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The Namek Arc is firing up and leading to an explosive climax of battles! Our heroes have managed to quell the Ginyu Force (Or have they? Heh Heh Heh) while Shepard is attempting the impossible: holding off a livid, enraged Frieza. Will Shepard hold out long enough for help to arrive? How will Shepard fare as Frieza continues to grow stronger? Find out on this chapter of Dragon Ball: BtG!
Age: December 14, 762
Location: Namek
"You could just stand down. Take your friends and leave." Goku said. Raditz was looking at Captain Ginyu with disdain.
"Leave? Me the great Captain Ginyu, leave? Heh heh heh, sooo Raditz, what do you think your...brother will do if I took him up on his offer?"
"Oh, he's more than stupid enough to let you go. Unlike him, I'm more than willing to be rid of your ass." Captain Ginyu took a step back, surveying the two brothers.
"Heeey that's not very nice!" Goku stuck his tongue out at Raditz, who grimaced in disgust.
Captain Ginyu continued to observe the brothers, a plan beginning to form in his mind. He charged toward the brothers, who both afterimaged away.
BAM
Stars exploded in the back of Captain Ginyu's head as Raditz smashed a fist into it, sending the planet trader into the ground and picking up gravel and dirt as he slid.
"Told you Kakarot. He's beyond loyal to Frieza and won't stop until he somehow gains an advantage." Raditz said. He didn't hit the captain with the full weight of his power, though he wished he did.
"As long you're going to kill first and not give anybody a chance, you'll never know what they could be." Goku pointed out.
Meanwhile, the Captain was getting back to his feet, surprised at the speed of the brothers.
"Damn Saiyans." He said to himself more than anything, but he was right. One of their bodies would do nicely. He just had to figure out which one he wanted. The brothers phased in a handful of feet away, but before more could be said, a commotion was taking place where the others had battled...
Vegeta woke with a start, sitting up and nearly head-butting Sopran as he did, the namekian stood back up fully and took a step back.
"It's about time you got up," Yamcha said from next to him as he tied what few senzu beans were left around his sash.
"D-dammit not again. Wh-What the hell is?" Vegeta was confused. He sensed a pair of massive powers, greater than his own even now after an impressive Zenkai.
"K-Kakarot and Raditz? Are they? They can't be! Did they achieve the Super Saiyan? Impossible! Yet, as I live and breathe, their power is unlike anything I've ever felt." Vegeta slowly made it to his feet in respectable awe. However, that changed instantly when he looked down towards the land in which he had fought, and could still feel the Ginyu Force alive.
"No...no I won't allow this! BASTARDS!" Vegeta yelled as he exploded off of the pillar in a torrent of energy.
"W-wait Vegeta!" Krillin was nearly blown back by Vegeta's take-off.
"AHHH! Where is he going?" Bulma nearly yelled out.
"Dammit, man. You just can't let it go." Yamcha said.
Vegeta blitzed down to the battlefield, slamming full force into the unconscious Recoome's neck, decapitating the planet trader. He jumped off of the dead soldier, charging a blast and firing it into Burter, turning him into ash. He snickered gleefully as he stopped short of Jeice's unconscious body and put his hand on his chest, charging an immense amount of energy. It startled Jeice awake, but he instantly screamed in agony as his body turned to ash.
"YES! JUST DIE ALL OF YOU!" Vegeta yelled, charging a blast and readying to try to kill the distant Captain Ginyu, but Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo, and Gohan all phased in front of him, the Desert Bandit giving everything he had to slap Vegeta's blast away.
"That's enough dude! They couldn't fight anymore!" Yamcha said, a red aura taking hold of him.
"Hm hm hm hm hm you think your silly little Kaioken means anything to me now? After I've killed all of you, I will destroy those clowns Kakarot and Raditz both, and if Ginyu wants to join them, even better! And then, I will find Shepard, and I will tear him apart for what he did to me on Earth hm hm hm hm hm." Vegeta snickered as he was prepared to destroy the Earthlings, before he heard someone phase in behind him, a hand on his shoulder.
"Vegeta! Calm down! The Ginyu Force is dead, as well as those traitorous Saiyans when we get the chance, but we still have Frieza to worry about." Nappa said. Under most circumstances, Vegeta would have pushed Nappa's arm off of him with haste, but he calmed down a fraction, understanding that he flew off the handle.
"Hmph!" Vegeta crossed his arms and looked out beyond the landscape, focusing on Shepard in the distance. He didn't react externally, but internally he seethed.
'He feels like he is as strong as Raditz and Kakarot. Damn him!'
The group watched as Goku and Raditz faced down the infamous and deadly Ginyu. All who could sense energy felt the coming collision in the far-off distance...
"Hello, Frieza."
"Ohh? Do you dare not show respect to your emperor? Kneel before me and perhaps I will spare your pathetic life." Frieza was expecting the man to do as he was told, which is why he gained a look of shock when Shepard just smirked at him.
Shepard pointed the BanHammer at the despot.
"Respect? Respect is earned, never freely given." Shepard sternly said.
"Is that so? Hmm, I can't help but notice you look like a Saiyan. Is that correct, monkey?"
"Damn straight it is, lizard."
"Wh-what? You have no idea who you're dealing with. Stupid ape. Perhaps I shall have to remind you of just who I am." Frieza angrily said.
"Oh you like being a pompous, racist little shit but when it's thrown back at you, you wanna cry like a little bitch? You're nothing but a spoiled, rich brat."
"Enough of your insults, monkey. You could've joined my side, and have all the spoils you could want. You will regret your decision shortly. Surely you've seen what happens to those who dare to defy me hm hm hm hm hm hm." Frieza said as he snickered, holding his hands out and letting Shepard take in the carnage of the namekian. The arms and legs had wilted, but not disappeared. Taking the appearance of the Saiyan, Frieza could swear he recognized him. When Shepard put his weapon on his shoulder, Frieza's jaw nearly dropped.
"I...I recognize you! YOU! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STOLE FROM MY FATHER!" Frieza shouted. He had been looking for the thief in passing for over 2 years now. He had overhauled his entire empire, interrogating everyone, looking for the interloper who dared to steal from his revered father. King Cold had made it apparent he was very displeased with his son for allowing nonsense such as this to happen. And when their contact had disappeared without so much as a trace on FP 420? Frieza nearly destroyed the planet in anger. After consulting with his father, it was decided that a bulletin would be placed on all Frieza planets, a hefty reward being displayed if the criminal was brought in alive. 6 months ago, on the distant Frieza Planet 111, there was an apparent sighting, but the team who had discovered the criminal had never appeared. They had seemingly vanished.
"That's me! And damn it is some killzone stuff! I didn't know your old man had it like that heh heh heh." Shepard said, making Frieza nearly keel over. The tyrant began to shake in anger. He wanted to kill this Saiyan now and be on about his business!
"So... you admit your mistake in theft? Do you have any idea what you've done?" Frieza asked.
"Stop while we're ahead Shep!" Marc nearly screamed in his mind, making Shepard chuckle.
"Admit? Theft? Uhh, I'm pretty sure I... bought it?" Shepard half turned his head with a half smile.
Play: Mick Gordon- Doom- The Only Thing They Fear Is You
"Th-that's it! You will die now!" Frieza phased in, swiping to take Shepard's head off. And for a second, Shepard had stayed visible, until his body disappeared.
"What?" BAM
A hook kick caught Frieza in the jaw, sending him skidding back. Shepard phased in throwing a punch, which Frieza blocked with his forearm.
"That hurt, monkey! AHHHHHH!" Frieza threw another punch, which Shepard caught with the BanHammer, a metallic sound echoing through the landscape. Frieza phased backward, his fist in slight pain.
"A monkey with a stupid weapon? Hm hm hm hm and here I thought Saiyans were so honorable that they didn't use weaponry?" Frieza said, noticing the BanHammer didn't leave so much as a dent from his punch. Shepard set the BanHammer down, smiling and holding his hands out, mocking Frieza with a bow much like the tyrant would to others.
"It's not a matter of honor, Frieza. I'm just stronger than you are right now. And yes, I know all about your transformations and just how strong you really are. I'm gonna use your ass, lizard. I'm gonna stomp a mud hole in you so deep that when I walk it dry I'M TAKING YOUR INSIDES!" Shepard phased in towards Frieza as he said the last part, clocking Frieza in the jaw again and sending the tyrant screaming away. Frieza righted himself in the air before flying in towards Shepard. Cocking his hand back, he launched it. Shepard had the same idea, and they collided in the center before a vicious exchange occurred. They appeared and disappeared throughout the landscape, the booms and echoes clapping with the sound of thunder. Frieza was trying to push through with pure strength, but he found himself stymied when Shepard unloaded a knee into Frieza's chest, making the tyrant hack up spit before Shepard turned and clocked Frieza in the jaw with his other knee. Frieza slid back from the impact before he threw his hand out, unleashing a pink energy blast, which Shepard knocked away before flying past Frieza, grabbing the tyrant by the face and speeding into a rock formation. Frieza's head impacted the rock and he couldn't move as Shepard held him there.
"What's the matter, lizard? Is the form you're using now just not ENOUGH?" Shepard screamed out before pulling Frieza out of the rock and throwing him across the ground, making the Arcosian skid across on his body. He got up quickly, enraged at the Saiyan.
"Dammiiiit! DAMN YOU!" Frieza unloaded a barrage of energy blasts at the Rogue, who flew forward, knocking away many of them. Frieza's tail uncoiled, looking to impale Shepard, but he dodged it, grabbing the tail as it slithered past. He half smirked, making Frieza regret using the appendage as Shepard picked Frieza up and slammed him hard into the ground by his tail several times, leaving Frieza-size craters around him. He then picked up Frieza and started to spin, before jumping up and slamming Frieza again into a rock formation, making the thing tumble down. He jumped backward, watching as Frieza picked himself up.
"Blasted MONKEY!" Frieza roared as he brought the full weight of his power in his current form, charging ahead and looking to take Shepard out. Shepard backed away dodging, before he parried one of Frieza's punches and palmed Frieza in the stomach, using a Kiai to blast the tyrant back.
"You hate that a monkey can even hurt you as you are now, just wait until you transform and I STILL fuck you up!" Shepard said to himself more than anything, as he followed Frieza in the air, who righted himself and held his finger up into the air. A massive ball of energy began to coalesce at his fingertip.
"Bringing out the big shit already?" Shepard questioned. He summoned a blue blast in his hand and threw it before Frieza could aim his finger down. It impacted Frieza's Death Ball, making it explode in a massive plume of smoke and ash. Shepard held his hands up to block the intense light of the explosion. Shepard stayed guarded, trying to pierce the light and see his adversary.
"Well monkey, it would seem as if you're wearing bigger britches than your precious Prince hm hm hm hm hm," Frieza said as he calmly flew out of the smoke.
"Iiiii wouldn't count Vegeta out so much. And he's not my fucking Prince. If it's not me that fucking destroys you, it'll likely be him. I have nothing but pity for what awaits you." Shepard said, making Frieza snarl in disgust.
"Save your pity, monkey. It should be me who pities you for not taking my offer!"
"Cram your offer up your ass. You could've used your influence to help this Universe. To make a true difference. Instead, you'd rather pillage and destroy it. Fear is all you truly understand, and you will fucking understand it today! There's a reason Beerus made you an Agent of Destruction." Frieza gasped at Shepard's statement.
"A-and what would you know of L-Lord Beerus?" Frieza stammered.
"A lot more than you. You're his tool. Nothing more, nothing less. Same as your damn father and brother. You can claim your emperorship to those who stand weaker than you, but beings like Beerus? You're just a mortal roaming in HIS Universe. And you think immortality will set you apart? Heh heh heh heh heh get real!"
"Well then, after I kill you and gain my immortality, I will deal with the other miscreants on this pathetic planet and I will plunge this Universe into despair!" Frieza charged toward Shepard, who moved his head as Frieza's fist flew by. He continued to move backward, avoiding the tyrants' blows.
"STAND STILL!" Frieza threw another mighty punch, connecting full force with Shepard's face. The Saiyan's head moved to the side, but he turned to look back at Frieza, a smirk on his face.
"Just as I thought." He said, removing the stunned Tyrant's fist from his face and throwing a punch himself, but not a physical one. Frieza's chest was nearly caved in as the Kiai punch connected and blew him back once again.
"He has no skill, just power," Marc mentioned.
"Right!"
Shepard nearly got driven through when Frieza charged in head first, making the Rogue slide back nearly 50 feet. Stopping dead, Shepard uncorked a knee into Frieza's face, driving Frieza up to Shepard's face level as he released him before roundhouse kicking Frieza away.
"Next time you try that, I'm ripping off your horns and shoving BOTH up your ass!" Shepard ran forward, bringing both hands together and charging blue energy.
"PEREGRINE SHELL!" The dense blue ball of energy impacted Frieza, blowing him even further back. Shepard watched as Frieza cratered the ground for several hundred feet.
"T-this monkey! How could a monkey possibly challenge me? HOW?" Frieza yelled as he got up. Shepard phased in front of the tyrant, standing over him, making Frieza take a step back. In anger at being intimidated, Frieza threw a desperate punch, which Shepard caught.
"You're going to die today, Frieza," Shepard said. Frieza tried pulling his hand away, but the Saiyan's grip was a vice.
"RELEASE ME MONKEY!" Frieza yelled before he lashed out with his tail. Shepard moved his head to the side, before instantly releasing Frieza's hand and moving backward, avoiding another tail strike. Frieza began hurling a mass of pink energy balls, making Shepard corkscrew in the air away from them. Getting ahold of one, Shepard condensed it before adding his energy to the mix. Hurling it down towards Frieza, the tyrant saw it coming. Firing a death beam at the blast, it exploded, before Shepard surprised the tyrant and burst through the smoke, clocking Frieza in the face with a punch and pushing the emperor back.
BAM
"AGGRRHH!" Frieza was smashed in the back by both of Shepard's fists, sending the tyrant hurtling toward the ground, but Frieza saw it at the last second, using his energy to land safely on the ground. Shepard gave no quarter, phasing in front of Frieza and driving him backward with a hard front kick. Frieza slid back, before holding his hands out in anger, catching Shepard in a telekinetic grip.
"AGH! Dirty bastard!"
"Hm hm hm hm hm BE GONE MONKEY!" Frieza threw his hand out, sending Shepard colliding with a nearby mountain. Shepard blew through the mountain, hitting the water like a dead weight and throwing up a green geyser of the ocean in every direction.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NOW FEEL MY WRATH PRIMATE!" Frieza phased in above the water, firing more death beams into the water. The water exploded around him as he continued firing.
Underwater, Shepard had remembered a trick that Goku had used to get a slight advantage. But perhaps he could put his own spin on it. Frieza was missing him horribly underwater, but before Shepard could enact his plan, the energy balls stopped coming, followed by an implosion into the water. Frieza had dove down, preparing a ball of energy in his hands. Shepard quickly created a bubble of oxygen in his chest with his energy, making it easier to concentrate. Shepard threw his arm up to block as the blast skidded by him, followed by Frieza phasing in front of him and punching him in the stomach. It didn't hurt as bad as he thought it would, but he lost his concentration, causing many air bubbles to form around Shepard as he struggled to breathe. Frieza took advantage of this, wrapping his tail around Shepard's neck and trying to suffocate him. Shepard would have none of it. Using his energy, he overcame Frieza, dragging the tyrant out of the water upside down with a shout. Shepard grabbed ahold of Frieza's tail, squeezing it hard and making Frieza wince in pain before he ignited a blue ki blade and cut the appendage off.
"AGHEEOOOOOWWW!" Frieza screamed as he noticed blood spurting out of the end of his tail stump.
"Y-y-you cut off my tail? Y-you...you CUT OFF MY TAIL! HOW DARE YOU!" Frieza yelled, enraged as he clocked the smirking Saiyan in the jaw, sending Shepard flying away wildly. The Rogue righted himself quickly, dodging the enraged tyrant's extended hand that was looking to impale him. Frieza threw a kick which Shepard put his forearm up to block, followed by another kick, and another. Frieza was pounding on Shepard's guard in a fierce rage, pain evident on his face.
"I AM GOING TO TORTURE YOU ENDLESSLY MONKEY!" Knocking Shepard away finally, Frieza blasted Shepard in the back with a Kiai, sending Shepard face-first into the side of a mountain. He dove down instantly on instinct as Frieza kicked through the mountain where his body was just at. Flying down, Frieza tried to lash out at Shepard with a punch, but Shepard caught the tyrant's wrist, turning and throwing Frieza hard into the ground. Flying straight down, Shepard looked to drive Frieza deep into the ground, but Frieza used an afterimage, getting away just in time. He ducked below Frieza's attempted kick to his head, turning and throwing both feet into Frieza's stomach and driving him into the air. Shepard leaped, getting ahead of Frieza and driving him down into the same hole he initially threw the tyrant in. Flying even further in the air, Shepard clenched his fists, calling out for all of his power before holding out both hands, green energy forming.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH AH AH AH AH AH HAH HAH AH AH AH HA AH AH AH AH!" Shepard didn't know how many green balls of energy he fired down into that hole, but he still felt Frieza down there. The explosions kept getting bigger as more energy balls rained down. The smoke was starting to tower into the sky, forcing Shepard to stop. He dropped down to the ground near the now expanded hole. Looking down, he saw Frieza down at the bottom, eyes wide in seething anger.
"Embarrassed...by a monkey? Im-impossible! I refuse to accept defeat to a lowly Saiyan, of all things!" Frieza said to himself before he slowly worked his way back to his feet.
"Get your ass back up here and get some more of this!" Shepard shouted down in the hole to the tyrant, who began to shake in rage.
"DAMN YOU!" Frieza shot out of the hole, making Shepard dodge taking a step back. He held his 2 fingers together before slashing down, creating a fissure in the ground that stretched nearly 50 feet across. Shepard had dodged it but was still amazed at Frieza's level of Ki manipulation.
"Ah shit." He said, barely getting the chance to dodge away as Frieza aimed another Death Wave at the Rogue. Several fissures opened up as Frieza fired another Death Wave. This one was much closer to Shepard and he barely dodged to the side, losing a piece of his Gi in the process.
"So the monkey has speed, then try to dodge this!" Frieza held his finger up, beginning to summon an enormous amount of energy.
"Death ball! DEATH BALL!" Marc screamed out.
"I see it." Shepard held firm, summoning energy of his own.
"If you will not die, then you leave me no choice but to destroy you and this miserable planet!" Frieza let the now mountain-sized blast go, heading toward Shepard.
"This is what killed Planet Vegeta and its occupants. The Namekians won't suffer the same fate!"
"KamehaaaaameeeeeHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Shepard fired the azure-colored energy wave, watching it fly fast and collide with the Death Ball. Frieza's mouth opened in shock as he watched his energy ball start to be pushed back toward him. He flew upwards as the Death Ball sped towards him, getting out of the way as it hurtled past, followed by the Kamehameha. Looking back down, Frieza began to shake, livid at this resistance. He blindly rushed down towards Shepard head first, not minding the massive explosion behind him.
"I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS ANY LONGER!" He yelled. Shepard barely caught the tyrant, his hand getting cut as he struggled to push the horn back away from his chest.
"Grrrrarrrggghhh!" Shepard started to twist, forcing Frieza to stop charging and try to pull away, but Shepard had him and wasn't letting go until he was done. Frieza lashed out with his tail, smashing Shepard in the face with it several times, and even tried to impale him once, but Shepard saw it and moved his head. Pushing the tyrant backward, Frieza was put off balance before Shepard did the unthinkable.
SNAAAP
"AGGGHHHHHH!" Frieza screamed in agony, one of his horns now in Shepard's hand as he dodged a fierce tail strike, coming back and slashing with Frieza's own horn. A small cut appeared under Frieza's eye as he barely dodged the horn strike. Shepard ignited his blue Ki blade again, slashing at Frieza with both. Frieza desperately moved his head. Shepard slashed at Frieza's chest, just grazing the tyrant and leaving a shallow cut along Frieza's midriff. Frieza seethed before he fired eye beams at Shepard, who saw them and slashed them away with his Ki blade before charging back in. Dissipating the blade, he tricked Frieza, striking him with a knife chop across the face before he flipped the horn into his right hand and stabbed it down into Frieza's shoulder. Blood started to pour out of the wound as Frieza screamed in raged pain. Shepard palmed Frieza on the chin, driving him backward. Shepard walked the tyrant down and for the first time, Frieza looked at the Saiyan in a new light. Only for a brief second, but Shepard sensed it.
Fear.
Frieza felt fear for the first time in a very long time. No mortal, no Saiyan had ever dared to treat Frieza like this! The tyrant had not been beaten in this form since his father had beaten him, and after that, Lord Beerus. With those being his only defeats, he had never dared to believe that another mortal specimen could hope to defeat him! And from what Frieza could tell, Shepard was holding back. He would need to transform. Figuring his 2nd form would be more than enough to deal with this pest, he snickered to himself, ignoring the pain in his shoulder.
"My my. A monkey finally surpassed this form. It would seem I was right to eliminate you all so many years prior. Where could you have come from I wonder?" Shepard stopped walking at that, turning his head and looking at the tyrant. He could sense the sheer power that was being held back, like a snake that was ready to uncoil.
"The explanation would go over your head, lizard. You're too arrogant and stupid to accept the truth, so the only thing I can do is beat respect into you. You don't need to worry about where the fuck I come from, you only need to worry about how you're gonna stay alive today. Which isn't happening. I'm going to use you Frieza, like the dirty rag you use when you wipe down a car. You exist to fulfill MY plans, nothing more! Nothing less! And when I'm done with you, YOU'LL BEG FOR DEATH!" Shepard yelled out, charging forward. Igniting his right hand with red energy, he slugged Frieza across the jaw. Not giving the tyrant any time, he straight-punched Frieza with another Falcon Punch, nearly running him through his stomach. Blood flew out of Frieza's mouth as he tried to retreat, but Shepard was behind him already, sending a chop across Frieza's back just above his sliced tail, making the despot gasp in more pain. He turned around, throwing his leg down, but Shepard blocked it, pushing Frieza away and firing a green ball of energy at him. Frieza knocked it away and fired a multitude of Death Beams at his adversary, who afterimaged away and smashed Frieza in the back of the head with a hammer fist, sending Frieza into the ground where an avalanche of rock was thrown up. Shepard blitzed down to the ground and kicked the recovering Frieza in the stomach, sending him back into the air.
"ENOUGH OF THIS MOCKERY!" Frieza yelled, having had enough of being ragdolled.
"You will rue the day you crossed me!" Frieza clenched his fists. He realized he had no choice but to transform, but before he could, he didn't anticipate getting kicked in the back of the head by Shepard, sending him plummeting into the ground once again. Frieza slowly got to his feet, where he quickly, instinctively ducked. Searing pain etched across his face as Shepard had missed decapitating the tyrant, but not his other horn. Now hornless, Frieza frothed at the mouth, summoning a large blast of energy and turning around and hurling it into Shepard's stomach. Shepard was blown away at Mach speed, the blast searing his gi. Grabbing ahold of the energy, Shepard turned, hurling it back towards Frieza, who threw his hands up to block. He was engulfed in a massive explosion...
The planet quaked, but that didn't stop Captain Ginyu or Raditz from their fight.
The Captain missed with a palm, enabling Raditz to grab the extended hand, turning and throwing Ginyu down to the ground with excessive force.
"Oh I've wanted to do this for years hm hm hm hm WELL CAPTAIN? I'M STILL HOLDING BACK!" Raditz yelled down. Goku was watching the fight from atop a pillar, ready to jump in at a moment's notice, but he wasn't really worried.
The others watched as Raditz slowly dismantled the Planet Trader. They all had felt Goku and Raditz's power, and now Shepard out many miles away.
"We need to take advantage of this situation," Vegeta said, having calmed down immensely from his initial outrage earlier. Burter, Recoome, and Jeice were all dead, and nothing could be done about it.
"For once, I agree with you. We know where the dragon balls are. We need to retrieve them and make our wishes while Frieza and Ginyu are distracted." Piccolo said.
"Bulma, can you use the dragon radar and locate them all?" Tien asked.
"Dragon Radar?" Vegeta snapped his head over towards Bulma, who had pulled out a circular-shaped device and pressed the button on top. Vegeta quickly walked towards her.
"You mean to tell me you imbeciles could have gotten the dragon balls at any time?" Vegeta was frothing at the mouth, ready to backhand the woman, but Yamcha phased over, grabbing Vegeta by the wrist. He could barely hold it in place but he managed.
"WATCH IT JERK! Of course, I can find the dragon balls! I am a genius asshole!" Bulma stood her ground, getting in the Prince's face. Vegeta was surprised by the weak woman's resolve.
"Asshole? Release me human, or else!" Vegeta said, looking at Yamcha.
"She can't handle physical attacks like us. I won't let you lay a hand on her!" Yamcha stared down the Saiyan for several moments before Vegeta yanked his arm out of his grip, staring at Yamcha for another second before turning his attention back to Bulma.
"Sooo, woman, you have the capabilities of creating a locator for the dragon balls? What the hell else are you capable of hmm?" Vegeta asked as he crossed his arms.
"Well if you MUST know, I had a hand in creating gravity chambers that simulate higher gravity, and, and I took apart your scouter with ease, I even created a weapon that could kill the likes of Saiyans, SO BACK OFF AND EAT BLEACH YOU DICK!" Bulma's head grew to a comical size, her sharp teeth easily capable of shredding the Prince, who took an instinctive step back before realizing his mistake. His face scrunched to a seething, calculating look before he turned away.
"Hmph, whatever. You can't kill a Saiyan, bitch!"
"DO YOU WANNA FIND OU-! LEMME GO YAMCHA!"
"Whoa whoa whoa! We don't need this infighting Bulma! You need to calm down."
"Yeah listen to the weak little Earthling. Calm down, WOMAN!"
"Grrrrrrr...THAT'S IT!" Bulma went to pull out her Ki weapon she created, but Piccolo fired a finger blast at it, knocking it out of her hands.
"W-what the hell Piccolo?" Bulma nearly shouted.
"We don't have time for this. What does the Dragon Radar say?" Piccolo asked. Bulma got over her anger quickly, hitting the button on the top.
"Hmm let's see. Well, they've certainly all been moved around. We have 2 of them right now here."
"I've hidden one myself in the ocean," Piccolo said.
"We took 2 ourselves," Nappa mentioned.
"Yeah, those are pretty close. The one you're talking about Piccolo is about 600 miles in...that direction." Bulma pointed to her left before her eyes widened. Vegeta picked up on her hesitation, turning back to her and clenching his fist.
"Well? Out with it woman!"
"Hold your jets jackass! If...if I'm reading this correctly, then 2 of them are out..." Bulma looked in a different direction, followed by the others, who could all feel the intense fighting happening hundreds of miles away.
"That way." That was all she said.
"Dammit! That bastard Frieza must have gone hunting for dragon balls as well." Vegeta said.
"Yes, but he's distracted. Shepard seems to be holding his own for now. One of us should be capable of sneaking in and grabbing them before Frieza ever notices." Krillin suggested.
"But who?" Yamcha posed the question. Most looked around, ruling out certain people. It took a few moments before everyone started looking at the one man who could likely pull it off.
"Me? Whoa guys, wait a minute. You want me to try and sneak through that battle out there and find the dragon balls?" Tien asked, hesitantly.
"You were an assassin," Yamcha stated.
"HE was an assassin? You can't be serious!" Vegeta growled out. Tien looked at Vegeta stone-faced for several seconds before he made his decision.
"If it's going to be me, then I need that Dragon Radar Bulma." He said.
"Gather the other 4. I remember exactly where I dropped mine back there so I should have no problem finding it." Piccolo suggested...
Captain Ginyu threw a kick, but it was slapped away as Raditz flew backward. The Captain continued to attack the Saiyan but was getting nowhere, fast. He threw fierce punches and kicks but Raditz dodged them all before phasing into Ginyu's left and backhanding him away. Ginyu smashed through a small rock formation. He knew the attack should have hurt more, which only furthered his suspicions.
"Bastard's holding back. Definitely holding back." Ginyu said as he rose to a knee wiping blood from his lip.
"If you'd just let me end you, you wouldn't have to suffer so much humiliation. Why do you keep wasting your time, weakling?" Raditz asked from above.
"We-weakling? Me? Oh, I'll show you. Don't worry heh heh heh heh I'm just biding my time, scum." Captain Ginyu said.
Goku, who had been overlooking the fight from a small pillar not far from the action, was confused.
"What is he doing? He knows he can't win as he is. What's his endgame?" Goku put a hand to his chin in thought as he continued to observe. Captain Ginyu had steadily attacked Raditz, and Raditz had held back quite a lot. He could have killed the Captain, but he didn't. And Goku was thankful for that, but something else was amiss.
Raditz watched as Piccolo and Tien took off in different directions. Raising an eyebrow, he watched as the others brought 4 different dragon balls into a circle. Ginyu himself saw the commotion, looking over and seeing everyone moving around, he figured now was as good of a time to act...
The explosion was deafening. The light nearly blinded Shepard. He landed on the ground, squinting his eyes at the now fading light. Through the smoke, Shepard could see Frieza on all 4's.
"I'll...I'll destroy you monkey... IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" Frieza yelled, the smoke blowing away as he shakily made his way back to his feet.
"I didn't want to do this, but you've truly made me angry! You thought that the form I am in now is terrifying, wait until you see the next!" Shepard watched as Frieza roared, fists clenched so hard they could've broken skin.
"AGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" His shoulder armor broke away, followed by his leg guards. Only increasing his height by about 6 inches. But Shepard wasn't fooled.
"Oh come on Lizard, I'm getting bored!" Shepard called out, making Frieza seethe as he smiled evilly the Rogue's way before he let out another shout, and this led to a significant change. His arms shot out an extra 2 feet, and his body grew several times larger, followed by his legs, now the size of tree trunks. They also began to lengthen, until Frieza, even crouched over, was almost taller than Shepard. His horns began to grow out again causing the tyrant to scream out as they began curving upwards. The air grew thick, the concentration of a heavier power apparent. Seeing this with his own eyes, Shepard's mouth was caught in an O. He had seen it many times before, only on tv. He couldn't feel the energy off the tv screen, the rocks steadily trying to hit him in the face as he used his energy, creating an aura that destroyed the mounds of earth before they could contact him.
"My God... the energy... it's-it's sickening. The malice behind it is almost overbearing. Perhaps playing hide and seek would be the better option." Marc suggested, though Shepard knew that was an attempt at a joke, it was hardly laughable. Frieza's energy made Shepard feel like he wanted to throw up. He could only describe it as demonic, and that was putting it lightly. Something told him that as sinister as this energy output was, it was still nothing compared to demons.
The smoke cleared away as the now 2nd form of Frieza towered over Shepard. He stood at his full height, just over 8 ft, looking down at the Saiyan as if he were a gnat.
Shepard didn't say anything. He didn't need to.
"Are you afraid, monkey?" Frieza's deeper, more menacing voice broke through Shepard's stony gaze, before Shepard let out a half smile, chuckling and shaking his head.
"Saiyans. Stupid, brainless apes! King Vegeta and that other Saiyan stood no chance. Prince Vegeta stands no chance. You may be stronger than him, but you will see that you stand no chance either. So do tell me, why do you laugh at your impending punishment and destruction?" Frieza took a big step forward, his newly grown tail, now thicker and longer than previously, tearing into the ground with a snap.
"Well, you look like your father, but you're nowhere near as strong as him." Shepard took his own step forward.
"Make no more mention of my father, or I will flay you, to your raw nerves, monkey." The now massive tyrant took another step forward.
"I find it odd that you don't tremble beneath my sheer power. As it stands, my power level in this form breaches over 1 million."
"And my power level will breach over 1 octillion someday, lizard! Your point?" Shepard smirked, clearly not intimidated by the being that towered over him.
"You think you're an intelligent monkey, don't you? You stand in front of me now, which means you've chosen to die. Your power level will never reach any significance!"
Play: Le Castle Vania- John Wick- Shots Fired
Shepard's instincts saved him. One moment he was looking at Frieza. The next, he silently summoned a Times 2 Kaioken and ignited his right hand with Ki as he turned sharply, dodging just enough and throwing his hand up as Frieza's Ice Spiked Tail slashed by. The searing heat of his hand clashing with Frieza's frozen appendage threw up a colossal amount of steam. For a moment, they stood like this, before Frieza backed away.
"So even still you find a way to live? This Saiyan is good, no, incredible!" Frieza said the last part to himself as he watched the red aura flow smoothly throughout the Saiyan. He could tell that Shepard was still a viable threat to him, and he wasted no time, firing a massive blast toward Shepard, who jumped away and dodged. Frieza wanted this, however, as he phased upwards, looking to ram one of his now longer horns through Shepard, and for a second he thought he did until his 'body' faded away.
"Elusive little monkey! Come out and plaaaaaaaay!" Shepard took the bait, slamming full body into the bigger tyrant from above, sending both into the ground hard. Frieza kicked Shepard off of him before getting up quickly and engaging the Saiyan. Their punches and kicks echoed throughout the landscape as rocks turned to dust. Frieza went to backhand Shepard, who ducked below it, sweeping Frieza's legs out from underneath him. The falling tyrant fell but stopped himself, slamming his hand into the ground and kicking Shepard in the body, throwing him away wildly. Shepard righted himself in the air as Frieza got back to his feet, and they slammed into each other full force, continuing their previous exchange. Shepard took a step back from one of Frieza's overthrown punches, turning and unleashing a hard knee kick into Frieza's jaw, making the tyrant go back nearly 50 feet before he recovered and started firing Death Beams. Shepard weaved around it, looking to punch Frieza in the stomach, but the tyrant counted on this, grabbing Shepard's hand as he came in. He hit Shepard in the stomach, sending spit out before he threw him down towards the ground. Shepard hit hard, bouncing out of his crater and hitting the ground again. He looked up as Frieza fired another blast at him, making Shepard think fast, firing waves of green energy from both of his hands and propelling him away from the blast zone. He skidded along the ground as he did this, flipping backward and landing on his feet as Frieza flew in. Frieza began to assault the defending Saiyan. Kicks, chops, punches, he tried most of his arsenal, but Shepard held steady. He couldn't dodge, but his defenses held up nicely, until Frieza's tail came into play, smacking Shepard across the face and making the Saiyan nearly miss Frieza's horns as the tyrant thrusted forward head first. Shepard grabbed the horns, fighting them back with pure strength and katchin willpower as he screamed. Frieza gritted his teeth, trying to push forward, until Shepard's reignited his hands in red energy, not giving Frieza a chance to try to retreat as Shepard snapped not one, but both horns off before kneeing the screaming, pained tyrant in the face, driving him back.
He didn't get the chance to retaliate either when Shepard rushed forward, driving one of the bigger horns into Frieza's side. It was buried to the curve before Shepard snapped it off. Frieza moved back slowly, holding his side and coughing out blood as he then fell to a knee.
"I fuckin told you not to try to use those horns. Your own body will be my weapon, you sonuva bitch!" Shepard came forward, his knuckles nearly scraping the ground, as he came in with the uppercut heard around the world, nearly shattering Frieza's jaw and making him roll backward on the ground for several dozen feet before falling on his face.
Shepard decided to try something new. With his mind, he used his energy to start to lift a mass of rocks around the two combatants. Throwing both his hands down, the slowly recovering Frieza was forced back into the ground hard. For more than 4 seconds, the rocks slammed back into the ground with so much force that they began to crater in. Shepard let go of the hold, taking a step back as he put his hands on his knees.
"Shouldn't have done that, whew...alright." Nothing happened for nearly a minute before the rocks began to crumble. Shepard could feel the ground shaking, so he bounced back a couple of hundred feet away.
"His power's increasing again. Great."
"Yeah but...WATCH OUT!"
Marc saved his life. He desperately jumped straight into the sky as a hand busted out from underground, right where he was just at only moments before. He watched as Frieza forced himself up from underground, scuffed up and bleeding from his mouth.
"Darn. I missed you, monkey. I'll have you know that I plan to rip you apart. You have made this personal, YOU BLOODY APE!" Frieza roared out, skyrocketing quickly to Shepard's location, where he grabbed Shepard by the face, taking him down to the ground. Shepard could barely breathe but remembered he still had one horn left.
"AEEOOOOWWWWWWWW!" Frieza screamed in agony as Shepard stabbed Frieza through his arm. He pulled it back out again, stabbing Frieza multiple times, sending blood spurting out of the tyrant's arm that held him, but Frieza fought through the pain, slamming Shepard back first into the rock face. Shepard went to stab Frieza again, but the tyrant slapped it away before he took Shepard out and slammed him again.
"Y-YOU HAVE INSULTED ME ENOUGH! USING MY HORNS AGAINST ME. I PROMISE IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME!" Frieza screamed in Shepard's face, grabbing him by his neck and slamming him back again.
"I am going to hurt you so much worse than I have ever hurt Vegeta heh heh heh heh heh heh!" Frieza began to squeeze, before he moved his tail back, holding it as a sharp point.
"T-Times 3!" Shepard choked out, feeling his power increase once again.
"Wh-What is the meaning of this?" Frieza asked in stunned shock. He moved his tail forward, but Shepard moved his head to the side, making it miss him by an inch. It slammed straight through the rock. He booted Frieza in the gut, making the tail come out and the tyrant release his hold as he grabbed his stomach in pain. Shepard then grabbed ahold of Frieza's head, slamming it into the hole that Frieza had just been slamming Shepard into. Frieza tried to counter with his tail, but Shepard saw it, holding his hand out as the tyrant tried to bash his face with it desperately.
"You and this damn tail, Lizard!" Shepard said before he released his hold on Frieza's head and grabbed ahold of the tail with both hands.
"No no no no don't do it! No no NO NO-!"
RIIIIPPP
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Frieza screamed out in pain as Shepard ripped his tail in half. More blood spurted out of the bloody, jagged stump. Frieza continued to scream in pain. The Ki blade was clean. It stung for only a few short minutes. But this pain... Frieza could barely hold in the pain as he slowly made his way to his feet.
"Y-y-you... I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD!" Frieza went to turn around and punch Shepard, but Shepard still had ahold of the other end of the tail. He was faster, smashing Frieza across the face with his tail. Frieza fell back into the rock, quickly turning and looking at Shepard with pure vitriol rage before he lashed out. His energy exploded outwards, turning the tail to ash and making Shepard cover up as he was thrown across the ocean water...
Captain Ginyu was bloody. His armor was all but destroyed. One of his horns was blown away, Ginyu just barely avoiding an earlier blast from his adversary.
Raditz was hardly damaged and not breathing heavily at all.
"Look, Ginyu. This has been rather cathartic for me. Beating you down was a true pleasure. But you should take my brother's offer now. Just leave. Your team is destroyed. Frieza is currently getting his ass handed to him. He'll be gone soon. You've got nothing left to kill for. I was in a similar position once. I'll never work for the PTO again. If you were smart, you'll do the same." Raditz said. He was bored. Beating on Captain Ginyu for a while was indeed a pleasure. But now it wasn't worth it any longer. Raditz could feel the growing power of Frieza in the distance, and he was getting worried. Not for Shepard's safety! No he'd never admit that, but he was worried about when Frieza finally did beat Shepard, and what he would do afterward. Would the tyrant just destroy the planet? Would he continue seeking out the dragon balls? He didn't know, and it bothered him.
Captain Ginyu looked stunned, completely not expecting Raditz to be so...soft.
"Heh heh heh well well Raditz. Being around your brother and those...humans made you soft. But that's quite alright. Because I still have one more trick up my sleeve."
"Hmm?" Raditz raised an eyebrow before his eyes widened as Ginyu raised his fist, slamming it through his own body. Purple blood began to spurt outwards as the Captain coughed up blood.
"W-why would he? Raditz watch out!" Goku shouted upwards to his brother.
Raditz heard his little brother, moving his hands to the side as he watched the captain struggle to stay afloat.
"Heh...heh heh...you'll see." was all Captain Ginyu said before he held his hands out to the side, up wide and non-defending.
"CHANGE NOW!" Ginyu screamed out.
Raditz was not prepared. One moment he was eyeing the captain as he yelled out, the next, his vision went completely fuzzy. A bright light overcame him and his eyes instinctively shut. When he opened his eyes again, it was an utterly bizarre experience. He saw himself standing there, looking up and down at his own body, holding his hands out and flexing them.
"Wh-w-what the hell?" Raditz said, and then the pain started registering. His chest was in agony. His head hurt immensely. His body felt broken, and blocky.
But what threw Raditz off more than anything was when he looked at his own, purple-colored, blood-covered hand.
"Wh-what is- what did you do?" Raditz said in a clear panic.
"Oh definitely more like it. Ha Ahh! Whaddya thinks Raditz? Like the new body?" Ginyu asked, laughing as he phased forward, smashing a fist into his own former body, throwing Raditz into the ground with force.
Goku noticed something wrong as well. Raditz's ki felt far more sinister, compared to the now-injured Captain Ginyu. Pulling his Golden Staff off of his back, he whipped it around before jumping up, turning and smashing 'Raditz's' face in, making him shout in pain as he collided with a rock face.
"BROTHER TH-THAT'S GINYU! HE-HE STOLE MY BODY!" Raditz yelled from below in Ginyu's body.
"Wha-? Bu-But that's wrong!" Goku was confused!
"Heh... So the little brother finally joins in. With my nice new body now, you shouldn't be a problem!" The Captain replied. Goku was thrown off hearing Captain Ginyu's voice coming from Raditz's body, but he was a warrior!
"I'll get to the bottom of this Raditz. I'll make him give it back!" Goku said, turning the Staff in his hands.
"EXTEND!"
"What?" the Golden Staff extended in length so fast, smashing into Ginyu's stomach, pushing him into the ground, where Goku let it go, phasing down and grabbing it again, he flipped it and smacked Ginyu backward again as he tried to recover.
"YAAH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!" Yellow blasts left Goku's other hand as Raditz looked on. He was suffering immensely from chest pain, blood steadily leaking out of the open wound.
"KAKAROT DON'T D-DAMAGE MY BODY TOO MUCH!" he was growing concerned as the dirt piled up more and the explosions were getting bigger.
"Darn it! He's right. I gotta get his body back somehow, but how exactly?" Goku stopped firing, watching as the explosions ceased. He watched as Ginyu slowly made his way back to his feet. The armored shirt cracked and ashed away, and he had numerous cuts and burns on his body, but otherwise, he was still in fighting shape.
"Th-this body is AMAZING!" he yelled out, flexing his muscles. Ginyu began to power up. After several seconds of this, he stopped, laughing loudly.
'Huh? I know Raditz is stronger than this!' Goku thought.
'As I thought heh heh heh.' Raditz had an instinctual feeling because he himself was having a hard time trying to figure out this body's way of storing power.
"If only my men weren't dead. They could tell me just how strong I am now. Well monkey boy, ya ready to get pulverized?" Ginyu called out.
Goku in response put his Golden Staff back around his body.
"If you say so, but I don't think the results are gonna change heh heh heh heh," Goku suggested.
"Oh, and why's that?" Captain Ginyu asked.
"Well, it's just that you're using a new body. There's a lot more to just taking someone's body. You have to know how it acts inside and out. Try all you want, but you're not tapping into my brother's full power."
"Are you telling me that you're stronger than he is?" Ginyu asked, shocked.
"It's kind of hard to say. On a normal day, I can probably beat him. But sometimes, he really puts in the effort and he gets me. So it depends heh heh heh." Goku said, scratching his head.
"But since you don't have all of his power and don't know his body," Goku sped over, punching Ginyu hard in the face and blowing him backward.
"You don't stand a chance." All joking aside, Goku whipped his Golden Staff around, hearing it whip in the air before he assumed a ready position. The Captain laid out, sprawled on the ground before he gritted his teeth and made it back to his feet.
He charged forward, but Goku defended rather easily, batting the blows away from him with the Golden Staff as he quickly whipped it around and smacked him hard upside the head with it, before he swept Ginyu's feet from under him, slamming the Staff into Ginyu's stomach and flipping over before bringing the staff up, flipping it and ramming it into Ginyu's stomach again as he tried to get up. Ginyu was sent spiraling away, tumbling uncontrollably until he hit the ground.
Goku phased back in, only a handful of feet away from Ginyu. Raditz's body looked thrashed, and Ginyu couldn't understand why he couldn't get full control over the body. It was only slightly smaller. The dimensions were supposed to be even better than if he had gotten the other one's body.
Did he miscalculate?
"I-i-i don't under...stand."
Goku squatted down in front of him, a quizzical eyebrow raised.
"Hmmm... Well... It's simple really. Raditz trained his body under stresses that you didn't. His body has that training, but your mind doesn't. Just like he has your body and doesn't know how to use it because you didn't train it under heavier gravity, or as heavy as we did anyway heh heh heh. Look just give my brother back his body. We can heal you up and you can just go. I don't wanna hurt you anymore. You're not nearly as evil as Frieza. You can change." Goku said, standing back up and phasing backward. He didn't bother pulling the Golden Staff off his back.
"Ch-change? Heh heh heh... Change huh..." Ginyu slowly made his way back to his feet, a plan forming in his mind. He heard the Saiyan speak but didn't care one way or another. He was loyal to the Planet Trade!
Raditz, still hurting in Ginyu's body, was still trying to fly in it, but could barely float. He looked on as his brother showed his superiority. But he noticed that his body was starting to prepare for some kind of attack. Exactly the same thing that bested him. Summoning his willpower, he leaped with all his might, flying in as Ginyu held his hands out...
Shepard exploded out of the water, shaking his head and watching as winds started to protrude from Frieza's location. He flew in and watched as Frieza's body began to grow bigger. His shoulder armor popped out, his face elongated, and his head started stretching backward. Shepard could hear Frieza's pained roar from the sky as horns, bonier than obsidian, grew out of the sides of his head. Spikes also grew out of Frieza's back as his mouth started to change form.
"YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Frieza screamed out one last time before his body seemed to turn white. A glow emanated from him, as Shepard watched cracks begin to form around the shell of Frieza. Almost like...
"No! It's way too early!"
Marc panicked inside Shepard's mind.
Shepard didn't blame him.
"Fuck."
Tien looked out across the planet as he flew.
"I-It can't be," was all he could say. The power coming from that direction was already tremendous. He was stopped in mid-air as he started to shake.
"T-that power is...is..." a shockwave blew past him, and instantly Tien could feel the full weight of Frieza's growing power. He didn't know if he could save Shepard, but he had to stick to the plan. So far he had encountered no kind of resistance, seemingly able to fly unhindered. He gathered himself and started flying towards the maelstrom of chaos once again...
Piccolo was in an entirely different direction, and even he was intimidated by the sheer power emanating from the tyrant, even this far away.
"There's no way Shepard can beat that. Dammit, Saiyan!" Piccolo cursed to himself, realizing that they were now on a time crunch. Another minute later, he flew over near the area they first encountered Frieza and his soldiers.
"Let's see. After we got the children and I grabbed the dragon ball, we flew in... this direction!" Remembering the area instantly, Piccolo dove into to water.
Less than a minute later, he exploded out of the water, the massive dragon ball under his arm. Blitzing back towards the others, he knew that once Frieza defeated Shepard, the tyrant would likely come for them. They needed to prepare!...
Wow! Now I want to be clear. Shepard's motives are of the belief that the Super Saiyan is key to defeating Frieza. So why doesn't he destroy Frieza before he could power up to his Final Form? Does Shepard subconsciously know that something is up? The shenanigans that are soon to take place will make him wish he had destroyed the Tyrant, but what could possibly happen? (Duh duh duh) So peeps, if the people who have watched the show remember from the Namek Saga that Krillin's and Gohan's power levels rose immensely from facing the Ginyu Force to taking on Frieza in his 2nd form. So if you start to see a major increase in power from the Earthlings, do not be shocked. These are not the same humans (and Triclops!) from the show. They are much stronger than before. And will continue to grow more powerful. So... Power Levels?
Power Levels
Frieza: 530,000
2nd Form: 1,050,000
Max 2nd Form: 1,250,000
Final Form: ? (No Third Form on this Fanfiction!)
Shepard: 600,000
Kaioken Times 2: 1,200,000
Kaioken Times 3: 1,800,000
Raditz: 605,000
Holding back against Ginyu: 350,000
Weakened in Ginyu's body: 50,000 and dropping
Ginyu: 315,000
In Raditz's body: 300,000 and fluctuating
Goku:: 650,000
Vegeta: 400,000 (Post Zenkai)
Yamcha: 50,000
Max Kaioken: 400,000 (At The Moment)
Tien: 45,000
Krillin: 43,000
Piccolo: 95,000
Gohan: 175,000 (Post Zenkai)
Nappa: 100,000 (Post Zenkai)