, time sure flies," Gohan said.
"Hey, Gohan," Goku said, "Can I ask you a favour?"
"Yes, what is it, dad?"
"Could you go to Korin's Tower an ask him for some Senzu Beans? Tell him it's an emergency."
"Yes, dad, I'll take Icarus."
"Good, remember to fly higher than them so they don't spot you."
"Yes, dad, I'll be right back."
Gohan climbed on Icarus.
"Let's go, boy. I want to see what you've got."
Icarus and Gohan made their way to Korin's Tower. On their way there they flew over Salza and his men. Less that thirty minutes later they arrived at Korin's Tower.
"Wait for me here, boy, I'll be right back."
Gohan jumped off of Icarus' back and started to climb the Tower. After a couple of minutes he finally arrived at the top.
"Master Korin, where are you? I need some Senzu Beans. Master Korin?"
Gohan climbed up the stairs to the second floor where the fountain was. Korin was standing next to it.
"Master Korin, may I have some Senzu Beans, please?"
"Well, if it isn't Gohan. Who do you think you are coming here demanding me to give you Beans?"
"Well, it's an emergency for my dad..."
"You came here without a gift? Do you think Senzu Beans grow on trees?"
"I'm sorry, Master Korin, I'll return when I get a gift for you."
Gohan turned around and was ready to leave.
"Hey, Gohan don't forget these," Yajirobe said as he threw him a bag.
"A bag of... Senzu Beans, thanks, Yajirobe, but if if Master Korin doesn't want me to have them..."
"No, it's fine, he was just messing with you."
Gohan jumped on the railing and was ready to leave. Korin was about to eat a Senzu Bean when Yajirobe snatched that one too.
"Hey, Gohan, catch."
"What? Oh, another bean, thanks Yajirobe."
"Don't mention it."
"Hey!" Korin yelled, "That was MY Bean.
"Well, you weren't using it."
Gohan tucked the Bean inside of his belt. He jumped off the Tower and called for Icarus. They flew back to Goku and Krillin.
"Why are you taking my beans?"
"Your beans? I'm the one wo waters them," Yajirobe replied, "I'M the Bean Daddy."
"Bean Daddy?"
"Yeah, Bean Daddy."
"Why do I even let you live up here?"
"I don't know. Beats the hell out of me. Talking about beans, now I want some chili."
Meanwhile Kageto was somewhere on the ground walking.
"*sigh* The toll of having being the strongest; my energy source is too high. They can capture it with their scouter if I'm not too careful."
Gohan was making his way back but Icarus was getting tired.
"Oh, you're getting tired, boy?" Gohan asked, "Oh, I know, here, have this."
Gohan gave him a senzu Bean which restored all of his energy. He then flew very fast.
"Whoa, boy, I didn't know you could fly this fast."
Unlucky for them, Salza and his men captured Icarus' energy on their scouter. They were following him from close behind.
"Going somewhere, boy," Doore asked as he lifted him up by his head with one hand, "Whatcha have there? Let me see it."
Doore tried to get the bag of Senzu Beans but Gohan rolled up into a ball to protect it.
"Well then, I will just bash your head in. I call this move: the canopener attack."
Doore was crushing Gohan's head with his one arm when a ki blast hit him in the back.
"Leave that kid alone," a cloaked figure said.
"Who are you?" Salza asked.
"I am Piccolo and you're going to leave right now."
"Well, if it isn't a Namekian," Doore said, "Why aren't you on your OWN planet."
"Frieza blew it up," Salza said.
"Oh, right."
Piccolo took of his weighted clothing and attacked.
"Gohan, you must hurry, you have to take the Beans to your dad."
"Right, got it, thanks Mr. Piccolo."
Gohan flew toward the hideout. Meanwhile Kageto arrived at the battlefield at walking speed.
"Hmm, it appears the battle is right above me. Who do I NOT have to kill, Destiny?"
"That would be Salza. The other ones will die soon enough by the long hands of Piccolo."
"Alright."
Kageto rose to the top of the trees.
"Hey, which one of you is Salza?"
"That would be me, the blond-haired alien with the French accent said.
"Well, it's your lucky day. You're NOT going to die."
With those words Kageto launched a strong homing ki blast wave on Doore. Doore flew away with the blast following. Finally he turned around to stop it but got vaporized. Piccolo already made quick work of the other one.
"I guess it's now two against one."
"Look, it's Lord Cooler!"
Piccolo and Kageto turned around. It was a trap. Cooler was nowhere to be seen. Salza attacked Piccolo with his Salza Blade Rush. Piccolo managed to dodge them all.
"Hmm, he wasn't wrong. Cooler WILL be here in any second. I have to get out of here."
Kageto used the Instant Transmission and appeared behind a boulder on top of the cave.
"Now I have to just hide here."
A few minutes later Gohan arrived.
"Dad! I've got the Beans," he said as he entered the cave. Salza destroyed the bag with his Finger Beam.
"Heh heh heh heh, you thought you could escape like that? I don't know what you're planning, but it's all gone now."
"No, the Senzu Beans," Krillin said, "We almost had them."
Krillin stormed out the cave and went to fight with Salza. Gohan stayed behind with his dad.
"If only I've been more careful."
"Don't worry, it's not your fault, son."
Just then he rem
embered about the Senzu Bean Yajirobe threw to him before he left.
"Here, dad, eat this."
"W-what? Oh, a Bean. Where did you het this?"
"I'll tell you later."
Salza easily brushed off Krillin's attacks. He then knocked him down with one attack.
"Humans, they are weak!"
His scouter suddenly capture a power level rising from within the cave.
"No, this is not possible. This scouter has to be defective. That kid couldn't generate so much power. Is it the other one? No, he was too weak to stand."
Goku stepped out of the cave and charged his energy more. The scouter broke.
"No, this can't be!"
"What should I do with this Namekian."
Goku snappped out of it and was staring at Cooler who was carrying Piccolo with one arm.
"Let him go, Frieza!"
"Ho ho ho, this is not Frieza, you dumbass," Salza said, "You are in the presence of Lord Cooler, Frieza's older brother."
"Don't kill him!" Goku screamed.
Cooler dropped Piccolo in mid-air. Before reaching the ground he pierced him with a Death Beam.
"Piccolo!"
"You should know that I don't spare anyone, Saiyan. I am not as weak as my brother."
Goku became angry and his power level rose. Salza punched him a few times but he didn't seem to notice. He hit him with one hand and he crashed in the rock and got buried by boulders.
"I can assure you, you will die today Saiyan," Cooler said.
"We'll see about that!"
Goku and Ccoler started to fight. Kageto was behind a boulder watching.
"Hmph, Cooler is a weakling, don't you think?"
"Yeah, Goku will... You know, let's make a bet. I say Goku wins."
"Duh, you're Destiny, you already knows how this fight turns out. You're the one who planned it."
"Heh heh heh, and don't you forget it."
Cooler got out of the water and stood on a rock in front of a waterfall.
"I can understand now why my brother had trouble with you. We have always been competing with each other. He always wanted to defeat me. That is until I transformed. As you know this is my third transformation. I have discovered another one beyond this. You are the first to witness my true form. Tremble as you see all that is around you fall into destruction!"
Cooler transformed and he got bigger. Everything trembled around him. A s he finished his transformation he immediately punched Goku. When Goku regained his posture Cooler was nowhere to be seen. Then Cooler reappeared and punched him in the back.
"Wow, he's fast," Goku said.
"Kakarot, we should take him on together."
"Who's there?"
"It's me, Kageto, I'm speaking to you through a mental link."
"Kageto? Oh, right. No, he's mine to finish off."
"I thought you'd say that. Now I would like to take this opportunity in telling you that he's floating above you."
"What?"
Cooler elbowed Goku in the head causing him to crash into the ground.
"KAIOKEN!"
Goku followed flew away but Cooler was appearing everywhere. Ultimately Cooler punched him hard in the stomach.
"Grrrr, Ka... Me... Ha... Me... HA!"
Cooler just rushed through the Kamehameha wave and punched him when he emerged. Goku crashed into the side of a hill. Cooler pounded him deeper with his foot.
"I am the strongest in the universe. Everyone must bow down to my might. The weak die and the strongest prevail. I can do anything I want with the universe. The universe is MY playground!"
Cooler raised his hand and the ground levitated. Goku detached from the rock. He fell down on his face.
"G-Goku, help us," Krillin said.
A bird fell onto the ground next to Goku because Cooler's energy was intensifying the gravity. Goku reached for it and grabbed it in his hands. He was charging up his energy with his rage. His hair stood straighter. Ultimately he extended his hand and gave the bird some of his yellow energy. The bird now replenished with strength, flew away.
"What's this? What happened to you? You're different."
Goku's Super Saiyan appearance shocked Cooler.
"You will NOT continue to hurt others, Cooler. Tell you what, we'll play by your rules. The strong prevail while the weak dies."
"So be it."
Cooler barely pronounced that last word when Goku already landed his first punch in the face.
"NOW!"
"SUPER GALICK GUN!"
Kageto hit Cooler with his blast and caused him to get dragged down along with it. Both of them crashed into the water and the blast exploded when they touched bottom. A huge explosion emerged from deep below. Water was flying everywhere.
"That should have done the trick, I think," Kageto said to Goku.
"You think?! Or you know?"
"I'm not sure, his energy residue is everywhere. I can't figure out where he is."
"Up here, filthy Saiyan!"
Cooler was holding a Supernova above his head with one finger.
"You should have never taken your eyes off of me. I gather energy way faster than my brother. Let's see you survive THIS! The entire planet will perish along with you."
Cooler launched the Supernova on Goku. Goku pushed Kageto aside very hard. Kageto regained his posture a few yards away.
"Kakarot, NO!"
"I can do this."
Goku was face to face with the Supernova. He was trying to push it back but it kept descending. It pushed Goku into the ground but wait... What's this?
"Ka... Me... Ha... Me... HA!"
Goku pushed the Supernova back at Cooler with a Kamehameha.
"No, this is not possible!"
Cooler tried to hold the Supernova but it dragged him along with himself into space.
"Grr, once I get out of this, I WILL destroy that planet. What's that glow? It's the star of this solar system... and I'm heading right to it! WHY?! WHY WASN'T HE KILLED WITH THE REST OF HIS KIND? Wait... I remember."
*Flashback*
"This is for all the Saiyans and innocent people we've killed in your name. HERE, HAVE IT!"
The Saiyan baby, Kakarot, was heading to Earth on a routine military expedition. Unknown to him his father, Bardock has sacrified himself on one last act of redemption.
"Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah," Frieza laughed at the destruction of Planet Vegeta.
Not far away, Cooler's ship was monitoring the area.
"Look, Salza, a space pod is getting away."
"Magnify ze image," Salza said, "Give me an interior view as well. It's just a baby."
"Should we intercept course?"
"Yes, follow that..."
"Delay that order," Cooler said.
"Lord Cooler, we didn't know you were here."
"I have six planets to destroy by the end of the day. Why should I let myself get behind schedule to cover HIS mistake. Look at him laughing, thinking he's almighty, it could have been King Vegeta on that space pod as far as HE knows. Let's get out of here."
"I get it now. I'm the one who let him go. I'm the one who let him live!"
With that Cooler got killed by the Supernova colliding with the sun. Eight minutes later Goku and Kageto could watch the explosion from Earth. The light blinded them. This is the end of Cooler, isn't it?
End of Part 16
Even though this chapter is finished the day after the previous has been posted, it can't be posted that day. If you're reading this on the day it has been released, it would be exactly four days later.
Cooler is dead (really?). Things will finally turn back to normal (will it?). That is until the androids come along. Come on, this is fanfiction. You're supposed to have already watched the entire anime (or most of it) to be reading this. We all know that Cooler will come back later as a metal clone. This is technically not a spoiler. The mysterious part is WHEN I release the corresponding chapter and HOW I will change it just like I changed this one. Meanwhile enjoy the Android Saga and hope for the GT Saga to come soon because after that, things will get VERY hot as described in the previous chapter. I will go freestyle and expand the adventure and make it even more captivating. Keep your eyes out on polls that I might make. I think I've explained my mail address already. That would be all. Enjoy!
-Kagetoworld
