Chapter 38: A Dream Come True

It was that monkey, the monkey who had nearly killed him. Goku had arrived, Goku had finally arrived to fight him once more. Frieza's dreams, and his nightmares, they were all the same and they all began with Goku challenging him and here he was, somewhere hidden behind the beam of death was nemesis.

Finally Frieza ended his attack, allowing it to dissipate away to see his nemesis once more. Floating in the sky was the same glowing aura that he saw every time he closed his eyes, the same golden hair; the same teal eyes. Frieza suddenly blinked, first once then twice trying to clear the obvious hallucination from his vision. Finally his eyes opened wide in shock. "No...impossible…"

"My, this is a rare sight. Have you finally realized fighting me is impossible? I'm glad I could teach you this one lesson before the end. Well this is goodbye Vegeta." Frieza's voice reached Vegeta's ear as his life began to flash before his eyes.

"You pitiful monkey, you're nothing." Frieza's voice echoed in his mind something Frieza had told him thousands of times over his years slaving under him. "I want you to know you're a pathetic weakling Vegeta, just like your father."

He could see a planet being destroyed, Frieza laughter cackling in the background. He remembered watching a recording of it less than a week after he had found out of the destruction of Planet Vegeta.

The blast was nearly on him, moving in slow motion as Vegeta's life continued to flash before his eyes, his mind going back to the day he almost achieved his destiny.

"Vegeta...did...you get...hit too?" Nappa asked, his voice weaker than any time Vegeta could recall.

"No...I..." Vegeta realized that the only reason he could think of escaping was because of Nappa's heroics, "No, you pushed me out of the way in time." He conceded, though he hated to admit he had been saved.

A soft smile appeared on the giants face, causing Vegeta to immediately regret conceding that point. The Saiyan general looked like a disgrace at the moment. "Good...I...was able to...keep my...promise..." Nappa managed to say blood streaming from his mouth.

Vegeta's eye raised slightly in curiosity but, before he could ask what he meant, Nappa continued with his dying words, "I...promised your...father that...I would protect you...from Frieza..."

Vegeta wasn't surprised by this. Nappa had been among his father's most loyal confidants. He couldn't help but inwardly note how miserably the general had failed at that task over the years.

What Nappa said next, the Saiyan Prince could've never expected. "I...also kept...my promise to...myself..." The general's eyes were glazing over at this point. His time in the world drawing to an end. "After...planet Vegeta was destroyed...I promised...myself I would...never let my son...die again..."

Vegeta didn't know what to make of Nappa's statement. He had known Nappa once had a family on world at the time of the planet's destruction, but his son had definitely perished in the blasts like the rest of their race. And what did he mean by "again", was this just the blabbering of a dying fool?

"Vegeta...I know...this may...sound weird...but you...you were like a...son to me...like the Saiyan...I always wanted...Omato to be..." A single tear running down Nappa's face.

"I...Don't...want...to...see...you...join me...for...awhile...Vegeta...please...live...on…" Nappa said as the last breath finally left his body.

As he remembered every second of that strange surreal moment, Vegeta felt a familiar feeling well up within him. It could be described as rage, but at the same time it was so much more than that. Every muscle in his body tensed up like it had that day, as the other components of the strange feeling made themselves known. Along with the rage, there was pain, almost indescribable pain, the accumulation of every wrong the monster had committed against him hitting him all at once, but that wasn't all still within him was a fear that he would fail. He could hear Goku's screams echoed in his head the screams that robbed him of his destiny, holding him back from the precipice.

"Son...you were destined to be the Super Saiyan, you were destined to avenge our people!" His father's ghostly voice cried out in his mind. "Son don't give up your destiny!"

The voice burned into his mind, his fear of failure vanishing, instead he was hit with one final wave of rage, rage at Goku for nearly robbing of him of his destiny.

Everything inside of Vegeta shattered like glass. A power surged forth unlike anything he had ever felt before, his aura billowed out like a raging fire halting the purple beam of death trying to dissolve his body.

'Such a pitiful attack.' The thought hit Vegeta like a wall, this was the attack meant to end his life. This was how much of a threat Frieza really saw him. His rage burned hotter. 'Frieza will pay...he will pay for everything!' Vegeta's thoughts were nearly drowned out by his yells as golden energy spread through his already growing aura pushing the attack back.

Finally the attack dissipated altogether leaving Vegeta face to face with Frieza once more.

The two stared one another down for a moment, both sharing the same victorious smirks on their faces for a moment. Then Frieza's smirk fell to a frown before his mouth fell ajar with shock.

Vegeta could only laugh, he had done it; he had finally achieved his destiny. He could feel just how far he had eclipsed Frieza's power "Tell me Frieza how does it feel to look upon your executioner? To know that I Vegeta, Prince of all Saiyans have finally become the one thing you fear above all. How does it feel to look upon the most powerful being in the universe?" Vegeta shouted to the heavens.

Frieza's face twisted into a snarl, "HOW! The legend said there is only supposed to be one Super Saiyan!" Frieza shouted as he began to float backwards.

"Hn, don't you understand it yet Frieza? It doesn't matter that I wasn't the first Super Saiyan in a thousand years or not because it was always my destiny to be the one to kill you. Every second in my life has led me to this moment, my destiny." Vegeta boasted causing Frieza to snarl.

Frieza had had enough; whatever trick Vegeta had learned wouldn't stop him from pounding him into the dirt like the trash he was. In a flash Frieza unleashed 50 percent of his maximum and launched forward expecting to take Vegeta completely by surprise.

Vegeta's smirk fell to a frown as Frieza moved towards him in slow motion. He could already tell the Frost Demon still wasn't taking him seriously. Vegeta's fist tightened into a ball, 'He's coming at me at barely half the power he used against Kakarot…' It was an insult that Vegeta wouldn't stand for.

Just as Frieza reached him Vegeta seemingly vanished nothing more than an afterimage. Before Frieza even had time to contemplate where Vegeta had gone, the Saiyan Prince was already on the attack. He appeared just to Frieza's left and slammed his elbow down on the top of Frieza's head.

Frieza's mind blacked out immediately as his brain bounced around his skull in the fraction of a second before his body accelerated towards the ground.

King Cold smiled as his son vanished charging the now glowing Vegeta, knowing his son was finally done playing around. Though he was interested in what had happened to boost Vegeta's power.

Before King Cold could even finish his thought though something strange happened, a massive explosion rang out from the collision of something with the ground. Immediately the ruler of the galaxy assumed it was Vegeta taking the blow from his son, but almost immediately afterwards Vegeta appeared in the sky again his arms crossed in contempt.

King Cold's eyes immediately fell to the crater and noticed his son groggily rising to his feet, his mechanical skull plates heavily dented, to go along with a long list of other obvious damage he could see even from a distance of a few hundred feet. Some obviously from his previous encounter with the Oozaru, the rest seemed to be from his collision with the ground. It was clear by the look on his face the leader of the Planet Trade was tiring if his son's games.

(At the far end of the valley)

Nam dodged to the left just fast enough, as a purple alien's fist sliced past his cheek. Immediately Nam responded with a blow to the creature's throat.

The alien warrior started to staggered backwards giving Nam time to power up his Kaioken and flip over the blast a green alien attempted to fire into his back. The blast immediately cut through the still reeling purple alien's torso; an instant kill shot.

Quickly he cross his arms in an X formation and channeled his Ki. "Heaven's Cross!" He shouted as an X of pure Ki shot out cutting through not only the Green Planet Trade soldier but the Cat like soldier moving behind him as well before embedding itself in a nearby mountain.

Nam took a breath and immediate moved to intercept the next of the soldiers, although the humans outnumbered the invaders only a few of the human warriors were strong enough to have a fair fight against them. Already over a dozen fighters had fallen on each side.

(A few hundred feet away)

King Chappa rose from the crater the reptilian warrior who had ambushed him had sent him into, and wiped the blood from his forehead. He barely had any respite though as the creature lunged straight after him. He immediately knew how to deal with the attack.

Focusing his Ki he prepared the new twist to his old favorite technique he had been working on these last few months, "Eight armed technique number two!" He shouted completely oblivious to the lack of originality in the name of his attack.

The Reptilian warrior slowed to a halt, unsure of how to confront the suddenly eight armed opponent facing him down, playing exactly into King Chappa's plans. Each of the eight arms suddenly fired a small perfectly formed orb of energy forming each in turn forming up in a perfect, vertical circle around the confused warrior.

King Chappa could feel sweat building on his brow as focused on controlling each of the orbs so precisely. The Planet trade warrior was just beginning to realize the danger he was in when King Chappa struck, each of the small balls of energy formed into arrow like piercing attacks preparing to puncture where the Human warrior assumed vital organs would be located in the Alien.

A look of panic crossed the alien's face as he tried to focus his Ki to block the attacks coming from so many locations. He managed to hold back the first attack, but the second pierced right through his back cutting the warrior's concentration. In under a second the Lizard-man looked as if he had been shot with a machine gun. The final attack piercing through the dying warriors eyes and cutting right through his brain.

King Chappa dropped his Kaioken for a moment to rest his strained muscles. He, Nam and the Blue Force were the only fighters capable of fighting the elites Frieza brought with him. His break was over the instant he saw one of the weaker fighters about to be hit, in under a second he was between the rookie fighter and the trained killer, back in the fight.

Major Meditrain was getting excited, the giant brute across from him was giving him a good fight even at Kaioken times 10. The Sauropod like alien's fist came crashing in again trying to take the Major's head off.

Meditrain smirked at the last second as he took his Kaioken up another notch and caught the blow. Quickly Meditrain twisted his body pulling his fellow giant off-balance, and then proceeded to throw him high into the air. "I'd love to fight more but I have a mission to finish, here have a M47!" He shouted as a small, super concentrated yellow blast, named after Meditrain's favorite fragmentation grenade, shot up through the air. When it hit, the explosion was blinding.

The sudden bright flash from Meditrain's attack was just what captain Caspin needed in his own fight, as it temporarily blinded his bat-like adversary. Seizing the opportunity he shouted "Kalashnia Burst!" unleashing nearly a hundred tiny projectile blasts like bullets from an assault rifle ripping the warrior apart.

Neither fighter had long to appreciate their newest attacks first real action, all around them there were nearly a hundred of their allies fighting and dying. Neither warrior could forgive themselves if they saw someone die that they could've gotten to and launched off again to join a new fight.

Frieza physically shook his head trying to get the sparks to stop, and to clear his head. 'How...how could Vegeta be a Super Saiyan too?'

"Are you done playing around Frieza? If you still don't take me seriously I'm sure I can remove some of your defective hardware and see if that resolves your judgement malfunction." Vegeta said with a cruel smirk.

"You filthy Monkey! How dare you talk to me like that!" Frieza shouted as he began to power up. "I'm going to give you the most painful death I can imagine Vegeta! You will be begging for death's merciful grip!" The Frost Demon continued as the arcs of red electricity continued to grow both in size and frequency.

Vegeta watched patiently on waiting to see if Frieza could actually give him a real challenge.

Finally Frieza finished his power up, his muscles had bulged some, but not nearly as much as he has on Namek, Vegeta could tell that although his form seemed less impressive, his power was much more impressive.

"I can see you're surprised Vegeta. My power has risen dramatically since I fought Goku my cybernetic advances make me completely unbeatable. Prepare to be-" Frieza began to shout before being cut off by the last response he expected, laughter.

"This is your full extent of your power Frieza? My, I'm so scared. You know I think it might be more just how hideous you look more than your actual power." Vegeta sneared.

"How dare you!" Frieza shouted seeing red as he launched forward prepared to pound away at Vegeta. His intended attack was over before it started.

Vegeta's left hand caught the blow like it was nothing while his right fist slammed into Frieza's abdomen causing the Frost Demon to gag on the bile Vegeta's fist sent into motion, and his eyes to bulge.

"Pathetic, that's what I think of your power Frieza, it pales in comparison to the power I have achieved. The power of a Super Saiyan." He declared yet again as Frieza continued to back away unable to breath.

Frieza's eyes flashed dangerously at Vegeta's latest insult. "You filthy MON-" Again Frieza was cut off by one of Vegeta's attacks as Vegeta's fist slammed into the Frost Demon's jaw knocking the Frost Demon to the ground.

"That's enough of your petty insults Frieza. The only thing I want to hear is you for the rest of your miserable life is you begging for me to extend it a few more meager seconds." Vegeta practically snarled as he stared down at the creature who had made his life a living hell from the time he was a small child.

Frieza looked up his mind drawing a complete blank on what to do, he seemed he was outclassed, by his longtime plaything. His hand tightened into a fist at the very thought of being inferior to a monkey in anyway. Immediately he began to charge up an attack in his hand.

Vegeta realized Frieza was finally taking him seriously and waited for the real fight to begin.

"Taste this!" Frieza shouted as he attempted to unleash an attack at point blank range. Vegeta barely moved as he deflected the attack upwards. "Is that-" Vegeta began to ask as Frieza's other attack was released, into the dirt.

The explosion sent dust and debris flying in all directions obscuring Vegeta's vision. Frieza's partially stumped tail lashed out catching the Saiyan Prince's leg pulling it out from under him.

Vegeta's eyes widened in surprise for the first time since his ascension. As he dropped to the ground, Frieza leapt up bringing his heel down on the surprised Saiyan warrior's sternum.

Vegeta grunted in pain as Frieza unleashed a follow up attack straight to Vegeta's face began to rain down blow after blow on the suddenly pinned Super Saiyan warrior.

Vegeta allowed the attacks to continue for a moment before unleashing a massive explosion from his aura sending the Frost Demon airborne.

Frieza recovered almost instantly, which meant he was almost fast enough to block Vegeta's follow up attack, an ax-handle to the back of Frieza's head, sending the tyrant spiraling back into the Earth.

Vegeta didn't stop there though and begun to unleash a flurry of small, potent blasts into the crater Frieza had formed.

Before the massive sphere of energy the attacks had formed could detonate Vegeta noticed the Frost Demon was on the move.

Around 500 feet away Frieza shot out of the ground after tunneling his way from the impressive attack Vegeta had thrown at him, just in time to take a flying, straight-legged, double footed kick to his still sparking face.

The Frost Demon skid across the rocky surface, getting embedded in one of the mountains that seemed to stick up randomly in the barren landscape.

Frieza wasted no time emerging from the debris, his finger already raised to the air an orange ball of destruction already being charged. "You've pushed me too far Vegeta! I'll destroy this pitiful world just like I did planet Namek!" Frieza shouted as Vegeta came to a stop and crossed his arms in contempt for Frieza's threat.

"Go on Frieza. I dare you to try." Vegeta's smug smirk sending chills down the defenders of Earth's spines much more than it did Frieza's.

"Vegeta stop this madness and just finish him!" Piccolo shouted as the attack continued to swell above them.

"Stay out of this Namek or I will kill you next." Vegeta ordered.

"Fine then you foolish monkey, CATCH THIS!" Frieza shouted as his ball of death began to descend towards the planet.

"Get down!" Piccolo shouted as he and the human fighters nearest to the attack fled for cover.

"Son stop!" King Cold shouted suddenly alarmed at the idea that he too could be caught in the initial explosion. But it was too late the attack had already been released. Immediately King Cold took to the air trying to get as much distance between himself and the initial explosion as possible.

Shrieks of terror rang out across the battlefield as the planet Trade soldiers realized that their lives were seemingly about to end.

Their cries of terror were joined by not just the humans on the battlefield but also those across the planet, it seemed as if Armageddon had come to the Earth.

The attack continued its descent before making contact with Vegeta's outstretched hands, the Saiyan Prince's smirk not wavering for a second.

Dust, pebbles, and finally boulders began to rise into the air by the sheer power unleashed by the titanic struggle as Frieza and Vegeta continued to fight for control of the Frost Demon's ultimate attack.

"Why won't you just die?" Frieza shouted as he pushed harder throwing every last bit of his reserve strength into his attack, slowly the attack lurched forward back towards the ground much to Frieza relief. "I knew it! I can't be beaten! Prepare to die Vegeta!" Frieza continue to shout with a mad cackle.

During his laughter he failed to notice his attack had come to a complete stop. "Oh really and just how am I going to die?" Vegeta's voice shouted over the Frost Demon's laughter.

Frieza's attention dropped to his orange ball of destruction just as the attack lurched back at him slightly. "What? NO!" Frieza shouted before his attack suddenly detonated.

The entire planet actually shook, it was the most powerful earthquake in Earth's history. Thousands of miles away skyscrapers swung back and forth with the energy unleashed by the titanic blast as the citizens screamed in panic, and sometimes agony.

For several minutes the battlefield was still, the only movement was from the debris slowly falling back to Earth.

Frieza's eyes slowly cracked open, a deafening ringing sound still echoing in his ears. He could see arcs of electricity all across his body, likely from damage from the explosion, he surmised as he weakly sat up at the edge of a crater that had enveloped more than half of the canyon.

"So you're finally up." Vegeta's smug voice came from behind the exhausted Frost Demon sending chills down his spine.

"How-" Frieza started to ask as he stared at the mostly unscathed form of Vegeta standing over him.

"I've already answered that question multiple times Frieza." Vegeta said with a smirk ready to say it again. "I am a Super Saiyan! I am the strongest fighter in the universe!" He triumphantly declared a look in his eyes like a predator about to go in for the kill.

Across the battlefield a third figure finally emerged from could've been his rocky tomb. 'Did Frieza actually detonate the attack early?' King Cold asked himself as his keen eyes began to scan the battlefield, not even caring to notice he was missing one of the back-spikes normally adorning the his species' third form.

That was when he noticed it, his son, and likely heir, hanging limply; Vegeta's fist slowly tightening on his throat.

King Cold growled in frustration, his son hadn't lied in describing the power of the Super Saiyans. For the first time in nearly 70 years King Cold began to gather his strength to undergo his final transformation. Before he could start it though a knee slammed into his back, causing the elder Frost Demon to gasp in agony.

"Sorry but I couldn't help but notice your transformation earlier. If I had to guess you're trying to reach the same form your son's in to interrupt Vegeta. I can't really allow that, because for the first time today it looks like I'll be able live to see tomorrow and I have a lot of training I have to do tomorrow." Piccolo said from behind as he powered his Kaioken up again and continued his attack against the still reeling Frost Demon.

Piccolo began to hammer away at the seemingly helpless Frost Demon, in just his Kaioken times two state he was able completely dominate one of the most powerful beings in the universe. Blow after blow rained down, slamming into the Planet Trade leader's cheek, chest and abdomen in rapid succession, before finishing the assault with a spinning kick to his head, launching him into a new mountain of rubble.

Frieza's grip on his hand was quickly weakening as were his fruitless kicks. Vegeta watched closely as the look on Frieza's face continually turned more and more to one of panic. His eyes bulging from the intense pressure on his throat as his cybernetic implants keeping his body functioning began to strain under the force.

"You know Frieza, I've waited for this day my entire life, not only the day that I achieved my destiny and became a Super Saiyan at long last, but also the day I was able to avenge my race. In a twisted way none if this would even be possible without you. "Vegeta's voice was oddly emotionless as he looked down at the pitiful creature in his grasp.

Frieza's eyes flashed dangerously at Vegeta's last comment as his hand shot out to his chest. A single beam of death firing out aimed right at his heart expecting to catch the Saiyan Warrior with his guard down.

The effect was not what Frieza had expected, Vegeta's grip only grew tighter as the Frost Demon's implants began to fail. His bulging eyes falling to the small scorch mark left on Vegeta's armour as he realized how much of a difference in strength was now. His eyes quickly turned to each side looking desperately for his father to rescue him from certain death. His heart fell further the Namekian was crushing his father's third state like he was nothing more than an ant.

Darkness began to fill in the edges of Frieza's vision as the last of the internal machinery began to fail.

Vegeta's voice pulled him from the void as the pressure suddenly lessened on his throat. "No your death won't be so peaceful Frieza." The Saiyan Prince snarled as he took his free hand away and ripped the Tyrant's mechanical leg clean from his body. He didn't stop there as he then ripped the other off, quickly followed by as many of the external components as he could reach, before casually tossing Frieza to the ground.

Frieza wheezed for air desperately trying to recover some strength, any strength to delay his end. "Please...Vegeta..." He begged weakly. "I'm sorry...have mercy..." He begged.

"Mercy huh?" Vegeta was silent as he looked upon the trembling, broken creature Frieza had been reduced too. "Do you honestly think I am a fool Frieza? That I am soft enough to spare your life after all you've done?" Vegeta's voice was cold as he continued to watch the pitiful being struggle for breath.

"Please...spare...me..." Frieza tried again, trying to live just another breath, to avoid the damnation he was certainly destined for.

Vegeta's response was almost anticlimactic a simple "See you in hell Frieza." He snarled as he fired a blast just powerful enough to completely vaporize the monster that had haunted his nightmares for so long.

After so long dreaming if nothing more than crushing Frieza in a glorious battle the Saiyan Prince was feeling almost left empty? Yes he felt pride at his accomplishment, but he wanted more, wanting to delve into the full depths of his newfound strength, to test his limits. It was clear to him his options of those who could administer such a test were few and far between, off the top of his mind he could only think of three candidates. Luckily for the Prince one of them were standing in front of him.

In an instant Vegeta phased out.

Piccolo continued to hammer away on King Cold after he had forced him from his rubble. It was just about time to finish him.

Kicking Cold flat on his back Piccolo prepared a finishing attack "Masenko-HA!" He shouted unleashing a blast that would surely finish the Frost Demon threat once and for all.

Before he could react though his attack was deflected up into the sky.

"Vegeta! What are you doing?" Piccolo asked incredulous.

"That's enough, I'll take it from here." Vegeta's voice leaving no room for argument as Piccolo slowly backed away under his relentless glare. In the distance the last if the rubble that was once Frieza fell to the ground.

"Tell me Cold, by the way Frieza was acting at the end he was looking for you to save him. So I just have one question. Are you stronger than your son?" Vegeta asked a look of interest on his face.

King Cold's eyes glazed over for a fraction of a second, his mind running through everything he had learned about the Saiyans and a dozen other similar species before answering. "Yes I am a fair amount stronger than my son in my final form, why do you ask Vegeta?" He said weighing his words carefully hoping his analysis if Vegeta's intent had been right.

Vegeta's smirk told it all he had already decided and Piccolo knew it. "Vegeta, please-" he started to beg as a blast detonated just in front of him.

"I thought I told you I would handle this, if you don't want me to strangle you with your own tongue I suggest you not speak again." Vegeta snarled not even looking his direction before turning back to King Cold. "Transform now." He ordered.

King Cold tried to hide his smirk, he couldn't believe it was really this easy. "Alright Vegeta as you wish. I hope I can give your overwhelming Super Saiyan might a better test than my son did." King Cold responded evenly.

"Yes for your sake I hope you do." Vegeta responded as the transformation started.

And Chapter 38 is in the books, hopefully everyone enjoyed Vegeta's victory and subsequent Vegeta-esq move. I almost managed to get the chapter up yesterday but I have been working the entirety of the last 3 days (minus a few hours after midnight) on helping my mom get her house ready to sell, so that ate up a ton of potential writing time.

Now onto another matter, I wanted to thank everyone for their great support, as of yesterday morning Culture Shock has officially passed 50,000 views. Not only that but we are right on the verge of 250 reviews as well. This is especially awesome since the story had just crossed 100 reviews at the end of December of last year. So thank you all again for your incredible support!

Now for the reviews.

Reviews:

anonymous- Frieza returns huh

Well if it is a major arc then how is it going to be dragged out to be of more than 3-4 chapters
After all goku or trunks could fully and completely annihilate frieza and cold widout even trying
Anyways it was good seeing the earthlings knowing that they were heavily outmatched and outgunned form a good strategy
Also how u said by end of this arc the turles group will be major, seems that earth is going to be one of their next targets
I wonder what gohan will feel knowing earth is indeed intact
Looking forward to the next update

This arc is going to have 3 major subsections in it one of which isn't really connected to the others other than it takes place simultaneous to the other 2. Yes both could've easily done what Vegeta did this chapter, and probably would've been less sadistic about it. I'm glad yo enjoyed their strategy, It always annoyed me that the weaker fighters in the show never really tried to out think their opponents when outmatched. As for Turles all I will say is not necessarily, I'm keeping stuff about that group close to my chest ;). If Gohan finds Earth intact though he will have a major beef with a couple of different Saiyans.

wheathermangohanssj4- Well that's an interesting start...no Trunks, or any other time traveling Saiyain, showing up to save the hero's...huh not too unusual...mildly odd...but looking forward to what this means for the "Future" of this story.

The ripples from the first chapter keep on chugging away separating it from the Canon universe, just remember one change could easily lead to a runaway effect. Glad you enjoyed the first chapter though.

RKF22- Enter Trunks

Good guess, it seems like several people thought this.

The Archsage- Well, considering how far Goku is from Earth, I highly doubt it's him. I'm guessing this is where Trunks, or possibly Goten or even an OC child of Nappa or Raditz, appears.

Either way, I'm looking forward to the next chapter. Hope to see it soon!

The Archsage.

Thanks for the review. You hit the nail on the head with the reasoning on Goku's absence. Trunks or another future Saiyan is a good guess, but not quite. I hope you enjoyed this chapter too!

super mystic gohan- nice chapter haaha piccolo got the a good hit in and so did nappa glad they made some difference cant wait to see if this is trunks or goku or someone else until next time

Glad you enjoyed it. I really wanted to give some of the other characters a chance to do some damage too even if it is just a couple of them. I hope you liked the latest twist at the start of the chapter as well.

Guest-

have a feeling its not goku

And I have a feeling you're right. ;). I hope you enjoyed the twist.

Luke-

...is it Goku to the rescue, or did Vegeta ascend?

Guess we'll find out next chapter.

I think you might've been the only to to guess right so congrats! Good job :). I felt like after all of the shit he put up with throughout his life, and his near miss on Namek, added up to the perfect time for some Vegeta vengeance.

bigpainkiller-

Will kuriza be a part of this story.

Thanks for the review! He might make a brief appearance in a chapter far down the road. Other than that I can't say at the moment.

KnightofZero12-

Great story man. I'm currently bedridden had surgery on my ankle last Thursday so I've caught up to the end of Break thought the limit and had to look elsewhere for things to kill time and this has been a good one. Looking forward to more chapters of this.

Glad my story is helping you pass some time, I hope this chapter helps some too. I hope your ankle heals fast! Thanks for the review.

Jhotenko -

The real question now, is that actually Goku, or is it Trunks? My money is on Trunks, but enough has changed from cannon I could be way off and it could be a completely different future saiyan.

It's interesting how many characters you've empowered, as opposed to the handful of Z-fighters from cannon. I wonder how much longer their strength will remain relevant, or rather how/if you keep them relevant. On that note, I don't think I've ever seen an actually competent Mr. Satan.

Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to the next chapter.

Alot has changed and there is more to come. Trunks/future oc seemed to be a popular guess, I figured it would be given the part of the story we're in. I've always thought that one of DBZ's few weaknesses was how it would discard some of the most compelling characters so easily, I plan on keeping at least some of the humans relatively relevant throughout the whole story if I can. Since nearly all of them know Kaioken every 1 they gain in power level is actually a gain of at least 20-25 with Kaioken, which should allow them to keep up with Super Saiyans.

Chi-Chi's FAN

No way can I ever see myself lose interest in this story! I took a long time to review and read because of an accident I received a while back (it was hell)

The suspense...I almost forgot that your known for that! Everything was so exciting and then chapter end. All I can think is "who is that?!" Goku or Mirai Trunks or Mirai OC? If I die of suspense then only your chapter can revive me, lol.

Glad to hear it, sorry about your accident hope everything is alright now though. Yeah it has been awhile since I had a chapter where I could leave things with a nice old fashion cliff-hanger. It feels good to have a little suspense back in the story. I think you guessed all 3 of the major choices everyone was guessing, all good choices considering the situation. Hopefully this chapter is enough to revive you for a while :).

Thanks again for all the support from everyone, I hope you all continue to enjoy the story!