Kai looked up at Porunga in pure unrestrained awe "Holy shit, hey Spike are you seeing what I'm seeing right now?"
Gohan nodded "I know this is awesome, Bulma and Yamcha only showed me pictures of what the one on Earth looked like but compared to him…"
"It looks like this one is on steroids!"
"Not what I was gonna say but it does sound about right."
"To the people of Planet Namek he is known as Porunga and in our language that word means God of Dreams." explained Nail "Not even I have seen him in person before, the last time these Dragon Balls were used was when the Grand Elder was still in his prime."
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King Kai was watching this from Otherworld, with Scarlet, Piccolo and the other two dead mooks (Krillin and Chiaotzu), and lit up at what he heard "Well what do you know, it looks like someone's wishes are about to be granted!"
"About time." Piccolo muttered "I've been waiting for the chance to put my newfound power to good use."
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Porunga looked down at Nail, Raditz and the others "You who have gathered the seven Dragon Balls and summoned me to this domain, speak to me your heart's desire and as the maker of dreams I shall grant you any three wishes."
"Wait a second we get three wishes? Alright that's awesome!" Kai caught Gohan in a quick high five "I don't know about you guys but I for one want a certain something that's about three feet long!"
"I don't get it." Gohan muttered "Seriously what is it with you saying all of these things that I don't get?"
"What's the big deal, I just want a three foot-"
"Enough screwing around you two." Raditz promptly shut them up "Just decide on what you want to wish for quickly, in case either of you forgot let me point out that Frieza is on his way here and he's mad as bloody hell."
"Oh yeah I guess that's a fair point. Alright then Big Green."
"Don't call me that." Nail muttered.
"Ask the big guy up there to bring everyone on Planet Earth who were killed by the Saiyans back to life."
"Very well, I understand." so Nail uttered the wish to Porunga in the Namekian tongue, followed by a long silence.
"So is it working?"
"...That wish is beyond my power to grant, I am limited to transporting only one person back from the dead at a time."
"Oh that is just straight up bullshit!"
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King Kai cringed as he heard the bad news "Alright fellas it looks like I've got a little bit of bad news, from the look of things it would seem that they only get to bring back one of you guys per each wish. So yeah this isn't looking good."
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"Speak again to me the desire of your hearts, as I said before as the maker of dreams I shall grant you any three wishes within my power."
"There's always a catch isn't there." Gohan muttered "Well either way we have to hurry and make our wishes before Frieza gets here and finds out what we're up to, still though if we were gonna bring all of them back then that would take all three wishes and who knows if we'll need the last one. I can't just choose like that though."
"Well that's an easy fix." Kai told him "Look as f*cking stingy as the new dragon might be this might still work out for us in some way."
"What do you mean?"
"For starters let's just use the first wish to bring Piccolo back to life."
"Are you sure?"
"Use your brain for a minute, Piccolo and Kami are bound to each other which means that if we wish Piccolo back then that means that Kami will be brought back as well and if Kami is brought back then the Dragon Balls on Earth will be restored."
"Gohan! Kai! Can either of you hear me? It's me Piccolo, say something if you're able to hear me!" a voice echoed through the heads of both of them "Answer me this is Piccolo speaking to you!"
"Yeah you don't have to scream Piccolo me and Gohan can hear you loud and clear, what's the deal anyway?"
"I'm in Otherworld and I'm speaking telepathically to you through the Kai!"
"Hey that would be King Kai to you, I'll have you know that I put in a lot of work in order to earn that title!"
"Yeah whatever no one cares. Anyway I like where your training of thought is going with that first wish Kai, using the first wish to bring me and Kami back so that the Dragon Balls will be restored as a result."
"And since Krillin and the Pokemon can't be brought back by those Dragon Balls a second time should we just use the other two wishes on them?"
"No I have a better plan in mind for the second wish, once I've been resurrected I want you to transport me directly to where you are on Planet Namek. I'm eager, no more like hungry for battle and at the moment I can't think of anyone better to take it out on than the bastard that's responsible for slaughtering so many of my people!"
"Have you gone completely insane- Oh for f*ck's sake will you loosen your grip!"
"Shut up you blue imp! Anyway training in Otherworld has done wonders for my strength far beyond anything I thought was possible, Frieza has no idea what he's in for! Summon me to Planet Namek right away, do you understand?"
"Yeah don't worry Piccolo, Gohan and I will take care of it. We'll be seeing you in the next few minutes."
"Okay good, you can use the third wish for whatever you want."
Gohan nodded "Alright we understand Piccolo, but right now I can't think of anything better than having you here with us."
"Save the ass kissing, let's get this over with." Kai told him.
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Piccolo finally released his grip on King Kai "Now all I have to do is wait for those two to make the wish."
"Now see here you!" King Kai rounded on Piccolo in his rage "What in the name of hell happened to leaving well enough alone? You arrogant little- You promised me that you would never go up against Frieza!"
"Oh is that right, well I recall making no such promise."
"I beg your pardon?!"
"Well then again I'm not known for having the best memory."
"You… YOU FIBBER!" King Kai prepared to pounce at Piccolo like an angry dog.
"Easy there King Kai let's just calm down a little bit." Scarlet promptly held him back from attacking Piccolo "Yeah I think it goes without saying that none of us actually need or want this right now."
Piccolo just looked away with a confident smirk plastered across his face 'I don't know or care what exactly Frieza's reputation is, by the time I'm done with him both him and it will have been reduced to a pile of ash.'
"He's not entirely wrong you know Piccolo, over the past year and half of my training I've met a lot of formidable warriors both up here and down in Hell that ended up here because of Frieza and his actions."
"I'll be sure to keep that in mind."
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Gohan glanced over at Kai "Okay so let's get these first two wishes out of the way while we still can before Frieza gets here. Nail listen up, we've got our first wish ready. We need you to tell the dragon that we want to wish back the Namekian by the name of Piccolo, the one that was living on Earth when he died."
Nail nodded "The Namekian warrior Piccolo, I understand." and so with that being said he uttered the wish in the Namekian language up to Porunga.
"Very well, your first wish is within my power, and now I shall grant." Porunga's eyes suddenly began glowing red as he granted the wish.
Gohan and Kai 'I can't believe this is happening. Let's just hope that it works, I can sense Frieza closing in on us and fast.'
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Frieza continued flying back towards the ship at full speed, noticing a cluster of readings shown on his Scouter "I can see five distinct readings. The game is up, I've got a lock on all of you vermin now!"
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Scarlet glanced up from where she was still holding back King Kai to see Piccolo's halo suddenly disappear "Well what do you know, it looks like they pulled that one off."
"Yes!" Piccolo let out a roar of triumph "After all this time I'm at last back among the living once again!"
"...You realize you've only been dead for about a month."
"Don't care, I'm alive again! And now Gohan, Kai, both of you hurry up and grant my next wish!"
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"The first of your three wishes has now been granted, speak to me your second wish so that I may fulfill it."
"Okay I've got this one." Kai glanced up at Nail "Listen up big guy, for our next wish we want the dragon to transport Piccolo from Otherworld here to Planet Namek so that he can help us beat the ever loving shit out of Frieza. Oh and you'd better make it fast, Frieza's gonna be on top of us in the next few minutes."
"Very well, I understand what it is that you're asking." so Nail turned to face Porunga and uttered the second wish, this being to have Piccolo transported to Planet Namek, in the native Namekian language.
"Your second wish is also within my power and now it too shall be granted." Porunga's eyes glowed red as he granted the second wish.
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Scarlet released her grip on King Kai and watched as Piccolo suddenly disappeared from their sight and the small planet entirely 'I hope you know what you're getting into Piccolo, but good luck down there and be sure to take care of my son for me.'
"You think he'll be able to make a difference against this Frieza guy?" asked Krillin.
"I suppose now only time will tell. Well I don't know about you three but I kind of have a date with a few people down at the Check In Station, later." and then she suddenly leapt off of the planet and bolted down Snake Way.
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Piccolo glanced around at the grassy blue landscapes and the green oceans "So this is Planet Namek, this is my homeworld, this feels so strange and yet so familiar to me at the exact same time. I can feel it, the soil of my ancestors singing to the blood coursing through my veins as I stand upon it. Still though I don't have any time to get lost in nostalgia, I have to hurry and track down Gohan and Kai before they get themselves killed." he glanced around, only to find that there was no sign of them "No there's something wrong, I should've been teleported closer to them than this." then he sensed something and froze on the spot "Could this be Frieza's power that I'm sensing? So it would seem that he's every bit the monster that King Kai and the others had claimed him to be. I can sense four others near him, Gohan and Kai must be there. Well then, just you wait!" and he blasted off into the black colored skies of Planet Namek.
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Frieza was still bolting towards the group at full speed when he noticed the light of Porunga in the distance "What in the- What is that column of light?! The readings on my Scouter are emanating from that direction, if my Dragon Balls are being used then HEADS WILL ROLL AND BLOOD WILL BE SPILT!" and he shot forward at even greater speeds.
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"The second of your three wish has now been granted, speak to me your third and final wish so that I may grant it."
Gohan and Kai shared a look and glanced around "But that doesn't make sense, if the wish worked then where's Piccolo?"
"Perhaps I should have mentioned this sooner." Nail spoke up "But I'm afraid that your wish was not specific enough for Porunga, in order for your friend to be brought to this exact spot then the wish would have to be exactly specific."
"Oh so it's sort of like The Monkey's Paw, when you make a wish you have to be careful with the hubris that comes with it."
"Nerd." Kai let out a cough that was far from sounding subtle.
"You think we should use the third wish to bring him here?"
"No that's kind of redundant, Piccolo's a pretty fast guy so he should be able to make it here on his own without taking too long. Besides in the meantime I want my three foot-" Kai was promptly cut off when the light began to flicker, Porunga suddenly disappeared, and the Dragon Balls dropped to the ground, now nothing more than ordinary balls of stone "Oh god dammit I'm never gonna get my hoagie."
"I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to happen." Raditz pointed out "Dragon Balls turning to stone out of nowhere, the dragon just fizzled out randomly, I have an idea of what's going on but I really hope I'm wrong." he was answered by Nail bowing his head in silence "Yep it's what I thought."
Dende just fell to his knees with tears streaming down his face "The Grand Elder…"
"What's going on?" asked Gohan.
"The Grand Elder has… he's passed out of our world…" this left Gohan looking absolutely horrified, with Kai, Raditz and Nail just mourning in silence "The creator of the Dragon Balls is no longer with us, and without him it's over…"
"Yeah, that's gonna be a bit of a problem." Kai jerked a thumb backwards.
Raditz glanced backwards and his expression paled "Frieza…"
Sure enough, standing before all of them was Frieza in all of his terrifying glory, and yet he still smiled at them "I really do hope that the lot of you are satisfied, you've succeeded in dashing my hopes entirely against the craggy shores of your ignorance. And what has become of the Ginyu Force I wonder, I have to ask did you really do away with all of them?"
"Sure let's go with that. Well that's two that you and your men owe me now Ginyu.'
"Well as much as I feel that I should commend you for such a feat I'm afraid that this simply will not do at all. Indulge for a moment, you've all said your goodbyes yes?" he lowered himself to the ground in front of them "What a shame as well, to see the Dragon Balls turn to stone at the very moment that your final wish might have been granted if you had been able to figure out what it was. It's quite the bitter pill to swallow is it not Raditz? Of course it would be even more so for myself, as a matter of fact in all of my years I don't believe that I've ever been so angry as I am at this very moment. How very irritating it is for me to have not been able to see the writing on the wall! And now… NOW YOU WILL PAY!" he suddenly let out a shriek of pure, unyielding rage that caught all of them off guard "YOU VILE FILTH SUCKING MAGGOTS! YOU WILL RUE THE DAY THAT YOU CROSSED MY PATH! PREPARE YOURSELVES TO EMBRACE OBLIVION!" this prompted Dende to hide while Gohan, Kai and Nail took on combat stances.
Raditz on the other hand was standing firmly in the center "So you're finally letting your true colors show? Fine by me Frieza, go ahead and do your worst but let me just tell you that if you think this will be easy then you couldn't be any more wrong if you actually tried."
"Oh of all of the things that you might have said Raditz, I dare say that you must have forgotten about just how truly terrifying I can be. Why don't I refresh your memory." with a mighty roar he flared his aura, shaking the entire battlefield with his raw power.
Kai and Gohan shared a terrified look "Well I think it goes without saying that we're gonna f*cking die."
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At the same time, Scarlet arrived at the Check In Station and made her way over to the gigantic desk where King Yemma was residing "Did I miss it, has the fight started?"
"Nope, you know the drill." King Yemma jerked a thumb towards a large door on the other side of the room "They're waiting in there with the gigantic TV, from what I can tell about what's going on the fight with Frieza is about to start."
"Great, thank you King Yemma." and so Scarlet bolted into that room only to find what looked like some kind of gigantic media room showing the battle on Planet Namek that was about to begin.
One of the two figures sitting in front of the TV turned around to see Scarlelt and just waved a hand at her "Sup Ponytail?"
"I thought that we agreed that I would be the one to come up with the nicknames here Palm Tree."
"That was a cheap shot."
"What can I say, in my family we take them where we can get them. You know for being dead the two of you look well… Bardock, Gine."
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Piccolo continued his way to the battlefield when he sensed Frieza's power spike 'That massive power level just increased exponentially, call it a hunch but it feels like this Frieza has just sprung into action. Wait a second there's another smaller power level somewhere down there, could that be Gohan or Kai? Well either way I'd better check it out.' so he dropped to the ground in the area that he sensed the Ki signature, only to be disappointed at what he saw "Oh great it's just you."
As it turns out it was Yamcha, still badly wounded from his confrontation with Frieza, and he gazed up at Piccolo "Well what the hell do you know, looks like the boys were able to pull it off after all… As if there was ever really any sort of doubt…"
"Looks like you're already aware of what's going on."
"Why do you think I tried to fight Frieza on my own? It was just to buy the two of them some time to make the wish."
"Well good for you, now I'm sure that you'd understand if I just let you to your fate but then again I'm sure Kai would just charge me in a blind rage and I really don't need that right now when I already have Frieza to deal with." he slung Yamcha over his shoulder "Alright you idiot, let's get going already."
"You know I've gotta admit I'm kind of surprised, here I thought I had gotten about as strong as I could but then you come in and you'rea already more than 10 times stronger me. Let me guess, you trained with Scarlet didn't you?"
"Yep."
"Figures. Say what you want about her sense of humor, she's one hell of a teacher when it comes down to it."
"Of that I have no doubt." and so Piccolo and Yamcha continued their way towards the battlefield.
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At the same time, Frieza finished powering up and used his telekinesks to rip a chunk of earth right out of the ground "And now you're going to get that little memory refreshor that I mentioned before." he fired a quick Death Beam at Raditz, something that prompted Nail and the others to take cover.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that!" Raditz quickly dodged the Death Beam, as well as the barrage of them that just kept on coming, creating a massive explosion and a cloud of dust and smoke as a result.
"You know what, f*ck this." Kai shot a glance over at Gohan and Nail "Look I think it's only fair to say that at this rate Raditz is pretty much f*cked, how about the three of us just go for broke already?"
Gohan glanced back at Nail, then back to Kai, and hed nodded "Yeah you're right Kai, I'm with you all the way.
"You're damn right you are." the three of them blitzed around and surrounded Frieza on three opposite sides and they prepared to fire their strongest attacks (Kamehameha for Gohan, Nail Gun for Kai, and Mystic Flasher for Nail), only to be forced on the evasivev by Frieza firing a continuous barrage of Death Beams at the three of them.
"Nail! Gohan! Kai!" Dende suddenly rushed out towards them, only for Frieza to take the chance to fire a Death Beam at the lot of them.
Raditz suddenly blitzed in front of them and deflected the Death Beam with a sweep of one hand, destroying a nearby island in the process "So Frieza are you done throwing your little hissy fit yet?"
Frieza just let out a chuckle "You sound so confident and sure of yourself my dear Raditz, it's almost as if you actually believe that you can defeat me. When a group of ants go up against a dinosaur who do you expect is going to emerge the victor?" this left Gohan practically trembling whereas Kai and Nail were both sweating.
"Oh is that a fact? Well I think that if the four of us all work together in this fight then you'll have your work cut out for you."
"You think such a thing, you believe it to be true?"
"I don't just think it, I know it for a fact." this was met with a chuckle from Frieza.
"My my such a sense of humor from you."
"Well if you don't believe me Frieza then just take a look at them, in case you haven't noticed their power levels are increasing exponentially. Nail could take out any of your men with the exception of Captain Ginyu single handedly and the two runts could each take him out on their own, they both possess hidden reserves of dormant power far greater than either of them are aware of. As for me my power level is growing far beyond my expectations, for all we know I may very well become the legendary Super Saiyan!"
"...Tell me something Raditz, do you really expect me to take such desperate boasts at face value in such a way?"
"Well I guess you're about to find out?" and that was the last straw for Frieza before he began to loose his temper.
"I'VE HEARD ENOUGH OF YOUR PATHETIC LIES!" and then Frieza charged at Raditz in a rage.
Not backing down even for a second, Raditz caught both of Frieza's hands and managed to hold him back, resulting in the two of them entering a power struggle.
Frieza kept trying to push Raditz back and gain some ground, only to no avail as he read the numbers on his Scouter "You impudent… arrogant… wretched little…" and then his Scouter exploded, which prompted both of them to break away "Well isn't this rather quaint, it would seem that there was a small grain of truth in your assertion after all."
Gohan and Kai both shared a look, along with Nail 'Maybe Raditz is right, if the four of us work together then we might actually stand a chance of beating Frieza. I mean sure his power is insane but ours isn't too shabby anymore either. I think I get what he's getting at too, thanks to all of his time training on this planet with the Namekians Raditz has been able to push his power level to the limit and beyond. But then again Frieza is still acting so calm, something doesn't feel right about all of this.'
Sure enough, that was the moment in which Raditz chose to f*ck everything up "Okay so are you going to transform or do I have to drop that bombshell to the other three behind me?"
"A little bit late for that." Kai pointed out dryly "Also I'm gonna take a chance to enjoy the fact that I'm not the one who said or did something as stupid as that."
"Ignoring the brat back there, if you're so sick of us being in your way then why don't you just show us your true form and then be done with it?"
"Well well well, it would seem that someone has been doing his homework hasn't he?" Frieza let out a condescending chuckle "So you've caught onto my little secret then have you?"
"I might have caught onto a thing or two from Zarbon, every now and then you'll end up running into one of those creatures in the universe that are able to alter their shape in ways that not many would actually know about, for example Zarbon's kind modify their forms in order to conserve enerrgy or just to use it for camoflauge."
"Well I'm afraid that my case can be considered somewhat exceptional, I choose to remain in my present form in order to keep my power from running amok."
"Yeah yeah enough with your stupid bluffs, you're not going to change that much."
"Is that a fact? Very well then I suppose, truth be told I'm only too happy to put your doubts to rest. Now be sure to pay close attention, this isn't the sort of thing that you'll be able to see every day. You had best prepare yourselves, considering I had no need to transform when I had reduced Planet Vegeta to a cloud of dust and rubble. Yes that's right, King Vegeta himself even made a hasty retreat at the first hint of the power my current form alone is capable of. Of course your own father charged me head on all by his lonesome in a desperate attempt to stop me and he failed miserably."
"I wouldn't let that go to my head if I were you, my father wouldn't want me to get lost in sentimentality and if he fought you to the bitter end then I guess that means that it would be insulting to him to do anything other than the same."
"You really are just as foolish as he was Raditz, but now feast your eyes for now you will see what he did not!" with a flash of light and a powerful surge, Frieza shattered his armor into pieces, which were promptly scattered all over the place, as well as cutting Raditz across his cheek in the process.
Raditz quickly wiped the blood away from his cheek and tried to put on a brave face "So that's your big reveal then is it? Blowing off a suit of armor, is that really the best that you're capable of after all of that hyping yourself up?" he was met with only a chuckle 'This may have been a mistake.'
"Oh my dear Raditz, how is it that someone who has been through as much as you have be so limited in terms of imagination? You've been such a dissapointment, if only you had had the courage to submit then you would've been far better off."
"Not a chance."
"So be it then." and with a furious roar Frieza completed his transformation, in which he evolved into a much larger version of himself with his horns now protruding upwards.
'...Yeah okay this is one of those ideas that seemed a lot better in my head.'
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Bardock just slapped his face "He just had to inherit that from me didn't he? Now that idiot is gonna get them all killed."
Gine nodded in a very sage like manner "Yeah that's one of your traits that we could've gone without."
"Don't f*cking remind me."
Scarlet watched the fight intently 'It's weird but through this screen I can feel just how insanely powerful Frieza is, Kai and the others are going to have their hands full.'
'Dammit Kakarot where the hell are you, you're supposed to be there to defeat Frieza and save the others!'
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Piccolo and Yamcha both sensed this as the two of them continued making their way towards the battlefield "What in the name of hell was that?! I don't know how but Frieza's power level just shot up like a rocked, this is insanity! We'd better pick up the pace or Gohan, Kai and the others are gonna be done for!"
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Gohan shared a horrified look with Kai "There's no way this is real right, it's gotta be some kind of trick that he's playing on us."
"No it's real, and now we're gonna f*cking die." Kai told him flatly.
"Such power…" Nail muttered, having stayed silent for a large majority of the fight up to this point "I had known that his power was immense but this is just monstrous."
"Welcome to my world big guy."
Frieza finished his transformation and turned to face the group, about half of them being pale as bloody hell "You're in for it now, when I'm in my second form it makes the one that you're familiar with look as gentle as a sleeping kitten. Oh come on now Raditz, you can't tell me that your iron nerve has chosen now of all times to just up and leave you in the lurch. What do you have nothing to say, you who spat in my face as eloquently as you did not just a few mere moments ago?" he dug his tail underground and nearly skewed Nail and the others with it in the blink of an eye.
"I said it before and I'll say it again, we're f*cked."
"I did try to warn the lot of you, it really is quite a chore keep as much power as this tied to a leash so tight. It tends to get away from me quite a bit, but then again I suppose that's just how capable the beast within is when you're trying to hold back a power level of 1 million."
"Which completely justifies my earlier statement."
"Smart boy, if only you could learn when to shut up."
"No, there's no way!" Raditz protested, now reevaluating how he made life decisions "No one has a power level that massive, not even you! There's just no way!"
"Is that right? Well then what do you say we go ahead and put it to the test?" and so with a simple wave of his hand Frieza unleashed his Death Storm attack, blowing the four of them, as well as Dende, away as the attack resulted in him causing a tsunami that covered almost the entire planet.
When the tsunami subsided, Kai and Gohan, along with Raditz, had been forced into the air by the explosion "Hey Nail where the hell are you?"
"You need not worry about me." as it turns out Nail was holding onto Dende not too far away from them "My duty is to protect the people of Planet Namek, right now that basically means only Dende so his life is more important than mine."
Frieza let out a menacing chuckle "Well done runts, Raditz and Namekian, I really must applaud you for your swift withdrawl but you should be made aware that that was just how I say hello in this form. Even a lowly Saiyan like Raditz could be capable of that. Oh yes Raditz that look on your face, I'm guessing that means that you really didn't have any sort of inkling that a being as powerful as I am could exist after all. Now then, which one of you should be the first one to experience a pain worse than Hell? Let's see here, I think… YOU DIE FIRST!" he suddenly charged at Nail faster than any of them could anticipate or react, in which he prepared to unleash his HAIL Frieza attack.
"Dende no!" Nail was just barely able to throw Dende out of the way before Frieza suddenly impaled him with his horn as he coughed up some of the traditional purple Namekian blood, which also began pouring from the wound.
Kai and the others looked on in horror 'He's so fast, I couldn't even see him move let alone be able to avoid that.'
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"Now beginning the final approach to Planet Namek, landing procedures will automatically commence in 45 minutes."
Goku let out a loud yawn as he pulled himself out of his bed and made his way over to his closet, and he let out a chuckle at what he saw "You know it was really nice of King Kai to send me some new clothes but he didn't have to send this many of them for me. Well whatever works I guess right?"
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About 15 minutes passed.
With a towel around his shoulders, Tien made his way to the upper level and found Goku just standing in front of the window, staring out into the endless void of space "What are you doing?"
Goku gave him a simple shrug "Nothing really, I'm just thinking. About how this Frieza is supposed to about as strong as the likes of Cooler, and well you saw how well that turned out for us."
"Yeah no kidding, it's a good thing we ran into him."
"I guess so. We've only got about 30 minutes before we land on Planet Namek, and then we're in for the fight of our lives. It's kind of strange though, I don't feel scared or nervous about it or anything. If anything at all then I'm perfectly calm, I know what's waiting for us down there but still I feel nothing at all. I guess training at all of that intense gravity knocked a few of my screws loose or something, or maybe something about us meeting up with Cooler has me like this."
"Maybe. Be honest with me Goku, do you think we're ready to face this Frieza after everything we've been through?"
"If you want me to be 100% honest Tien… I have no idea." Goku suddenly let out a nostalgiac sounding chuckle "You know this kind of brings back memories of when we had to deal with the original King Piccolo."
"I was completely useless in that fight, I'm not going to let history repeat itself against someone like Frieza."
"He'll go down, the two of us and the others will make sure of that." the two of them bumped fists.
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Scarlet cringed as she watched Gohan tear into Frieza "Hot DAMN am I the only one who felt that one?"
"Yeah I hate to break it to you but I'm pretty sure my well of pity got dried up and bottomed out a damn long time ago." Bardock told her dryly.
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The situation on the battlefield was still grim, to say the least.
Raditz and the others looked on in horror at what was happening to Nail at Frieza's hands, and he had to control himself so that he wouldn't go insane in a blind rage 'Nail… no… No get it together Raditz, flying off the handle.' he would be regretting that statement in a minute, not that anyone else there knew that.
"How unfortunate, I had hoped that I was going to have the opportunity to toy with you a little bit more." Frieza licked some of Nail's blood from his lip "But I did warn you ahead of time that my power tends to get away from when I'm in this form."
"No… I won't… go down… without… a fight!" summoning as much of his strength as he was able to, Nail kneed Frieza right in the face, only for his leg to be caught almost instantly.
"Well this is a pleasent surprise, perhaps you have a little bit of fire left in you after all. That will make this more fun for me." he swatted both Gohan and Kai aside with just his tail when they tried to make a rescue attempt.
"No… both of you… stay back…" and then Nail lost consciousness as the blood on his wound began to dry, only for more to begin pouring out.
"And just like that whatever spark he still had." Frieza promptly threw Nail off of his horn as he licked the blood from his lips, leaving Nail to fall into the Namekian sea below, much to the horror of everyone else.
"Nail NO!" Gohan attempted to charge down into the sea to save Nail, only for his way to be blocked suddenly by Frieza.
"Don't bother trying to save him, all you'll be doing is going after a wet corpse that's already long dead. If I were either one of you then I would rather focus on saving myself, not that it's going to make any sort of difference whether you're a Namekian dust mite or a few sniveling brats from Earth or a pitiful Saiyan ape none of you have even the slightest chance of escapiny from my wrath." he glanced over and noticed a white light in the distance "Well well what do we have here?"
Raditz glanced over and cringed as he saw three Namekians approaching the battlefield 'No dammit you three, go back before it's too late!'
"I'm legitimatly surprised that I missed a few of those slugs, not that it will do any of them any good."
"What was that about Namekians being slugs?" the three of them suddenly blitzed onto the scene in front of Frieza "Well either way at least we were able to make it here in time."
"Dammit you three this is suicidal! Moolin, Maima, Tsumuri, don't try to be some kind of heroes against him! All you're doing is throwing your lives away!"
"You think we don't know that Raditz? Of course we know we don't stand a chance but that doesn't mean we're just gonna lie down and die without even trying. After all Nail isn't the only capable warrior of the Namekian race."
Frieza let out a chuckle "Well if pieces of trash like yourselves do intend to throw your lives away then I suppose I have no right to stop you."
"Come and say that to our faces!" the Namekians all removed their vests and charged at Frieza at full speed as they prepared three simutaneous Full Power Energy Waves.
Unfortunately for them, Frieza simply waved one of his hands, ripping two of them to shreds and leaving the last one (this one being Tsumuri) to fall into the sea the same way as Nail did mere moments before.
"NO!" Gohan prepared to charge down towards Tsumuri in order to save him, only for his way to be barred by Frieza once again.
"As I said before it's too late, not that it would make any difference."
"No… it's not too late… Get out of my way…" Gohan started snarling like some kind of angry animal, taking everyone present by surprise "I said… I SAID GET OUT OF MY WAY!" in a burst of power he dealt Frieza a sharp kick to the head and a fierce barrage of punches and kicks to the gut that sent Frieza spiralling down into the ground "GOHAN SMASH EFFEMINATE ALIEN! GOHAN STRONGEST THERE IS!" and then in a way that would make a lot more sense if the Hulk was a character from anime, Gohan unleashed his Gekiretsu Madan attack, nailing Frieza in a masive barrage of Ki blasts that also engulfed him in a massive explosion as a result.
Raditz was taken aback by the sudden outburst 'What the hell is going on? The kid's power level just exploded and now it's even higher than Frieza's! You mean that the kid's been holding back this much power this entire time?!'
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(At the same time, down in the Namekian ocean)
"Tsumuri are you sure you want to do this? You realize that this techninque is forbidden amongst our people."
"Of course I know that Nail but what choice do we have? It's either this or whatever legacy our people has die by the hand of Frieza, the way I see it we have nothing to lose."
"...I give you my word my brother, regardless of whatever may happen from here on out I will not let your sacrifice be forgoten."
"That will only apply if we win." and cue the bright white light.
(See if you can guess what's going on)
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Raditz looked over at Gohan in pure awe in disbelief at his power 'This is completely insane, when the kid's emotions run wild he loses control and then taps into some vast reservoir of power that not even the likes of Frieza can withstand. The question remains though, does this kid have even more potential towards becoming a Super Saiyan than even you Kakarot?'
Gohan suddenly snapped out of his rage "I have to get Nail, he and the other Namekian will drown down there!"
That was when Dende suddenly rose up from the water carrying a wounded Nail "It's going to be alright, he's not dead yet! He's just wounded and it's not even that bad!"
"Okay good. We've got you Nail, just hang in there for a little while longer!"
"Stay focused Spike, in case you've forgotten let me point out that Big Green isn't our biggest concern at the moment!" Kai pointed out.
"What do you mean?"
"Even I know that Frieza wouldn't go down that easily!"
Sure enough, Frieza emerged from within the crater left by the blast and then dusted himself off as he looked up at them "So it would seem that Raditz was right about you boy, there is a great deal more to you than meets the eye. I'm not going to lie to you, that actually did cause me pain at least a little bit. But I wouldn't let that go to your head, like I told you before none of you stance a chance against the likes of me. All you've done is make my desire to kill you that much greater.
"Well shit, hey Gohan I'm seriously hoping that you saved some of that power because we're gonna have to go all out all or nothing against this asshole." this was followed by Frieza suddenly powering up.
Gohan was left looking mortified by this "Okay is it just me or is he somehow making himself even stronger than he already was?"
"He must've been supressing his Ki all this time."
"But I thought he said he couldn't control his power!"
Frieza shot them an arrogant smirk "You remember the pain that you dealt me boy? Well guess what, now I'm going to return it thousands of times over!"
'His power just spiked, at this rate I don't think we're gonna be able to hold out for that much longer.'
"Now then let the real fun begin." Frieza suddenly blitzed upwards and dealt Gohan a sharp kick to the gut, causing him to cough up blood "Oh come now don't tell me that that was all that it took to take the fight out of you already, I can assure you that your torment is only just getting started." and then he backhanded Gohan with his tail, sending him crashing to the ground in a heap "It would seem that I let myself get worked up over nothing, you really are nothing but a little brat."
"Yeah well I'm not!" Raditz took the chance to attack Frieza from behind with his Saturday Crush attack "Don't forget that you still have me to deal with Frieza, an oversight like that one is just going to get you killed! This is why you shouldn't turn your back on a warrior of the Saiyan race!" and to prove his point he added on with his Weekend blast attack, engulfing Frieza in yet another explosion, and he began laughing triumphantly "So what was that you had been saying before Frieza about me not standing a chance against you? You were a fool to take me as lightly as you did, that is to say that you WERE!" and then he realized the mistake of running his mouth, which was now dropped with the rest of his jaw at what he was seeing.
Yeah as it turns out, Frieza wasn't even scratched by the assault and just shot Raditz a sort of mocking look "Now now Raditz you'll just have to wait your turn, once I'm done with this brat and the other one I'll be sure to take my time in dealing with you." and he lowered himself to the ground, leaving Raditz somewhat demoralized "Now then, how about you and I just go ahead and pick up where we left off?"
"Fine!" Gohan suddenly charged at Frieza in a blind at rage, launching a furious barrage of punches and kicks.
Frieza promptly kneed him in the gut and grabbed him by a few strands of his hair, causing him to cry out in pain, and then he dropped Gohan and kicked him in the gut again "Oh am I going to enjoy this." he started stomping down on Gohan's head, causing him to scream in pain "So what would you say if I were to tell you that it was time for me to put my foot down? Well it's not like your opinion matters either way, sayonara brat."
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Piccolo and Yamcha continued their way towards the battlefield as they sensed the commotion from afar 'Gohan's life force is getting weaker, I can barely sense it now. Just hang in there a little while longer Gohan and I'll be there as soon as I can!'
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Frieza continued his attempts to crush Gohan's skull and he shot Raditz yet another taunting glance "Oh come now Raditz whatever is the matter, do you really expect me to believe that you're not going to bother trying to save him? Or could it be that you're simply paralyzed with fear over just how powerful I am right now? Well you don't have to worry about that or even move a muscle, just give me one more moment to finish crushing the life out of this one and then I'll be more than happy to put you next on my list!" he continued crushing Gohan's skull with his foot "Sure you could try to save the brat but even if you wanted to do so it's not like you could do anything against me right now, you're just as helpless as this brat. Dammit I lost my place, where was I? Oh right, committing filicide." he prepare to finish Gohan off, when…
"Kaioken 5x!" with his crimson aura flaring wildly, Kai suddenly burst towards Frieza and dealt him a sharp kick in between the eyes, sending him tumbling backwards as he clutched his eyes in pain and agony "Bet you forgot about me didn't you?" he slung Gohan over his shoulder and threw a Ki blast at the ground, creating a smokescreen.
"You little, you know what I'm changing my kill order! Boy with the red leotard you're going to die first!"
"Not likely monster." the smoke cleared to reveal Nail, now about an inch taller and with his wounds fully healed 'A clever plan on Kai's part, creating a makeshift smokescreen to take advantage of the fact that Frieza cannot detect energy signatures without one of those devices of his.'
"You damned Namekian how the hell is it that you're still drawing breath?! I ran you through on my very own horn, there's no way that you could've survived!"
"Well I did and now I'm more powerful than ever before, and now I intend to have vengeance in the name of my people who all died by the hand of your forces!" Nail blitzed towards Frieza and slugged him clear in the gut, and then followed up with a barrage of Ki blasts in the form of the Gekiretsu Madan attack, sending Frieza crashing into a nearby mountain, before finishing the assault with a Mystic Flasher, engulfing him in a massive explosion that leveled the entirety of the mountain 'As I said before Tsumuri, your sacrifice will not be forgotten and it will not be in vain. Not as long as I have any say in it.'
Frieza almost immediately burst out from within the rubble, pissed off to high hell mainly because the end of his tail had been blown off "You arrogant little- How dare you mock me you slug!" and he charged at Nail in a rage.
Nail quickly took off in the opposite direction of Frieza 'I may not be strong enough to take him on directly but at the very least I should be able to at least slow him down or keep him occupied for as long as Dende will need. The only problem is that he's faster than me so he'll be able to catch up to me- Wait a second, maybe I can lose him in those crevices down there!' he dove downwards into a set of crevices in a desperate attempt to get Frieza off of his trail as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, Frieza blitzed in front of Nail, which prompted him to retreat back towards the center of the crevis "Quite the cowards isn't he? He can go ahead and run as much as he wants but all he'll be doing is delaying the inevitable." he blitzed in front of Nail and cut him off at the exit again, the process repeating itself in pretty much every single crack in the chasm several times over, at least until Frieza got sick of it "Alright this is getting boring." he fired a simple Ki blast at the crevices, filling them with smoke as a result "Okay now come out of there before I lose my temper."
It was only a few seconds before Nail pulled himself out of the crevices, coughing up a large amount of smoke, and he quickly bolted once again.
Frieza quickly blitzed in front of him for the umpteenth time "Alright that's far enough for you slug man, I'm not thrilled that you survived my last attack but the fact that you have the audacity to clip my tail and then lead me on this wild goose chase is making my blood boil more than ever before so this time I intend to rip you apart until not even the smallest piece of you remains intact!"
'This isn't good, I only have one chance!' Nail fired two quick Ki blasts at Frieza and then dove down into the water below, struggling to hold his breath.
"His pathetic attempts to escame from my wrath aren't going to be enough to save him from the hell that awaits him. I will personally tear you limb from limb, now come out and show yourself to me already!" he fired a barrage of Ki blasts into the water below, which caused Nail to burst up from the water gasping for air "And now-"
"FLASH BOMB!" thinking quickly, Nail unleashed a white Ki blast and fired it upwards into the air, causing it to burst, blinding Frieza and giving Nail the chance he needed to escape, but not before getting one more potshot at Frieza with his Mystic Flash.
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Raditz was looking down at the ground as he noticed something 'What in the name of hell, where did he learn that?'
As it turns out Dende was checking on Gohan "Oh thank goodness he's not dead, he's just unconscious. Don't worry, I'll heal you right away." and in a surprising move, he used his newly awakened powers to heal Gohan.
'What the f*ck is going on?'
"Everyone hury, Frieza's stunned so we have to take this chance!" Nail suddenly burst back onto the scene "We have to hurry, my Flash Bomb isn't going to keep him occupied forever!" he glanced down at Dende and Gohan and he gave a small smile "I see so he healed your nephew as well Raditz, that's good."
"And it never crossed your mind to tell us the squirt could heal people?" Kai shot him a certain look "Why the hell would you not tell us about that?"
"You say that as if you assume that I already knew, if I did then I would certanly have mentioned such a thing to you. I'm not so shallow as to keep important secrets like that, so the question is why are you so angry about that?"
"Because you never bothered to mention that we've got ourselves a White Mage!" and then he started bragging to no one in particular "Oh yeah that's right bitches, we got ourselves a White Mage and like a wise man once said nobody f*cks with the White Mage!"
Dende glanced over at Gohan "Who is he talking to exactly?"
"My guess is whoever can listen to his ego." Gohan let out a sigh "Thanks for the help Dende but you better go and hide, I can sense that Frieza will be here any second." he bolted back up into the air and began powering up in his rage 'This is insane, it feels like somehow I got even stronger now that Dende healed me!'
"Well that's one of the good things about being half Saiyan for you." Kai told him "From what I can tell your power has gone up pretty high, I don't know about you but I think that's just what we needed to get an edge over lizard lips over there."
"DAMN YOU!" that was when Frieza burst back onto the scene "First that Namekian and now that brat over there, how the hell do you keep coming back from the dead like this?! How many times do I have to kill you pests before you just stay dead?!"
"As many times as it takes for you to stop whining like a little bitch." Kai promptly powered up his Kaioken aura.
"You brats really don't know when to quit now do you?"
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Gine and the others continued watching from the Check In Station "Wow Kakarot's son and the other boy are really brave to go up against Frieza like this, but do you think that they can hold their own against him?"
"Don't worry, those two boys have the seeds of greatness in them." Scarlet turned away to wipe away a few tears, but she couldn't wipe the proud smile off of her face 'Kai my son you've gotten so strong, and I know that you'll only keep getting stronger. I just wish that I could be there to see you growing up in person.'
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Piccolo and Yamcha were still making their way towards the battlefield 'Gohan's back to full strength now and his and Kai's power levels are both on the rise, could this mean that they're trying to take on Frieza on their own? No I think they're gonna go with that for now, but all the same we had better speed up.'
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Gohan and Kai finished powering up and shared two simultaneous nods as they both glanced back at Nail and Raditz "Kai and I are gonna double team him, we might be able to buy some time until Piccolo get here or we might even beat Frieza but still we at least have to try." without waiting for any arguments or protests he and Kai both lowered themselves to the ground and he glanced back at Dende "Listen to me Dende, I want you to go and hide somewhere out of sight before you get caught in the crossfire."
"R-Right." Dende quickly took the chance to hide somewhere on the battlefield so that he could still see what was going on.
"So do you think we can do this?"
"Well I think we're about to find out." Kai got into a combat stance as the first level of Kaioken continued to flare.
Frieze landed on the ground in front of the two of them and smirked "Well well it would seem that the two little brats have gained some backbone but it won't make any difference, soon the two of you will be begging for mercy just like all of the rest of them."
"Yeah I think we'll see about that soon enough, but until then keep those hideous lips of yours shut." Kai blitzed forward and aimed a kick at Frieza's torso.
Frieza leapt into the air to dodge it.
Gohan was waiting for him in mid air and began trading even blows with Frieza, his Zenkai allowing him to keep up with him, and he began to gain an advantage once Kai joined in on the clash, with the former dealing Frieza a kick to the torso and the latter dealing him an uppercut to the jaw, the two attacks sending him flying away from them.
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Raditz and Nail shared a surprised glance between the two of them "Unbelievable, those two little brats are actually giving Frieza a run for his money."
Nail nodded "I suppose you weren't lying when you said that those two had potential well beyond either of us, perhaps now we really do have a chance of victory after all."
"So do you think that the two of us will be able to get out of this alive?"
"I suppose only time will tell, but either way Frieza has hurt so many of my people and now they're going to get the justice that they deserve. I just wish that I or another Namekian would be able to give it to him."
"You might be able to get your chance, I can sense that Frieza is still hiding a great deal of his power right now."
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Bardock and the others looked on in surprise "Hot damn you called it big time Scarlet, those two kids are so strong it's insane- Okay I'm calling bullshit, how the hell are those two little brats almost as strong as me right now? You know what screw it, Scarlet ready that teleporting stuff so I can go down there and show those little shits up." he bolted off of the couch.
Gine stopped him in his tracks without even getting up "Bardock if you walk out that door then I will withhold that for the next 6 months."
"I went without it for almost 20 years, I can do it again."
"Walk out there and you'll have to." she gave Scarlet a high five without even bothering to look at her.
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Frieza found himself being pushed back by the combined assault from Gohan and Kai "You arrogant little-"
"DODGE!" Gohan suddenly dealt Frieza a vicious uppercut kick to the jaw, sending him flying away a great distance, only to be forced to dodge a counter punch almost immediately.
"I'm losing patience with you little brats!" Frieza backhanded Gohan away and then began pushing Kai back until he had his back against the side of a plateau, and then finished off his assault with a barage of Killer Ball blasts, engulfing him in a massive explosion, much to the horror of Gohan and everyone else, but Frieza was as confident as ever "There's no sense in hiding from me, I know that you're still alive down there now stand up and show yourself to me already."
"Way to kill the mood asshole." Kai pulled himself out from the rubble and spat out a little bit of spit and blood before joining Gohan in mid air and the two high fived without even looking at each other.
"The two of you are quite slippery, one of you comes back from a thrashing from me even stronger than before and the other one manages to wriggle out of harm's way even after being hit at point blank range. I can see that I'll just have to try harder to get rid of the two of you." and so he charged at the two of them.
Gohan and Kai continued fending him off 'Oh man I can't believe this, if feels like I'm so much stronger now it's like I'm a different person! I guess Kai's nonchalant attitude had it pegged from the start, we might actually be able to win this! Maybe aside from his reckless nature and insanity Kai knows what's what in life. Hey Kai you ready to go on the offensive?"
"Way ahead of you, you break off from him and charge that move while I keep Lizard Lips over here busy." Kai told him "I'll be fine for a few minutes, just do what you gotta do so we can wreck his shit."
"Alright, just be careful." and so Gohan retreated to the ground as he put his hands together in front of him as a yellow Ki sphere began charging in his hands.
"Alright now someone's shit is about to be wrecked."
"Yes that's true boy, and it's yours!" Frieza backhanded Kai using what was left of his tail, and then he proceeded to force him underwater, and he was the only one to rise back up to the surface.
Gohan looked down in horror "Kai are you okay down there?"
"There's no need for you to panic boy, he's going to resurface in a moment and of course I wouldn't want you to miss it when I end his miserable life.
'Oh no, he's gonna be hit by a sneak attack! No get a grip Gohan, Kai is smarter than that so of course he can take it.'
"BOOYAKASHA!" Kai burst up from the water, only to be hit by Frieza's Full Power Energy Ball and blasted into a mountain, which promptly exploded as a result.
"KAI NO!"
Frieza let out a chuckle "And that's one less pest that I have to worry about killing, now then who's next?"
"KAIOKEN 3X!" Kai burst up from the rubble, his Kaioken flaring to the third level and now he was just as pissed as Frieza "If I was gonna go down as easily as that then Gohan would actually be able to walk away from this with his sanity intact, but that's not how this story is gonna go!"
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Frieza blitzed forward and grabbed Kai by the front of his gi, snarling like some kind of angry animal.
"Someone who's gonna wreck your shit. Kaioken 4x!" Kai let out a shockwave as he powered up his Kaioken to the fourth level, his crimson aura flaring and pushing Frieza off of him "Okay now Frieza pay close attention to what's about to happen, I'm gonna show you why Saiyans aren't the only creatures that you should fear in the universe!" he blitzed towards Frieza and slugged him straight across the face before following up with a vicious Wolf Fang Fist combination that blew him away "And that's for what you did to my uncle!"
"And this for what you did to me!" Frieza whacked Kai with his tail and then proceeded to launch an attack at Kai in the form of his Punishing Blaster, much to the horror of Gohan and the others.
"Guys it's okay, I've got this! Kaioken… times FIVE!" Kai pushed his Kaioken as high as he was able to and with a mighty roar, he deflected the Punishing Blaster back at Frieza, forcing him to dodge the attack "NOW GOHAN!"
"RIGHT! LIGHT GRENADE!" packing as much Ki into his blast as he could, Gohan fired off a full power Light Grenade at Frieza, the blast engulfing him and resulting in a massive explosion. Gohan then landed on the ground and bumped fists with Kai "How do you think he liked that one?"
"He think he choked on it, nice work with the Light Grenade by the way."
"And you busting out the Kaioken like that was totally amazing, I just wish Piccolo was here to see this!"
"Well from what I can sense he's on his way."
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"YES!" Bardock started pumping a fist "That's my grandson and the other little shit, go ahead and show Frieza what you're made of!"
Scarlet shared a look with Gine "Is it just me or did he just do a 180 on the boys because you tried to withhold sex from him?"
"Yep." was all Gine said.
"Well in that case, you go girlfriend." they high fived.
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The smoke from the blast cleared to revealed that Frieza had blocked the Light Grenade at the last second, somehow even more enraged than before "You… You…"
"Gohan hang back for now, I'm gonna try and gauge the big guy's power level so we can come with a new plan of attack." Kai made a hand motion for Gohan to hang back while he slowly stepped forward, his Kaioken 5x aura still flaring as the tension in the air grew thicker "So are we gonna do this or what?"
"You've really got quite the mouth on you now don't you? Well then I suppose it's up to me to fix that." in a sudden burst of speed, Frieza slugged Kai straght across the face followed by an elbow and then smashed him to the ground, and then he prepared to fire off another fist aimed at his spine.
Using his Kaioken to enhance his speed, Kai bolted out of the way just in time, only to soon discover that 'Dammit this son of a bitch is a lot faster than I have him credit for, now what am I supposed to do?'
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Gine looked on in horror "This is bad…"
"Dammit!" Bardock snarled "Even then Frieza was just toying with the two runts, he wasn't even fighting at full power until just now! He's just been toying with them all over again!"
"Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions." Scarlet told him "Frieza is as tough and as cruel as they come sure, but I know my son and I know that he's not out of tricks just yet."
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Kai pulled himself out of the rubble, the top of his red martial arts gi being halfway shredded, and he spat out a mix of both dirt and blood 'F*ck this is bad.'
Frieza let out a condescending chuckle as he lowered himself to the ground "You'll have to forgive the slow start, in all honesty I really wasn't expecting much from you or the other brat but now that I've seen that you're this capable of handling yourself I thought it was just common courtesy to show you my true power, which in reality is a mere fraction of what I'm truly capable of."
"Your power, it's like there's no limit to it. I can't believe that I actually thought that I could pose a threat to you… Is that what you're expeting me to say to you? Well sorry to disappoint you big guy but I'm not the kind of kid who likes to just lie down and die, so now I'm gonna show you what happens when someone pisses me off! Kaioken… times… SEVEN!" with a furious strain filled roar he pushed his Kaioken to his absolute limit, this being the seventh level "Well what the hell do you know, I guess we've both been holding back."
"You cannot be serious, am I really expected to believe that you've been fighting me with less than your full effort? That's just nonsense, I knew you were far too overconfident for your own good but I never expected you to be the lying sort."
"Yeah well I'm just full of surprises now aren't I? Anyway enough talk, now I'm gonna show you why I'm more deserving of your fear than any Saiyan could ever hope to be!" Kai kept on flaring his Kaioken aura 'The problem is that I can't push my Kaioken any higher than this or else my body won't be able to handle the strain.'
"Go for it Kai, I know you can do it!" Gohan started cheering for him on the sidelines from where he was watching alongside Raditz and Nail "Go and show him what you're made of!"
"That's the idea!"
Frieza studied him closely "I see, so with this red colored technique of yours you can amplify your combat assets considerably. Does that sound about right?"
"That's the idea at least yeah." Kai blitzed forward and dealt Frieza a powerful kick to the torso, sending him tumbling backwards.
Frieza recovered and retreated into the air in an attempt to gain some distance and prepare a counterattack.
Kai suddenly blitzed behind Frieza and dealt him a Nail Gun to the shoulder, sending him hurtling towards the ground below, but not done with him just yet he grabbed onto Frieza and pulled him into a pile driver "I told you before that Saiyans weren't the only creatures that you should fear, maybe you'll learn how to listen when you get to Hell and find the demons of your past waiting for you there." he let go and let Frieza rocket downwards, sending him crashing to the ground and burying him under a large amound of rubble.
Gohan and the others looked on in awe "Alright way to go Kai, just finish him off and then we can go home!"
"Not just yet, I'm gotta put the final touches on so that I can make this look exactly like a real life Jackson Pollock paintain! NAIL GUN!" and so Kai fired a Kaioken powered Nail Gun downwards, resulting in a massive explosion.
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Gohan and the others had to shield themselves so that they wouldn't be blown away by the force of the explosion "Is it over, did he get him?"
"I wouldn't be too sure, take a look up there." Raditz pointed upwards to what he was seeing, much to the dismay of Gohan and Nail.
"Oh come on!"
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Sure enough, Frieza was floating atop the gigantic mushroom cloud of smoke with few minor burns 'That was far too close for my liking, not that they need to know that.'
"Well I guess I shouldn't be surprised." Kai muttered "Leave it to an evil space emperor to pull a last second escape out of his ass."
"I did mention it to you beforehand but what you've seen up to this point is but a mere fraction of my true power."
"Yeah I figured as much."
"Such a foolish and naive child, you just cannot seem to help charging in here oblivious to the true peril you're in right now. How about this, I'm willing to treat you to the same feeling of pure terror that the rest of your friends had the pleasure to experience only once. Yes perhaps this would be the simplest way to make you understand just how truly in over your head you are against the likes of me, you see each time I transform myself I can increase my power several times over and as it just so happens I still have two transformations beyond the current form that you see right now. So are you beginning to see the big picture yet?"
"Here's the picture that I'm seeing, you're bluffing. You know that even a little brat like me is stronger than you now so you're trying to pull something out of your ass! If you really can transform twice more then I say go ahead and prove it!"
"Very well then, allow me to demonstrate. You scum should consider this to be an honor, you will be the first ones to ever lay eyes upon me in this next form." his body began radiating a red and black aura "Prepare yourself brat, for you are about to witness the second transformation of the almighty Lord Frieza!" with a furious roar he began his transformation, in which he grew a set of spikes out of his back which promptly curved upwards, and the armor pads on his shoulders flung themselves outwards like a set of shoulder pads. His original horns receeded and turned white in color, erupting in pairs along with the length of his head, which had become extremely elongated.
'...Okay this might have been a mistake, Piccolo was right when he said that I had to learn to shut the hell up.'
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Gine studied Frieza for a moment "Wait a second I don't get it, it doesn't look like he's changed that much has he?"
"No it's like he's a whole different person." Bardock told her grimly "Even without being able to sense his energy I can tell that his power is on a completely different level in comparison to what it was before, not only that but from the look of things he's able to exercise a far greater degree of control over his power."
Scarlet nodded "Not to mention that he's healed, the damage that he got from the boys in their combined assault and from Kai's Nail Gun is gone so there's not a single scratch on him. This isn't looking good, I'm not sure that they'd be able to beat him while he's like this but either way I guess they'll still have to try."
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Once he finished his transformation, Frieza shot a smirk over at Kai "So what do you think boy was it worth the wait?"
"I think you're as f*cked up as they come." Kai muttered "Not to mention that Ridley Scott is gonna sue someone for that."
"What are you talking about?" and then his alien tongue started jabbering "Let me touch your skin!"
"My point exactly."
"Now if you're ready then let's begin round two shall we? Come on what are you waiting for, I'll let you make the first move. You did seem to have quite a bit of confidene in your speed and that technique beforehand not too long ago as I recall so why don't we start by putting that to the test then shall we?" and so Frieza pounced at him.
"Kaioken times 7!" pushing his Kaioken as high as he was able to, Kai bolted into the skies and blitzed around a little bit in order to throw him off 'With so much added bulk and muscle on him it can only slow him down, no matter how much power he may have gained it won't mean anything if he can't get close enough to me to use it!' he screeched to a halt when he suddenly noticed Frieza waiting in front of him 'Son of a bitch I walked right into that one.'
"It's about time you caught up with me, I was wondering when you would join me. I doubt you would want to be late for your own funeral." he flicked a simple Ki blast at Kai, blowing him backwards before he could even blink, and he began easily dodging all of his attacks as if he was the wind itself, and then he began going on the offensive with a vicious combo attack, not even giving Kai a chance to fight back, blowing him away without even breaking a sweat "You know as fun as this has been I'm afraid that playtime is over."
'Dammit this is bad, now what the hell am I supposed to do?'
"Now that you realize that that technique of yours is of no use against this form that feeling of helplessness that I had been hoping to inspire must actually be settling in quite nicely. Let's see if we can add a little bit of terror into that mix then shall we?" he fired a Death Beam directly at one of Kai's kneecaps, then the other.
'Dammit he's too fast, at this rate I'm gonna have to hope for some kind of miracle or I'm done for!'
As if he was reading Kai's thought and did the exact opposite, Frieza began attacking him with his Crazy Finger Beam, blowing holes through Kai left and right.
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Gohan could only look on in horror "No this is bad, Kai was already giving it everythinig that he had against Frieza and now he doesn't have a chance of dodging! I can't just sit around and watch this, I have to help him somehow! Hang on Kai I'm coming!" and with his rage boosting his power he charged towards Frieza in a desperate rescue attempt.
"No you can't, you'll fair no better than he did!" Nail attempted to go after Gohan to pull him out of there.
"Wait Nail, hang on a second!" Raditz caught Nail by the ankle "You know as well as I do that you won't be able to do anything but get in the way at this point!"
"But we can't just sit around and do nothing!"
"I know that, I have a plan but I need your help to pull it off! Listen to me carefully, if we want to have any chance against Frieza then I need you to attack Frieza with everything you've got without holding back! I can have Dende use his powers to heal me and once I receive the boost from the Zenkai that I'll get from being on the brink of death I might be able to become a Super Saiyan, at least then we'll stand a chance against Frieza!"
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In a matter of moments Frieza has already proven that his second transformation is a terror to behold! Gohan races to aid Kai in his struggle against Frieza, but can he free his friend from the clutches of this monster? And with Piccolo and Yamcha still on their way to the battlefield, and Goku and Tien still on their way to Planet Namek is there any hope left for them against this tyrant? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation!
A/N:
And with this chapter, the battle with Frieza gets seriously underway, along with some significant changes from canon. For starters, Nail is present and does not fuse with Piccolo (compensated for by Piccolo fusing with Daimao in Hell back in chapter 8), and now thanks to that fusion Piccolo is strong enough to combat Frieza in his third form instead of just his second form. So unfortunately Nail ends up getting the Krillin treatment for the most part here since he's not as strong as the likes of Gohan, Kai or Raditz. Surprising as it may be, he's actually the weakest of the four of them right now, which is the main reason why I included those other three Namekians from the filler scene at the Grand Elder's house that get slaughtered by Frieza. As for the names, I don't think that they were ever given official names in that scene or at all so I just searched on the Dragon Ball website and found three random Namekian names and I decided to use those.
To compensate for Piccolo not being there to combat, I had Gohan and Kai do a team thing against Frieza in his second form. Unlike Goku and Vegeta in the anime when they were fighting Jiren in the Tournament of Power, Gohan and Kai know how to work together effectively against an enemy.
In regards to Nail's fusion, he fused with a guy way weaker than he is so that fusion isn't as effective as it was when Nail and Piccolo fused, so while he's a crap load stronger now, he's still not as strong as Piccolo.
Now then, I want your honest opinion on something in regards to what I plan to do during the battle between Goku and Frieza. Here's what I'm thinking, you know how Goku is almost drowned by Frieza and then he goes Kaioken 20x? Well what if instead of Kaioken 20x, he goes Super Saiyan instead? Keep in mind that would mean that I would also be cutting out the Spirit Bomb as well, along with having to have anyone else die in real life in order to trigger the transformation. The reason I'm saying this is because, well to put it simply, the Spirit Bomb did literally nothing to Frieza in the long run. Yes he was visibly injured and he lost part of his tail, but it didn't stop him from going full power or have any long term effects like it did when it was used on Vegeta in the Saiyan Saga. As far as I'm concerned Goku might as well have not used it at all against Frieza. Of course to make up for that I'll be replacing it with a lot more internal motivation from Goku from various different characters, but either way I want feedback from you guys before I set anything in stone. Oh, and adding onto this Goku and Tien will be arriving on Planet Namek next chapter.
Power levels:
Gohan: 200,000
Gohan (enraged): 800,000
Gohan (Zenkai): 1.25 million
Kai: 250,000
Kai (Kaioken 3x): 750,000
Kai (Kaioken 5x): 1.25 million
Kai (Kaioken 7x): 1.75 million
Kai (Kaioken 7x Nail Gun): 17.5 million
Nail: 75,000
Nail (post fusion): 800,000
Random Namekians included for plot convenience: 10,000 each
Raditz: 450,000
Frieza (First form): 530,000
Frieza (second form): 1.2 million
Frieza (second form, full power): 1.5 million
Frieza (third form): 1.9 million