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Vegeta took a step towards Cooler, feeling the powerful and different energy that pulsed through his body now. He could no longer feel any of his previous injuries, something that surprised him given that he still bled a slight amount from a couple of them. He cracked his knuckles as he continued towards the huge Arcosian.

Cooler backed away slowly, trembling slightly. Not even a minute ago the Saiyan 'Prince' was laying at his feet, hanging on to life by a single thread. Somehow though, after all that and some mumbling to himself, Vegeta had gotten up with no problems at all; it was like a demon possessed! Could this really be the fabled Super Saiyan? The same power that killed Frieza? Vegeta's aura was now a violent yellow, throwing debris everywhere. His hair had changed to a likewise color and his eyes were a bright teal.

Cooler shook his head after a second. He was being ridiculous; there is no way that Vegeta was now stronger than him. A monkey surpassing an Arcosian was idiotic to even think about. But, he looked into the harsh, unforgiving eyes of the Saiyan prince that had shifted from onyx to teal and tensed up once again. Taking a quick breath of air to focus, Cooler flung himself at the short Saiyan.

Vegeta couldn't be more excited as he saw Cooler coming at him, almost in slow motion. The Super Saiyan ducked down and delivered a punch to Cooler's gut that sent him flying upwards. Vegeta chased after him without hesitation and his newfound speed. He zipped in front of Cooler, smirked at the look of astonishment on the Ice Demon's face, and backhanded him back towards the ground. Cooler luckily corrected himself before he hit solid rock; he turned himself around and flew full speed back at Vegeta.

The two royals met in the middle of the previous space between them, not taking any time to slow down. Cooler threw an uppercut, trying to break the Saiyan's jaw, but Vegeta grabbed his opponent's fist before it made contact, grinning. Cooler scowled and did exactly what Frieza once did: spit in his opponent's face.

Ignoring the saliva that nearly hit him in the eye, Vegeta responded to the crude gesture by bringing his knee up at Cooler's chest. Knowing how painful it'd be if the kick connected, Cooler barely managed to use his free hand to grab the knee and flipped backwards. Dashing at one other once again, the two met with a fist, The two fighters shook the planet with each of their blows. Finally Vegeta grew tired of the stalemate, he drew his head back and with all his force butted it against Cooler's skull. The bigger of the two recoiled backwards.

Vegeta didn't let up, he flew in and punched Cooler across the face, the impact making a THACKKK noise. Vegeta knew that he could give his foe no quarter; even though Cooler couldn't sense power levels without a scouter, Vegeta could. He knew that although he overpowered the Arcosian, it wasn't by all that much. The two were close, but in the end, it would come down to who wanted it more, and at this moment, it was the prince of all Saiyans.

Remembering his anger at Frieza on Namek and how Frieza had wanted it more, Vegeta charged a ki attack in his hand as he flew towards his opponent and unleashed it just as he neared the giant fighter. Before the smoke cleared, Cooler burst out, his fists drawn quickly. Vegeta barely had time to put his guard up before Cooler began his onslaught of punches and kicks, each more powerful then the last. The tyrant managed to land a few direct hits in, but for the most part, Vegeta's guard held up, showing the Frost Demon just how powerful a Super Saiyan was. Cooler finally backed away, panting heavily.

"Do you feel that, Cooler? Do you feel your own weakness?" Vegeta gloated, taking joy in this very moment. He wouldn't be able to kill Frieza - no, the future version of Kakabrat had taken that opportunity from him. But, killing Frieza's brother was the next best thing.

"It can't be! This can't be happening! YOU WERE DEAD!" Cooler screamed. He was utterly perplexed, he was the strongest in the universe; he had to be! Without his father or brother around, there was no way he wasn't! He was prince Cooler of planet Arcos, the heir to the legendary King Cold, but a mere Saiyan was beating him. This had to be a dream…

"Yes, I was dead, wasn't I? But, out of the ashes of the old, weak, Vegeta's death rose me: the new and improved Super Vegeta! I'm here to right your wrongs, Cooler!" Vegeta phased forward and drove a fist into Cooler's gut, making the Arcosian cough blood up. "You want to know what else? I'm here to clean your family's slate of their debt to my people!" next was a kick to the hunched-over Cooler's legs, causing him to fall to his knees. "With your death your lineage will cease and the Colds will be no more! Only then, can the Saiyan race rest in peace," Vegeta concluded his speech with an Axe Handle attack, slamming both of his fists down on Cooler's head. As Cooler began to moan and complain, Super Saiyan Vegeta folded his arms, glaring at the fallen demon. "Now, are you going to put up a fight or are you going to die like a coward?"

Everyone on the field was shocked by what they saw, totally astonished. Standing in front of them was a mechanical man. Krillin had his suspicions when he had cut off Blue's arm, but others had been augmented with machine parts before; Mercenary Tao came to mind for example. Now he was positive though, General Blue was an android.

"P-Piccolo, he's an a-android!" Krillin managed to get out despite his energy loss. The Namekian shot him a dirty look.

"Don't you think I figured that out by now?" He yelled back at the bald monk. He brought his attention back to the android in front of him. Blue was still wailing about his face being blown off; he no longer resembled the man that they had fought so many years ago. Instead, he now looked exactly like he what he really was: a cyborg.

"I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THAT ONE!" Blue screamed. Piccolo smirked, he had heard that one before, and he had even uttered it once or twice in his lifetime. He was concerned a little bit though because he couldn't sense Blue's ki at all. It was almost like there was nothing there. The wise Namekian figured that Androids must have an artificial source of energy that hid them from his senses. He had also lost quite a bit of energy from training with Goku all day long. Between the two, he wasn't positive that the fight would turn out favorably. Scowling, Blue charged at him with all the android had left in the tank. Piccolo barely had enough time to dodge around Blue's weak side.

"Krillin, get up! I might need help with him!" He yelled at the short fighter. He turned to dodge Blue once again, but didn't move fast enough, Blue roundhouse kicked Piccolo to the face and sent him flying to the ground. The former Demon King hit the ground with a THUD and exhaled loudly.

"That's it, I've had enough of this." Piccolo raised two fingers to his forehead and concentrated. Blue reminded him a lot of Raditz, and it was only right that the two went out in the exact same way. While he didn't have as much time to charge it as he did when he fought Raditz, as long as Piccolo hit a vital part of the Android he'd be ok.

"No Piccolo don-" Yamcha couldn't finish his sentence before Piccolo finished his action.

"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" He shouted as he released the ki beam at his opponent. The yellow beam spiraled towards Android Blue faster than the eye could see. It's maroon aura streaked across the sky and lit up the surroundings. It made contact with Blue, made contact directly with his extended palm.

"No!" Krillin shouted.

Cooler knew he wasn't going to beat Vegeta with brute strength alone; he would have to rely on his knowledge as well. He was still perplexed as to how Vegeta could have started to beat him in such a short amount of time. Whatever caused such a power increase surely couldn't have been something that naturally came to Saiyans. The damn monkey must have gotten it from those Dragon Balls that Freiza's traitorous lieutenant Zarbon told Salza about. The irony of Frieza dying on Namek was that if he had won, he'd have won against the Saiyans and finally eliminated them. Then, Cooler would have ambushed him on his way back.

"You will soon regret your words, Vegeta!" The hulking figure said in his metallic voice. His body tensed as he prepared to strike. If he attacked directly then Vegeta was sure to counter the strike. Vegeta definitely had him outclassed on the agility factor of fighting with his new transformation. He needed to find some way to get around Vegeta's superior strength and put himself back on top. Then he formed a great idea, a way to strike Vegeta when his defenses were down and he was at his most vulnerable.

He lifted his hand and pointed two fingers towards his adversary. He focused some of his ki into the tips of his fingers; this would have to work. Vegeta jumped off of his perch and flew towards Cooler. "Take this!" He released the ki he had built up and sent it flying towards Vegeta. "Death Beam!"

Vegeta looked surprised as the ray came careening towards his chest. Cooler knew it, this was the attack that was going to end it, he had it in the bag. This would be the end of the great prince of Saiyans. There would be nothing standing in his way after this, the galaxy would be his, not that anything really stood in his way before. At the last second Vegeta filled his fist with ki and smacked the ray harmlessly away from him.

"Anymore tricks, Cooler?" Vegeta said cockily. "If that attack would have been just a little faster, then maybe, just maybe, you may have had a chance in hitting me." He cracked his neck both ways before continuing. "So, you miserable lowlife, are you ready for the next round or what?"

Cooler was aghast at the realization that this monkey may beat him. He was running out of options and didn't know what to try next. He knelt on the ground in front of Vegeta; he had to buy some time so he could think of what to do next.

"Vegeta, here's my proposal: you come and work for me. You've already taken out my elite guard, you can take their place!" The Arcosian pleaded. Bartering was in his blood, he was sure that he could convince Vegeta to join him!

Vegeta snorted as he looked at the brother of the tyrant who enslaved him for his whole life. Amazing how they could act all high and mighty until someone stronger came along. Then, they showed their true colors. "As if I'd accept such a position! I'm superior to you in every way, shape and form. Unless you have another new transformation that you'd like to show me, I'll be finishing you off now." Vegeta stuck his hand out towards his opponent.

"N-no, wait! We can rule together, side-by-side! The galaxy with tremble under our rule! Planets will be ours for the picking, entire systems will succumb to out glorious power!" Cooler was now grasping at straws, sadly.

"I have no interest in galactic rule, I only desire to avenge my honor and make the Arcosians pay for the genocide of my people." Vegeta started to charge an energy attack in the palm of his hand, forming a sphere of ki that was a bright blue.

Cooler had to strike now; he had no other options. He shot forward, risking his entire life in this one attack. Vegeta was so surprised that he launched his blast before it was fully charged. The attack, unfortunately for Vegeta, missed Cooler for the most part, but tore off one of the shoulder arches that had formed in his recent transformation. Cooler, not even taking the time to howl in pain, punched Vegeta twice in the ribs and kicked him in the side of the head. Vegeta flew to the left but Cooler used his speed to catch up and wrap his tail around the Saiyan's neck. He held his foe in front of him.

"How do you feel now, Vegeta? Regret not taking me up on that offer?" Cooler taunted as he pummeled Vegeta over and over. "You were on top before but now where are you? You're being slaughtered by me and I'm going to kill you nice and slowly. The last threat to my empire will be gone!"

Cooler laughed as he continually beat the Saiyan Prince, reveling in the monkey's pain. That is, until Vegeta stopped feigning pain and smirked back at Cooler, showing the smirk only a monster could come up with. The evil Arcosian was taken aback.

"Surprised?" Vegeta grabbed a section of Cooler's tail that was between him and the monster and punched it with the other hand. His hand went straight through it, purple blood covering his white glove. "Oops," he said half genuinely and half mockingly, "I only meant to break the bones in it, not go right through. Looks like I don't even know my own strength anymore!"

Vegeta opened his hand that was partially through the tail and formed a shroud of energy around it. He ripped his hand out while increasing the area of the energy, completely severing the end of his tail from the rest of his body. Cooler screamed at the top of his lungs in pain, having never felt anything like this before in his life. Loving the pain his opponent was in, Vegeta smirked and unwrapped the lifeless appendage from around his neck. He tossed it back at it's previous host, but before it reached the tyrant he pointed two fingers at it and launched a blast at it, obliterating the remainder of the tail in front of Cooler's eyes.

"You know, Cooler, you can always tell that tale in Hell to Frieza," Vegeta joked, grinning.

The Arcosian looked in horror. There was only one way to make it out of this alive. Cooler eyed the caves behind him that he'd noticed earlier. Was it cowardly? Somewhat, but at this moment, all that mattered was surviving.

Krillin hadn't been able to stop Piccolo in time from unleashing his most powerful attack at their enemy. He watched hopelessly as the corkscrew-like attack went right into the android's hand. Krillin held out his hope, maybe the attack was enough to kill Blue or maybe it was too much for him to absorb. He could sense the energy in Piccolo's attack and knew that while the Namekian hadn't put all of his strength into it, he had made it extremely powerful.

His hopes were dashed when the energy beam subsided and Blue was still standing there with his arm outstretched. He started laughing hysterically at the fighters that dared to face him. His body jerked backwards and then he doubled over. His fists clenched as tight as he could. The buttons on his military uniform started to pop off, the threads tearing a bit around the seams as well. His skin tore a bit in some places as well, the bits flying to the ground.

"That…doesn't seem very good." Krillin gulped. Blue now had electricity the same color as his name coming out of the tears in his skin. He was now at least twice as muscular as he was before hand. He flexed his new muscles and tested his new abilities.

"So," he looked over at the Namekian and the bald monk, each of whom did not have a positive look on their face. "Are you ready for me to kill you now?"

"Piccolo, I think you were right about use having to work together," Krillin said. Both fighters got up into their favored stances. Piccolo's mind raced as he tried to create some sort of strategy so they could defeat the android. They were both dangerously low on energy, they couldn't let him touch them and they couldn't use ki, this would be tricky.

"Krillin, can he absorb ki with anything other than his hands?" Piccolo asked his ally.

"I…don't know. Now that you mention it, when I came he had Gohan and Yamcha in his hands and anytime I launched ki blasts at him, he would either dodge them or use his hand to grab them. That must be how he's taking it all in!" Krillin responded, almost slapped himself for not seeing it before. "So, attack him together?"

Piccolo nodded and they both rocketed off towards Blue. Piccolo was the first to reach him and he sidestepped around him, making sure to avoid his still attached arm. He kicked as hard as he could right at the android's side…it did completely nothing. Blue laughed before he backhanded the green fighter across the yard and into the Capsule Corp building.

Frowning, Krillin arrived at him just as Piccolo was sent flying away. He flipped up above the android and punched with all his might at the android's head. Once again it did nothing at all. Blue looked at Krillin and shot two lasers from him eyes; the small monk barely dodged it in time. Lucky for the monk, it nicked the shoulder of his gi instead of hitting a key organ.

"Krillin, get down!" For the second time in a minute Krillin had to drop to the ground to avoid getting hit by a ki blast. Blue saw the fighter crouching and kicked him in the ribs, sending him flying into the trees surrounding Capsule Corp.

A massive amount of ki blasts erupted from where Piccolo had landed. They all hung in the air around Blue, they lit up the air like hundreds of streetlights. The Namekian stepped out of the hole he had made in the building.

"Try absorbing all of these, asshole."

"Huh?" Piccolo clenched his fist and all of the blasts rushed in at Blue, impacting him at the same time. The explosion was as loud as a steam engine and it made half the town light up like it was mid-day. Piccolo smirked as he saw his technique in effect. He knew that working on it with Goku would have paid off but he never would have dreamed that it would have paid off so soon. It had pretty much drained him though; he started to shrink towards the ground.

The smoke cleared away from the impact area slowly, the light from the blasts had faded away, leaving the battlefield dark once again. A laugh started from somewhere unseen. It got progressively louder and louder as the air became more clear.

"You thought that would kill the great General Blue?" Standing in the clearing, where the epicenter of the blast should have been was Blue, damaged and brought back to his original size, but still standing. "I will kill you all and return to Dr Gero with your heads on stakes!"

"KAMEHAMEHA!" A huge bright blue beam engulfed Blue before he could make another move, silencing the Android.

Cooler desperately looked for an opening to make his break for it. He was many years older than Vegeta and therefore had that much more experience. He called upon all that experience, all the fights he had been in to form a coherent plan that could get him out of it. After a moment of thinking, he had it! He gathered some ki in his hand and threw it at Vegeta's face. While the proud prince threw his hand up to protect himself, Cooler raced past him towards the caverns behind the two.

Damn, Vegeta thought to himself, I should have just dodged that blast as I had originally planned! His increased arrogance made him make the decision that he should just block it to show his superiority. He mentally kicked himself for that one and turned around to see where Cooler went.

Even if he hadn't been able to sense ki, he would have been able to track Cooler no problem, a trail of purple blood sporadically peppered the ground every few feet until the entrance of a cavernous structure. "Fool."

Vegeta revved his ki and took off towards Cooler. His aura chipped away at the sides of the cave tunnels that he flew through in his pursuit of Cooler. The tunnels wound their way around in a maze of forks and dead ends. Finally Vegeta spotted a speck of purple up ahead of him. He smirked again as he kicked up his speed to catch up with the Arcosian. Cooler must have been catching on to him because he took every single turn that he could in order to lose him.

Vegeta was getting sick of this nonsense! He knew he was on the right track but he hadn't seen Cooler in the past couple of minutes. Suddenly he felt Cooler's ki stop; he had him this time. After another two left turns, a curve up and a turn to the right he saw the light at the end of the tunnel, literally. He increased his speed and burst out into a clearing.

Cooler was a couple hundred feet above Vegeta hovering. Above him was a gargantuan orange sphere of purely destructive energy. Vegeta looked up and gazed upon it in awe and horror.

"I can generate energy much faster than my little brother could, Vegeta. Now, are you ready to die? If you dodge the planet will just blow up, can you survive that? I can, hah!" he yelled out in his metallic tone. He moved his outstretched arm downwards, pointing straight at Vegeta. The massive blast followed its master's command and descended towards the Saiyan prince.

"Damn it all!" Vegeta yelled as he threw his arms up to brace himself for the coming blast. The energy touched Vegeta's hands and he immediately felt the weight of it crushing down on his body. He had tremendous strength thanks to his transformation into a Super Saiyan, but quite a bit of it had been used up already. He may have acted like what Cooler did wasn't affecting him at all, but in reality they were much closer in strength than he would have liked to admit. He sent all the ki he had into his hands to send the blast back at Cooler. Vegeta's dark blue energy began conflicting with the bright orange of Cooler's. The two energies clashed with one another, becoming almost evenly in the middle of their two owners. Neither was making any headway against the other; they were in a perfect stalemate.

I refuse…to let…another Arcosian…beat me! Vegeta revved up every bit of energy he could and shoved it into the beam he was pushing through. The extra energy started pushing the blast Cooler had sent down back at the tyrant.

"How is this happening? I'm supposed to be more powerful than this!" Cooler screamed. He put all of his energy into his blast as well. He would not allow himself to be beaten by this little monkey. He released the energy into his blast, pushing it back at Vegeta.

Vegeta felt his energy starting to run out. He had no energy left to put into the beam. Slowly but surely Cooler's blast made it's way towards Vegeta. Inch by inch, Vegeta saw himself losing the struggle.

"I had to come back already? Seems like even as a Super Saiyan you are worthless." Vegeta glanced over and noticed his father standing next to him, again. "Little Super Trash Vegeta. You aren't worthy of my name."

"Damn it, not you again! I told you to shut up once already! Don't you ever listen?" Vegeta yelled, his father's words motivated him, not that he'd ever admit it. He strove to prove the old man wrong. He drew energy from every reserve he had, every fiber of his being and pushed it into the beam. Vegeta knew that this would be the end of the fight, one way or another. He would either die here or he would use every last ounce of energy at his disposal and finish off the brother of Frieza.

It seemed to be enough; Vegeta's beam pushed back against the orange sphere of destructive force and began to shoot it back towards Cooler faster than it had been before. Vegeta let out a smirk as he realized he could win this.

Cooler realized it as well. He had no energy left to put in the attack and he knew it. His attack was rushing back up at him, soon it would be over taking him.

Vegeta pushed one final time, sending the blast into Cooler and beginning to push even the mighty Arcosian backwards.

"That's it, now die you piece of filth!" The last of Vegeta's energy flooded into his beam, the orange blast Cooler had created began to turn the same shade of dark blue as Vegeta's beam. Finally it burst into the atmosphere, giving Cooler no way to push back against it. In minutes the blast enveloped him and the brother of the great and terrible Freiza was no more.

As soon as Vegeta sensed his foe's energy he let up and lowered his arms. He panted as his body dropped to the ground and he slowly lost consciousness. But, as the bruised and bloody prince fell to the ground, a smirk could be seen on his face – a smirk that would have made his Saiyan ancestors proud.

Alright had a whole bunch of action this chapter! Cooler has finally been killed and the fight with Android Blue is coming to its close. Stick around next time to find out the conclusion of the fight, figure out what's in store for Vegeta and check up on everyone's favorite time traveler (admit it, he's at least in the top two!).

As I said at the beginning of the chapter I have some exciting news! As you may have noticed that there is a drastic improvement in this chapter in grammar, syntax and, well, basically everything! That is because the great, the spectacular, the one and only Full Power has joined the Ripple Effect team! Full Power is going to edit all of the installments of Ripple Effect for the foreseeable future! Everybody should cheer and/or do the Bernie because this means that the Ripple Effect story is going to be better than ever as we get into the real good part of the story. Full Power is the author behind The Prince's Return and Second Chance, both of which are awesome stories that are more than worth your time to go and check out! I promise you won't be disappointed, unless of course you hate fantastic writing and amazing fight scenes for some reason. So, right after you finish reading this and leave your much appreciated review *cough*cough* go check them out!

Responses to Reviews:

Elleelle - Thank you! I really enjoyed writing Vegeta's transformation, it was something that I wish we could have seen in canon. I also didn't like how Vegeta never got to defeat any of Freiza's kin, Meta Cooler not included.

Aleaster - Glad that my depiction of Vegeta's transformation fit into your criteria! :) Also, I am an idiot. I cannot believe I put that extra 'l' in Piccolo's name for six chapters. Thanks for pointing out!

Flash - Hopefully the next few chapters will help answer why Future Gohan is a little different than he is portrayed in canon. Thanks for the words of encouragement!

Hope everyone has a fantastic week and will join us next time for Ripple Effect chapter 8! Later!