Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Who would've expected that just a few changes could have such a major impact. Read as Gohan and Kai journey through life and across the universe in this exciting retelling of DBZ, with changes and surprises around every corner. Yamcha x Bulma, Raditz x Android 18, Gohan x Erasa later on. Other pairings undecided at the moment.

12. Ultimate Nightmare, Moment of Truth

Kai continued with getting the shit blasted out of him by Frieza "WHY THE HELL IS THIS STILL HAPPENING?!"

"Because you're an arrogant little brat that needs a spanking!" Frieza continued assaulting him with his Crazy Finger Beam "And besides, this is too much fun!"

"LEAVE MY FRIEND ALONE!" Gohan suddenly burst onto the scene and dealt Frieza a sharp kick to the face, ending his assault on Kai and sending him crashing to the ground, which ended up giving Gohan a chance to prepare a powerful attack "I'm through letting you pick on my friends, I'm ending this battle and I'm ending it NOW!" he furiously cupped his hands at his side and began charging a blue ball of Ki "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HAAAAAA!" using as much power as he was able to muster up for one attack, Gohan fired a full power Super Kamehameha downwards.

Quickly regaining his awareness, Frieza tried to push back the Super Kamehameha "I can just send it back!" at least that's what he tried to do, but in the end he was pushed downwards and backwards into the Namekian ocean, engulfing him in the ensuing explosion.

Gohan powered down his Super Kamehameha and was left panting heavily "That was… way too close… but this is bad… I put just about… everything that I had… into that blast… I don't think I have… anything left in me now…" this turned out to be the wrong thing to say, mainly because a Death Beam came hurtling towards him from underwater.

Kai pulled himself out from the rubble 'No, I'm not gonna make it in time!' and so he fired a weakened Explosive Demon Wave, which just fizzled out in his hand 'Dammit!'

Gohan shut his eyes and waited for the impact, until…

"MASENKO!" a Masenko out of nowhere suddenly crashed right into the Death Beam right before it hit Gohan, cancelling it out in a blinding explosion.

Gohan and Kai both glanced over and their eyes widened at what they saw "Piccolo!"

Sure enough, the figure floating before them was Piccolo, his hand outstretched and smoking from firing a Masenko, with Yamcha floating right behind him, at least until he fell to the ground in a heap "Sorry to keep you guys waiting, I had to pick that one up. You guys might have had a pretty hard time but it's obvious that the two of you have gotten a lot stronger, I'm proud of the two of you."

Gohan took the chance to catch his breath "Thanks for that Piccolo but I don't think there's anything else that I can do against Frieza, I put everything that I had into that blast and now I'm spent."

Frieza pulled himself out of the water and began to analyze Gohan "Well this is peculiar, the power level of that little runt has taken a rather sizeable jump. Somehow recovering from that thrashing that I gave him seems to actually have made him more powerful. Wait a moment, of course that child must have Saiyan blood! But how, who is that brat? I made sure that the Saiyan race was all but extinct, Vegeta, Nappa and Raditz were the only three that I allowed to stay alive after that. The question is then, who's daddy? He doesn't much take after Vegeta or Nappa so I guess that would leave Raditz, no there isn't enough of a resemblance for that to be the case I suppose. Well I guess it doesn't matter now." and then he glanced over at Piccolo "And now there's yet another Namekian who was able to escape my attention. Yes and there's something different about this one, he's far more imposing than even the likes of that other Namekian over there. Of course his fate will still be the same as the rest of them, in a matter of moments he'll be joining the rest of his kind in oblivion."

Piccolo studied Frieza at the same time "So that's the dreaded Frieza then is he? I get it now, he's even more hideous than I could've imagined. Now then, I think it's time to give this monster a taste of his own medicine. I'll fight him on my own, Gohan you take the uncle and nephew over to get some help and make sure the others stay out of my way."

"Are you sure about this?" asked Gohan.

"I wouldn't be saying it if I wasn't."

"...Alright, just try to be careful." so Gohan dropped to the ground, slung Kai over his shoulder, and slowly carried him towards where Dende was hiding.

Piccolo on the other hand took the chance to lower himself to the ground and ripped off his weighted cape and turban.

"You know you made quite the foolish move coming here." Frieza lowered himself to the ground in front of Piccolo "You should've just hidden away in a corner somewhere like the slug that you are."

"You say that like it's supposed to intimidate me."

"What I fail to understand is why you would be so eager to pick a fight you know you don't have a chance of winning. Perhaps you're showing off for someone, or maybe it's just that you have some sort of death wish. But if you wish to die so soon then I suppose I have no right to stop you then."

"We'll see about that soon enough." Piccolo dropped into a stance and began flaring his white aura, the veins in his muscles bulging, and with a furious roar he reached his maximum power.

"Well well what do we have here?"

"I am Piccolo, the son of the Demon King Piccolo, the Yin to the Yang that is Kami."

"Kami, what the devil are you-"

Piccolo cut Frieza off when he blitzed in front of him and dealt him a fist to the face, followed by a rapid barrage of attacks.

Frieza caught Piccolo's fist and kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying away.

Piccolo rebounded and charged at Frieza, resulting in the two of them trading even blows across the skies of Planet Namek, before Piccolo dealt Frieza a sharp kick to the back, sending him crashing to the ground.

"No seriously, what the devil is a Kami?"

"It means God, now bow." and Piccolo fired an Explosive Demon Wave at Frieza while he was down, engulfing him in a massive explosion.

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Raditz gripped Nail by his collar "Don't make me spell this out for you Nail, you know as well as I do that every time a Saiyan recovers from a near fatal injury his power increases exponentially so we can use that to our advantage! I need you to hurry up and blast me through the stomach with everything that you've got before Frieza has time to perform his final transformation! I need you to do this for me Nail! It won't work if the injury is self inflicted so that means that it has to be you! Look once you blast me and Dende heals me I'll be restored to full strength in a matter of seconds-"

"Enough." Nail slapped a hand over Raditz's mouth "You know that Namekians have sensitive hearing so I cannot work with you on this if you continue screaming at me. But now that you've ceased with that…" he promptly fired a Full Power Energy Wave at Raditz, blowing a blood oozing hole through his stomach.

"That's… more like it…" using what little strength he had left, Raditz pulled himself towards the ground "Sorry about this Kakarot… it looks like… I'm going to beat you to it… to becoming… a Super Saiyan…"

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When the smoke cleared after the blast had died down, it was revealed that Frieza had doged the attack at the last second "Well such a shame for you, it would seem that you missed. I could let you try again for a Space Zeni if you want."

"Go ahead and get cocky, let's see if you can dodge these ones too!" Piccolo started firing off a barrage of Ki blasts.

Frieza began nonchalantly dodging every Ki blast thrown at him, only to get bored and stop dodging, only to notice Piccolo continuously firing Ki blasts at him anyway "You realize that I stopped dodging right? No seriously, are you even trying to hit me?"

"NO!"

"What the devil do you mean no?" Frieza suddenly glanced around and noticed that the Ki blasts had surrounded him "Oh. Ooooooh. Oooooh shit."

"Now let's see if you can dodge this, go ahead and say hi to the other Namekians you slaughtered on the other side! HELLZONE GRENADE!" Piccolo had the Ki blasts all swarm in on Frieza.

'And add to that, it even has a cool name.' and then Frieza was engulfed in a massive explosion as a result.

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Gohan found himself almost blinded from the strong winds and the blinding white light that resulted from Piccolo's Hellzone Grenade, but he still put himself in front of Dende, with Nail doing the same, in order for him to be able to heal Yamcha "For crying out loud what in the world is Piccolo doing over there?"

"For all we know he may be ending this." Nail told him "But regardless of how his battle turns out we must be ready to fight to the bitter end."

"I don't think it's gonna come to that, all we have to do is hold out for a little bit longer until my dad and Tien get here and then they can take care of Frieza."

"I certainly do hope that your faith in your father is justified, if not then not only all of us but the entirety of the universe will fall to Frieza's might."

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Piccolo took a moment to recover from the Ki drainage that he had experienced, only to almost immediately freeze in pure terror and disbelief "Oh you can't be serious, that's just not even realistic!"

Sure enough, the smoke cleared to reveal that Frieza had shielded himself from the attack at the last second, only now he was pretty much beyond pissed "Yeah okay I think I've had just about enough of this. This just isn't going to do, I think it's time for me to wipe these Saiyans and the rest of these insects off of the face of the universe once and for all. Not that I ever put that much stock in those ridiculous old legends about the Super Saiyan that they just kept on blabbering about, but I always have believed that it's better to air on the side of caution.' the bead of sweat dripping down the side of his head would tend to suggest otherwise 'That and those Zenkai boosts of theirs are actually rather worrying to an extent. Well then in that I case I suppose it would be caution to the wind.' he let out a sinister chuckle that got the attention of everyone present "You know I think that little display just proved that it wouldn't be too difficult for me to obliterate all of you as I am in this current form, but rather than do that I think I'm going to enjoy myself a little bit and leave all of you with one final vision more terrifying than the likes of Hell itself!"

'Yeah I'm pretty sure that I don't like the sound of this.'

"You may consider this to be my parting gift to all of you, I will allow you to witness a nightmare that surpasses that of even the horrors of Hell itself! Bear witness to my true ultimate form!" and with a strain filled roar, Frieza began the transformation into his final form, shaking the ground beneath him and summoning a group of dark clouds, his entire body beginning to glow and then crack apart.

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At the same time, Nail was explaining to Gohan and Kai about the concept of a Zenkai, at least based on what Raditz had told him "From what Raditz tells me every time a warrior with Saiyan blood recovers from a near death experience their power level increases exponentially, you understand that do you not?"

Kai and Gohan were quick to catch on "And that's why Raditz asked you to blast him halfway down the Highway to Hell, if he comes back from the dead one more time then it might turn out to be our best chance of beating Frieza or at least stalling him until Goku and Tien finally get here."

"Exactly."

"Not a bad plan really, it's not like any of us have a chance against him right now. Hey Dende how are you coming with the healing process on my uncle?"

"Just a moment, I'm almost done." Dende quickly finished up the healing process, finishing up with healing Yamcha's wounds.

Unfortunately, Frieza had witnessed this from afar during his transformation 'So that's the explanation, that's how these pests keep on coming back from the dead!'

"Okay I'm done, he's back to 100%."

Yamcha slowly pulled himself back to his feet "Man you're right, I really am back to 100% and I feel even stronger now too! I guess part of that is just that the Grand Elder's gift that just keeps on giving but I've gotta ask, do all Namekians have the ability to heal like that?"

"No I'm afraid not, only some Namekians have the ability to heal just like only some Namekians are warriors like Nail and your friend over there."

"Yeah as cool as that is we've got other problems, Raditz is in pretty bad shape over there and we need you to heal him for us." Kai gestured to where Raditz was lying on another nearby island with a giant hole in his chest, followed by a furious shriek sounding in the distance "Oh yeah and that's still happening too right about now so I think you might wanna hurry with that or we're all gonna die."

"R-Right." and so Dende quickly rushed off to heal Raditz's wounds, leaving Kai alone on that island with Gohan, Yamcha and Nail.

"So what's next-"

"Gohan! Kai!" that was when Piccolo dropped down onto the scene, followed by what seemed to be a a shrieking noise, and then a shattering noise, and finally a blinding white light and a shockwave that followed that.

"And I'm guessing that's what we're all pissing ourselves over right now?"

"Frieza just completed his final transformation, which means that we're probably all doomed right about now."

"I don't suppose it would mean anything if I said that we should just try and hide somewhere since he can't detect Ki signatures?"

"That wouldn't do any good for any of us, Frieza's not the kind of bastard who would waste time with searching and instead he's just blow up the entire planet. It's not like there's anything stopping him right now, without the Dragon Balls he doesn't have any use for this world or any of us."

"That's what I thought. Well we're f*cked."

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Goku and Tien prepared themselves for battle, the former taking the liberty of strapping his newly inherited Golden Power Pole onto his back and the latter removing his shirt, as their ship continued to draw ever closer to Planet Namek 'Hang on guys we're almost there, just a little bit longer.'

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Yamcha glanced in the direction of where Frieza's Ki signature was located "I'm gonna assume you guys can feel that power too, I can barely wrap my head around that.

"All of you get ready, he's coming into view." Piccolo quickly readied himself for the inevitable slaughter that was sure to come at them, with Gohan, Nail and Kai all doing the same.

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Realizing the peril of the situation they were in, Dende made quick work of Raditz's injuries and brought him back to full strength "Okay it's done, you should be able to move now and be back to full strength."

Raditz pulled himself back to his feet and took a moment to get a grip on his new power "So this is it then huh? Well then I suppose it's now or never." he glanced over to see the image of Frieza revealing himself from within the smoke "So this is Frieza's true form then is it? At last we finally get to see what we're really up against, the only question is what are we really up against right now? And now that I have this new power will I be able to stop him? Have I really become the legendary Super Saiyan, or is that honor still yours Kakarot?"

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Bardock studied Frieza's final form intently "Okay either I'm missing something or the big change is a complete and utter letdown, I thought he would come out looking like Scarlet after that party last month but now he looks totally scrawny."

"You couldn't be further from the truth." Scarlet told him grimly "You should know damn well that the power of your opponent has nothing to do with their appearances on the outside, even from here I can tell that Frieza's previous forms have nothing on what he's like right now. I hate to say it but even with Raditz as strong as he is now, after all of that time I spent with Piccolo training him and all that Kai and the others went through to collect the Dragon Balls in order to wish everyone back it might have all been in vain. Piccolo won't be able to protect either of the boys this time, not from someone like Frieza."

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The tension in the air continued to grow ever thicker on Planet Namek.

Frieza aimed two fingers in the direction of Gohan, Kai and the others "Bang." and with the utterance of only that one single word he fired two Death Beams from his hand one from each of the two outstrectched fingers past the likes of Gohan, Kai, Piccolo and Yamcha, and the beams closed in on both Dende and Nail, engulfing both of them in two simultaneous explosions as a result. When the smoke cleared, it revealed that Dende and Nail had both been reduced to little more than charred, lifeless corpses. They were dead.

Gohan could only look on in pure horror "Dende… Nail… no… NO!"

Piccolo and Yamcha both looked at Frieza, sweat dripping down their faces 'How the hell did he do that, I didn't even see him fire those attacks! It was completely instantaneous, there was no time to react! What in the hell has this monster become, what have we gotten ourselves into with this?'

Frieza withdrew both of his fingers and let out a whistful sigh "Oh I feel real good about my life right now."

"You just f*cked with the White Mage, you sick son of a bitch that's forbidden just like doing the Lambada!" and then Kai started freaking out "HEALER'S DOWN! NEED A RES! OUT OF MANA!" and then he just started screaming randomly, only to end up being smacked on the back of the head by Piccolo "Thanks I needed that."

"The brat's little tantrum aside I think that will speed things up, now I may still have five of you to deal with but at least now two of you pests are out of the way right?"

"Dende… Nail… no…" Gohan was snarling like some kind of pissed off animal "Why did have to be them? Dende wasn't even fighting!"

"But we were, that's the problem." Kai told him grimly "Frieza saw Dende healing Yamcha's injuries from earlier so he must've realized that he was gonna have a tough time taking all of us out when we had Dende here as the magic reset button to heal all of us, and that made him the prime target in Frieza's eyes. As for Nail, my guess is he did that just to be a dick."

"He's gonna pay for that, I won't let him get away with this!" Gohan prepared to charge at Frieza in a blind rage, only to be held back by Kai "Let me go!"

"Use your head for a minute, I might be as insensitive and insane and reckless as they come but not even I would go charging in there like some kind of crazed animal!"

"He's not wrong you know." Frieza suddenly blitzed behind all of them before they could even react, and he glanced back to see Raditz floating upwards in order to spectate.

'Dammit he's so fast that none of us could even see him move!'

"I did promise you before did I not, that I would allow all of you to bare witness to a nightmare beyond the horrors of Hell. Of course I had hoped that I would be able to include all of you in this slaughter but from the looks of things it would seem that two of the three Namekians will not be joining us. It's such a shame when you think about it, when you see the two of them in the next world I suppose you'll have to tell them what they missed."

"That's it, I can't take this anymore!" Gohan charged at Frieza in a blind rage and launched a furious barrage of punches and kicks, only for Frieza to just duck under each attack with such ease.

"Bring it on you damn freak!" Yamcha charged in next, with Kai right behind him, and the two of them unleashed barrages of their own, but Frieza just kept on dodging them.

"Well we might as well go for broke." and with that set in his mind, Piccolo charged at Frieza as well, only to not have any better luck than the others.

"Is this supposed to do something?" Frieza just kept on dodging each and every attack being thrown at him.

"Alright you know what, F*CK THIS!" Kai bolted into the air and fired off a full power Nail Gun, with Gohan, Piccolo and Yamcha all firing a Masenko, an Explosive Demon Wave and a Kaioken enhanced full power Kamehameha respectively, all four of them firing their attacks from four different angles.

Frieza merely rolled his eyes and leapt upwards into the air in order to avoid being hit by the blasts.

"AND WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!" Kai and Gohan both unleashed two simultaneous Kamehameha blasts, only for the smoke to soon clear to reveal that there was no sign of Frieza "Son of a bitch he disappeared again, now where is old Lizard Lips hiding?"

"DAMMIT WILL YOU MORONS SCREW YOUR HEADS ON STRAIGHT, HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!" Raditz roared at them out of nowhere.

"What the-?"

Sure enough, Frieza was standing right behind them "Hello again." and then he fired another Death Beam, this time directed in the direction of Gohan.

'Shit!'

"GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU IDIOT!" thinking quickly, Raditz suddenly blitzed forward and knocked Gohan to the ground, causing the Death Beam to soar overhead and then destroy a nearby island in an instant.

"Hot damn I couldn't even follow that attack, it's like it was almost instantaneous. Yeah I'm gonna have a lot of processing to do once we get back to Earth."

"You're welcome, that is my response to your rant."

Yamcha and Piccolo looked at each other, and then at Raditz, and then back at each other, both of them deep in thought 'Raditz was the only one of us who was able to see Frieza fire that attack at all, just how much stronger has he gotten with that Zenkai?'

"Anyway all of you had better duck because I'm about to turn left and I don't wanna smack you with my dick, besides I want to make sure that all of you can bare witness to my victory over the likes of Frieza." and so Raditz stepped forward.

"Well that's not at all pretencious." Kai's tone was practically oozing sarcasm "So where are you going with this exactly big guy, you really think you can take him down with this new power of yours?"

"I think we're about to find out, and I honestly don't want to sound pretentious but yes I think I'll be able to beat him soundly. The rest of you just stay back and keep your eyes peeled for the time being, you can just go right on ahead and enjoy the show."

Frieza on the other hand was rather amused by this and let out a chuckle "Well it would seem that someone has got their brovado back, either that or it would seem that the helplessness of your situation has made you delusional. You really think that you'll be able to fight me? Well no not really fight, more like flail angrily when you think about it."

"Make your jokes while you can Frieza before you realize what it is that you're actually up against right about now, I can see the absolute peak of your power wheras I'm only beginning to tap into mine. You see Frieza you're not dealing with the average Saiyan warrior anymore, I've realized the legend and become the thing that you fear most. Yeah that's right Frieza, that day has come at last. I am Raditz, son of Bardock, survivor of the Saiyan race, and I have become the legendary Super Saiyan!"

Frieza's eyes shot wide almost instantly.

"Go ahead and admit it Frieza, you're jealous of my Super Saiyan swagger because you know that it's going to be the end of you."

"...Oh my." Frieza actually just let out a chuckle "Well this is quite a surprise, I never expected you to have such a sense of humor."

"Oh sure go ahead and scoff at me as much as you want, in the meantime allow me to show you what a true warrior of the Saiyan race like yours truly is capable of and why you were right to fear the legends!" Raditz dropped into a stance and began powering up, a sphere of light surrounding him, his teeth grinding furiously and his veins throbbing from the strain that he was feeling, his body beginning to crackle with electricity.

"Holy shit I wish there was a way that I could put this on the Internet!" Kai received numerous WTF looks from everyone present, including Frieza "I mean there's about to be some serious fireworks so we should hurry and find some cover, yeah that's what I totally meant to say all the time."

"...Just come on." Yamcha took to the skies, with Piccolo and Gohan doing the same, and Kai following after a moment "I'm not really sure what all of this Super Saiyan stuff is all about but whatever it means Raditz's new power is totally amazing!"

"That was the point of him having Nail blast him and then having Dende heal him, thanks to that Zenkai boost he would receive his power would shoot up like a rocket and he'd at least be able to put up a fight against Frieza."

"Oh, well if that was the plan all along then it looks like it worked wonders."

"The question is though, is it gonna be enough?" this was followed by a roar from Raditz that would've left blood on the mic, an unimaginable shockwave and a blinding white light that covered the entirety of the battlefield.

When the smoke cleared and everything died down, Gohan was the first one to regain his sight and open his eyes "Wait what happened, is it over already?" he looked down at the battlefield, only to see Raditz and Frieza both standing where they were as if nothing had happened "Wait what the heck is going on? They're both just standing there, it's like nothing even happened at all!"

"That's where you're wrong, everything has changed. Try sensing out Raditz's Ki signature for a minute and then you'll understand, it's all just bubbling beneath the surface."

"What do you mean?" Gohan glanced down at Raditz and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head at what he was sensing "Oh man you're right, I can barely wrap my head around how much power he's got now. It's like he's a whole different person!"

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Frieza on the other hand wasn't even remotely impressed "So am I correct to asume that that little light show of yours was actually intended to intimidate me in some form?"

"You don't know the half of it." Raditz let out a scoff "You should consider yourself to be lucky that you lost your precious Scouter when you did, if you could read my actual power level right now then I know for a fact that you would tuck that tail of yours right between your legs and then run away screaming for the mercy that you'll never receive. Yes that's right Frieza, it's because you wouldn't be able to deny the fact that my power level is now even greater than yours could ever hope to be! As it stands I'm just going to have to show it to you first hand, you'll see it soon enough once I bring you to your knees. Oh come on what's the matter Frieza, have you run out of witty comebacks of yours? You're not scared now are you?"

"...Yes okay I think that's enough of that, I've heard enough out of you but since you're so determined to carry out this farce I suppose I might as well humor you and let you play Super Saiyan for the time being. Let me see your so called legendary power first hand."

"Oh believe me Frieza, you will." so Raditz levitated a rock out of the ground and hurled it forward with a palm strike.

Frieza swatted the rock aside and shattered it without even batting an eye.

"You're not going to get away from me Frieza, not this time!" Raditz charged towards Frieza at full speed and began launching a furious barrage of attacks, causing Frieza to go on the evasive, and by that I mean he was just cranking his head to the side with every strike being thrown at him, and yet Raditz just kept on attacking "Yeah how do you like that one Frieza, Kakarot won't even get a shot at you before I get through with you!"

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Gine looked on in awe as Raditz continued his assault against Frieza "He's so much stronger now it's incredible, Frieza has transformed three times and yet Raditz is pushing him back onto his heels! He just might actually beat him after all!"

"No." Scarlet cut off her cheers, her tone grim "Raditz is stronger now sure but even with his newfound power it's still not enough, I hate to say it Gine but if things continue like this then he's done for." this was met with a mute nod from Bardock as well.

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Completely blind to the peril that had been bringing upon himself, Raditz continued with his relentless assault against Frieza "You realize that this is a losing strategy Frieza, you and I both know damn well that you won't be able to keep dodging my attacks forever!" he prepared a smash attack, only for Frieza to suddenly disappear before the attack connected "What the hell he was right there, I had him dammit! But I'm supposed to be a Super Saiyan, my battle instincts should be beyond anything they've ever been before so how the hell could I lose sight of him as easily as that?"

A loud laugh caught Raditz's attention, revealing that Frieza was just nonchalantly standing around on a nearby island "Well well it would seem that someone is starting to lose his nerve now."

"What the- How the hell did he-?"

"Oh come on now Raditz, I make one little move at full speed and then suddenly your head is left spinning. Saiyan or not perhaps you're not so super after all."

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Gine was left looking mortified "I don't believe it, Raditz's power is beyond anything I've ever seen before but Frieza is still just toying with him!"

"I was afraid of this." Bardock muttered "Raditz doesn't stance a chance against that bastard now, the only hope he has is that Kakarot gets there in time to make sure that he doesn't get killed."

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Frieza let out a condescending chuckle "Oh my dear Raditz, not to put a damper on that new confidence of yours but if those are the limits of your new abilities then I'm afraid that you don't have a chance of defeating me. It's such a shame really and after all of that boasts about becoming the legendary Super Saiyan as well, of course if you really are what you say that you are then it would seem that all this time I've been worrying over nothing. I almost find such a thing humorous, the grand tales of the mighty Super Saiyan, the most fearsome warrior the universe has ever seen, being nothing more than silly legends after all."

Raditz was left almost petrified 'What the hell is going on, is this really supposed to be the best that I can do? But I'm supposed to be the Super Saiyan, I have to be the Super Saiyan, I just have to be! There's no way that Frieza can be this powerful, there has to be some sort of way for me to beat him! No there's no way I can accept this! The legends of the Super Saiyan are true, I know they are! I will not be defeated! I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!" Raditz powered up further in his rage and unleashed a Saturday Crash blast.

'He really is such a miserable fool, just like his father.' Frieza dodged the blast with ease, leaving the island to be obliterated by the blast.

"YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY FROM ME FRIEZA, YOU'RE ALL MINE NOW!" having spotted Frieza from within the cloud of smoke, Raditz started firing a random desperate barrage of Ki blasts that lit up the skies of Planet Namek.

Frieza continued dodging every Ki blast being thrown at him, scaring the ever loving shit out of the likes of Piccolo and the others just for fun in the process, and then he suddenly blitzed in front of Raditz, causing him to instantly halt his barrage of attacks, with Frieza waving his tail in front of Raditz's face in sort of a mocking manner.

"DON'T YOU F*CKING DARE MOCK ME!" now pissed beyond belief, Raditz bolted into the skies of Planet Namek "I can't let this happen, I WON'T LET THIS HAPPEN! Are you listening to me Frieza?! I am… I AM A SUPER SAIYAN AND YOU CAN FEEL MY WRATCH AND BURN IN HELL!" and in a desperate attempt to prove his point he used as much Ki as he was able to to fire his Weekend blast, the two blasts combining into one that was much greater in terms of both size and power.

Frieza just crossed his arms and prepare to take the blast.

"DAMMIT RADITZ STOP IT OR YOU'RE GOING TO END UP DESTROYING THE ENTIRE PLANET!" Piccolo barked out all of a sudden.

'Caution to the wind it is then I suppose.' so keeping that in mind, Frieza leapt up towards the Weekend blast and with a mighty roar he slammed his foot into the blast and deflected it back upwards (leaving his foot singed in the process), causing the blast to detonate in the upper atmosphere. With his horrifying display slowly sinking in, Frieza lowered himself back down to the ground and smirked "Yes I do believe that that is enough, the time has come for us to end this foolishness before it ceases to be amusing."

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Scarlet was left thoroughly stunned by the events "This is ridiculous, he just deflected a blast of that size like it was nothing! I call bullshit!"

"You and many others." Bardock told her dryly "Plus I know for a fact that there was no way in hell that Raditz was holding back with that one, not to mention the fact that Frieza being that strong to begin with is bullshit in itself."

"Or some kind of plot device." she received two odd looks "What? I'm a sucker for anime and manga, bite me."

"Okay." so Bardock bit down on her arm.

"What the hell?"

"What, you said bite me. You taste like cinnamon."

"...You are one messed up dude."

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King Kai observed the situation from his planet with great sympathy 'Poor Raditz, at last he has come to truly understand of the monster that he's facing. After all of this time he has discovered what it means to be truly terrified, for the first time in so long he is genuinely trembling. To think of all of the fear and frustration that he must be feeling over this right now, I can't even begin to imagine it. His eyes cannot tell a lie, the tears that he's showing are real. He knows what it means to feel truly helpless right now, a feeling that he is all too familiar with. The battle is over, for Frieza has already won. He's stripped Raditz of his will to fight.

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Frieza lowered himself to the ground and entered a stance "Now I do believe the time has come for me to test just how well you can fend off one of my attacks. I hope you're ready, I'm about to come to you." he burst upwards into the air and dealt Raditz a devastating headbutt to the jaw, followed by smacking him across the face using his tail, sending Raditz crashing into the Namekian sea below.

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Piccolo quickly stopped Gohan and Kai from charging at Frieza to try and help Raditz "Don't bother, there's nothing that any of us can do for him now."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that." Yamcha began to slowly and subtly flare his aura around his body, his aura slowly beginning to turn crimson 'I know that I don't stand a chance against him even at full power, but at the very least I can buy a little bit of time for Goku and Tien to finally get here. I just have to give it my all against this guy, whatever it takes to protect Kai and everyone else that I care about.'

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Using his telekinetic powers, Frieza spread out the very ocean itself to reveal the soaked and barely concsiouc form of Raditz "Oh and what's this, it's no fun if I can't hear his screams of pain and agony." he lowered himself to the ground and grabbed Raditz by the hair and then just because he ate the crab on Raditz's shoulder "Oh come now Raditz, I can't have you giving up on such a glancing blow. No I'm afraid that your torment has barely even started, there are so many horrors that I have yet to show you." and then he started punching Raditz in the kidney, causing him to cry out in pain "Yes how does that feel, are you beginning to regret your foolish attempt to defy me or shall I continue to remind you of your place being the worthless Saiyan ape that you are. I thought you and the likes of Vegeta and Nappa were different, that you might actually prove to be of use to me. I took you and the others under my wing, I gave you special treatment by not killing you along with the rest of your pathetic race and this is the thanks that I get for that? Now let me remind you of the pecking order!" he punched Raditz in the kidney again "It goes you!" another kidney punch "The dirt!" another kidney punch "The worms inside of the dirt!" another kidney punch "My stool!" another kidney punch "My father!" another kidney punch "And then ME!" he kicked Raditz into the air and elbowed him repeatedly before smacking him to the ground with his tail in front of Gohan and the others, leaving Raditz in a bloody heap.

Raditz couldn't do much more than cough up blood 'Dammit…'

Frieza blitzed back onto the scene, grabbed Raditz by the neck using his tail, and then started punching him in the kidney again, causing him to cough up blood and cry out in massive amounts of pain and agony, and then he glanced back at the others "Feel free to jump in and try to save them at any time, I have no intention of stopping you." he glanced over to see something closing in on the planet "Well what do we have here, a new challenger perhaps? Looks like it's about to land."

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Bardock let out a sigh "From the look of things it seems that Kakarot's son and the others are so petrified with fear that they can't even lift a finger no matter how much they must want to, not that I can blame them for it. Frieza's power has left them rendered completely helpless."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that." Scarlet jerked a thumb downwards "I think Yamcha is finally about to make his move, plus in case you weren't aware your son just touched down onto Planet Namek."

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"Landing sequence is now complete, welcome to Planet Namek. You are now free to disembark the vessel, opening outer hatch."

The door to the ship slowly opened, and Goku stepped out of the ship first, with Tien a few feet behind him "We don't have a lot of time to waste here, our first order of business is to hurry and find the others."

Tien nodded "Yeah and for all we know the battle with Frieza might have already started so we can't waste any time with it."

"Right." the two of them took the chance to sense out the Ki signatures of Gohan, Kai and the others "I can already feel that insanely powerful Ki signature from here."

"It feels very similar to what Cooler's felt like but not quite as powerful, what do you think the odds are that that's Frieza?"

"My guess is that's exactly who it is."

"And the others with him have to be Gohan, Kai, Piccolo and Yamcha. But I don't recognize the last one, it feels similar to yours but different at the same time."

"...I think I know who it is, that's probably Raditz."

"You mean that Saiyan who claimed to me your older brother and helped you and the others kill that other Saiyan a year ago?"

"That's the one, from the look of things he's gotten a lot stronger since the last time I saw him back then. But at the same time he's fading and fast, I guess that's just more proof of how insanely tough Frieza is." Goku tied the bag of Senzu Beans, 3 in comparison to the original 15 that they started out with, onto the belt of his gi "Come on Tien let's go, there's no time to waste now." he glanced up at the skies of Planet Namek 'This place is so beautiful, I just wish we had some time to stop and enjoy the scenery but we don't. Gohan, Kai, Yamcha, Bulma, I'm sorry that me and Tien took as long as we did but we're coming now so please just hang on a little bit longer!'

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Gohan and the others continued to watch as Frieza tortured Raditz "I can't just stand here and watch this, I've gotta help him!" he prepared to charge into the fray.

Piccolo put a hand on his shoulder and grimly shook his head "Don't, no matter how much you may want to you can't save him now."

"Well we can't just leave him there or sit around and do nothing!"

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Goku and Tien took the chance to sense out the situation "Okay from the feel of things they're a fair distance away but I think we can make it."
Tien nodded "Yeah I think so too but we still can't waste any time, I think we should try and use the Kaioken to boost our speed."

"Good idea. We're on our way you guys, try to hang on for just a little bit longer. Okay Tien let's get going. Kaioken!" both of them burst into the first level of their Kaioken and bolted off across the skies of Planet Namek, leaving crimson streaks in their wake, towards the fight of their lives.

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Having gotten bored with torturing Raditz, Frieza promptly flung him into the side of a nearby mountain, leaving him in a bloody heap "And once again you disappoint me with the lack of blood curdling screaming." he grabbed onto a nearby rock with his foot and began grinding it on top of one of Raditz's wounds, causing him to scream in pain "You know this really is quite the shame, it would seem that all of the fight really has gone out of you. It's a bit sooner than I would've liked but I think the time has come for me to finish you off." he grabbed Raditz by the suit of armor that he was wearing and then prepared to finish him off with a Death Beam through the chest, only to freeze when he noticed a crimson blur appear in front of him "And what's this now?"

Yeah as it turns out, Yamcha had been able to push his Kaioken to the absolute max, though it wasn't very stable and the aura was flickering "For the sake of my friends, for the sake of my nephew Kai, for the woman I love Bulma, for honoring my sister Scarlet, for everyone on Earth and the future of Planet Namek! It doesn't matter how powerful he is, if I can push my Kaioken to the max then I at least have to have some kind of chance! I just have to give it everything that I've got and show this guy what happens when people mess with me and my friends!" his crimson aura suddenly stabilized "Kaioken… times… TWENTY!" he suddenly burst forward and slugged Frieza straight across the face "Ka…" he followed up with another fist directly to the face "Me…" a kick to the jaw "Ha…" a fist to the gut "Me…" another fist to the gut that sent Frieza flying away "HAAAAAAAA!" using all of the Ki that he was able to muster, he fired off a Kaioken enhanced Super Kamehameha wave at full power, engulfing Frieza in a massive explosion that nearly blew everyone else away. When the blast subsided, Yamcha fell to his knees in exhaustion, practically gasping for air 'I know that wasn't anywhere near enough to take him down or deal him any sort of permanent damage, but at the very least that must've bought a little bit of time. I could sense Goku and Tien making a beeline here so I figured what the hell and I just went for it, with any luck he'll be occupied long enough with me for them to get here.

When the smoke cleared, it revealed that Frieza had nearly been blasted into the ocean, but he had been able to block the attack and only ended up getting a few burn marks "I must say that was rather impressive, but in the end it means about as much as the rest of you do in the grand scheme of things." he blitzed forward and dealt Yamcha a kick to the jaw, sending him tumbling backwards and crashing into another nearby mountain in a bloody and broken heap "Now with that little interruption out of the way where was I? Oh yes right, sending Raditz crying home to his dear old mommy."

"My… My mother is dead…" Raditz spat out some more blood.

"I know." he prepared to deal Raditz the finishing blow, only to feel a shockwave along with everyone else and he glanced over "And what's this now?"

As it turns out, that was the well timed arrival of Goku and Tien, their Kaioken auras fading out of existence as they slowly made their way towards the group "You know I kind of had a hunch about this but I wasn't really sure, though now I guess we were worried over nothing. That huge only somewhat familiar power level that I was sensing with the rest of them, it really was you wasn't it Piccolo?"

"Goku." Piccolo gave him a simple nod.

"Since you're here with the others instead of being with King Kai I'm guessing that means that they brought you back with the Dragon Balls on this planet."

Gohan lit up as he glanced over to Goku and Tien "Dad you made it, you're finally here for real!"

"Yep that's right son, and just in time by the looks of it. Hang on a second though, we've only got one Senzu Bean left after all of our training and from the look of things I think Yamcha needs it the most right now." the two of them started walking over towards Yamcha "From the looks of things it seems like you've had it pretty rough haven't you?"

"Yeah there were a few times when I didn't think we were gonna make it. The battles up until this point weren't really that bad, at least not until we started fighting Frieza. At first we were just backup for Raditz in the fight, but then Frieza transformed and it took me and Kai double teaming him, but then he transformed again and almost killed both of us. Then Piccolo showed up and bought me time to get Kai and Yamcha healed, but then Frieza transformed again and then killed both Nail and Dende, two of the Namekians that have been helping us since we got here."

"Oh. Well we can bring them back with the Dragon Balls once all of this is over so we don't have to worry about that right now, let's just focus in the task at hand."

Yamcha lifted his head up to meet Goku's eyes and he let out a chuckle "Hey Goku, I was wondering when you guys were gonna decide to show."

"Yeah good to see you too Yamcha, sorry it took us so long to get here. We kind of got caught in an asteroid field and it sort of spiralled from there. Anyway here, we've got a Senzu Bean for you."

"Thanks for the offer but I'm not sure it's gonna do any kind of good now." and yet he swallowed the Senzu Bean regardless and got back to his feet "Listen Goku I know you can already sense it yourself, how strong Frieza really is now. His power is on a whole nother level unlike anything any of us have ever seen before. I mean you see what Raditz looks like right now."

"Yeah that's what I don't get, didn't Raditz use to work with them? Why was he fighting them to begin with?"

"Well… it's kind of complicated and it'll take a lot of time to explain all of it."

"You don't need to explain it to me Yamcha, I can just feel it out." so Goku proceeded to do just that (much to the confusion of everyone else present), and got a grip on what had been happening on Planet Namek, such as with Frieza, Raditz helping them, meeting the Grand Elder and getting their potential unlocked, the Ginyu Force, summoning Porunga to wish Piccolo back to life, and the battle with Frieza up until his and Tien's arrival "Oh so that's the deal with what's been going on, I actually saw the entire story. I saw the Grand Elder and how he gave you and the others that big boost in power so now you're even stronger than Tien is right now after I spent all that time training with him, and I saw that Bulma is still safe so that's good, and the part about Frieza and the Dragon Balls and wishing Piccolo back to life, I got all of that. Plus I saw that Raditz has actually been."

"...I'm not even gonna ask how the hell you can read minds or mention how much you're freaking me out here. Are you really sure that you've got what it takes to deal with him even as strong as you are now?"

"Well I guess we'll find out soon enough." he ruffled Gohan's hair with one hand "I'm proud of all of you for fighting as hard as you did but just leave the rest to me now, I can take care of it on my own."

"Wait hold on a second!" Piccolo finally spoke you "Goku you can't be serious, you have no idea what he's capable of and you seriously want us to let you fight that bastard all on your own?"

"Yeah I do Piccolo, and for the record while we were out in space Tien and I happened to meet someone just as strong as Frieza so I know exactly what it is that I'm up against." a blue aura began flickering around his body as he made his way forward.

"Okay so trying to be realistic about this whole thing, who the hell are you and what the f*ck have you done with Goku? And more importantly, how exactly did you and the Triclops power up to such a bullshit extent?"

"Goku wait a second!" Piccolo was promptly ignored 'Dammit Kai is right, he's become so much more powerful than he was back on Earth that it's almost hard to believe that he's the same person as before.'

Goku slowly made his way forward towards Frieza and let his aura subsided "So I'm guessing that you must be Frieza. It's kind of funny, Cooler never mentioned that you would turn out to be so short."

Frieza shot him a smirk "It would seem that this planet is positively crawling with scum, and from the domain of my brother no less. Why am I not surprised?"

"Okay before you start trashing your brother I'm gonna have to ask you to back the HFIL away from mine."

"Is that so? I can sware I've seen his face somewhere before.' Frieza studied Goku intently for a moment.

Radits slowly opened his eyes and locked onto Goku in front of him "I was wondering… when you would… finally show up… Kakarot…"

"Kakarot you say? Correct me if I'm wrong but is that not a Saiyan name?" Frieza quickly snapped his head towards Goku and saw an image of a very familiar face, this one being of none other than Bardock 'It's him! Yes it's him, it has to be. He's the spitting image of that impertinent Saiyan who rebelled against me in the final moments before I destroyed Planet Vegeta. Which means that he must be the son of that wretch Bardock, which makes him Raditz's long lost younger brother. I suppose it's only fair to make this absolutely clear to you that I have no intention of allowing even a single Saiyan to live. There's no point in resisting, I'm sure you could save yourself the trouble and kneel before me now."

"I'm sure I could, doesn't mean that I will." Goku's tone was flat and blunt, something that really got on Frieza's nerves.

"You've got a mouth on you you know that."

Raditz's eyes settled on Goku once again 'Kakarot isn't the same person that he was before, he's been able to completely shatter his original limitations as a Saiyan. But wait… does that mean what I think it means?'

"So tell me Saiyan are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Goku suddenly dodged a swipe of Frieza's tail, in which he suddenly blitzed behind him, whipped out his Golden Power Pole and smacked Frieza across the face with it, sending him flying away.

Frieza quickly rebounded and landed on the ground opposite of Goku, clutching the visible bruise on his cheek.

Gohan shared a look with Kai "Okay so do you have any idea what just happened because I barely saw my dad move!"

"Nope, not a damn clue." was Kai's blunt response "I doubt even Piccolo was able to see that attack clearly, looks like the big guy is moving even faster than Frieza is."

Goku dropped back into his combat stance with his Golden Power Pole in hand "It's your move now."

"So it is then." Frieza promptly pointed one finger forward, which prompted Yamcha and the others to get out of the way as he fired a single Death Beam.

Goku promptly deflected the Death Beam using his Golden Power Pole, causing it to blow up a nearby mountain.

Quickly losing his temper, Frieza fired a rapid barrage of Death Beams at Goku, engulfing him in a cloud of smoke due to the resulting explosions, only to be taken aback by what he was seeing as a result.

When the smoke cleared, it revealed that Goku hadn't even taken so much as a scratch, having deflected every Death Beam hurled at him "Well now it's more like it was your move, and then you pretty much blew it."

"That's not possible, even if he did have some sort of strange weapon there's no way he could've deflected them all!"

Raditz let out a weak hacking cough and a cocky smirk "Hey… just a little bit of advice… you aren't gonna want to hold anything back Frieza… not against the likes of him… I got too overconfident… this is the end result of that… but he's the real deal… the thing that you fear more than anything else in the universe… Now you're dealing with the real deal… a real Super Saiyan…" this left Frieza looking stunned "Yeah that's right… you heard me… he's the legendary warrior… even mightier than the likes of you… he's standing before you now… to finish what our father started… all those years ago… Just wait Frieza… you're finally about to get a taste of true fear… one that you've had coming for years…" he just kept on laughing until he was suddenly silenced by a pissed off Frieza with a Death Beam through his chest, causing him to fall back and cough up a massive amount of blood, much to the horror of everyone else present.

"Oh my dear Raditz you continuously forget quite the important fact, I don't enjoy jokes much and you've never actually been as funny as you allow yourself to believe that you are."

"Why you… That was dirty!" Goku let out an outright snarl "Raditz could barely even move let alone defend himself, what you just did was nothing short of cold blooded murder!"

"Well it serves him right for prattling on about hat ridiculous legend as much as he did, Super Saiyan indeed. Such foolish talk is not something that I abide."

"You…"

"No…" Raditz coughed up some more blood and slowly gripped one of his fists.

"Raditz!"

"Don't tell me… you're still preaching… about mercy… not with someone like him… That means that… you're still holding back… There's only one way… for you to win… You have to harden your heart… put aside your mercy… fight like a true Saiyan warrior… and then you might… actually have a chance… you could truly become a Super Saiyan…"

"I don't care what you say, I could never act as cold blooded as the likes of Vegeta or Freiza even if I did think it would make me even stronger. I don't know what this Super Saiyan thing is that you're talking about but I think I'll get by in this fight just fine as I am right now."

"No, you're wrong… a Super Saiyan is what…" he coughed up more blood.

"Just stop talking and save your energy, you running your mouth like Kai or Vegeta is just gonna make things worse!"

"No… please Kakarot… I need you to listen… if there is ever a time… for you to listen to me… then let it be now…"

Frieza just rolled his eyes "Is there no way to silence this blitering buffoon? Honestly it would seem that he's intent on talking me to death."

"I need you to know… what happened… to Planet Vegeta… where both of us were born… It's gone… destroyed… that much is true, but not… not because it was struck… by a gigantic meteor of some kind…" Raditz gripped his fist again as tears began streaming down his face, his tears mixing with his spilt blood "It was Frieza… Frieza did it… after we of the Saiyan race served him faithfully… and blindly followed his evere last order without question… he went and betrayed us… he disposed of our race and our home like common trash… and he wiped us from existence… so that now… you and I are all that remain… our people… our home… our legacy… they're all gone… our father… our mother… all of them… we Saiyans were growing in strength and numbers and Frieza feared that soon a Super Saiyan would be born among us… and such a thought shook him to the core… and so he wiped it all out… all of us… Because he thought… that he would be ridding the universe… of it's only hope… of defeating him…"

Goku was left taken aback by this, with the others the same to a lesser extent "Raditz, I… I had no idea…"

Raditz continued letting his tears flow as he reached out with the last of his strength and grabbed onto Goku by one of his boots "I'm begging you Kakarot… please… defeat him… for me… for the pride of our race… for the pride of our family… you must defeat him… he must die by a Saiyan's hand… by your hand… Kakarot… brother…" and with that, Raditz took his final breath and his body at last fell back against the soil. Raditz was dead.

"Raditz…" Goku gripped his fists tightly, his nails digging into his palms.

Frieza simply rolled his eyes "So he's finally finished is he? Well excellent, now that he's done shall we resume this horror show?"

"For you to actually cry… for you to beg me for my help… I can't even begin to imagine how hard that must have been for you to do."

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King Kai lowered his head as a sign of respect "And thus ends quite a tragic tale."

"Wait did something happen on Planet Namek?" asked Krillin.

"Well the thing is that… Raditz is dead."

"Wait what there's no way! But if Raditz is dead then that must mean that…"

"Yes I'm afraid so, Frieza had defeated him and easily too. After years of service and after devoting his entire life to Frieza's cause, Raditz was betrayed and killed in cold blood my his former master. It's a shame is what it is, and quite the blow to his Saiyan pride too."

"I didn't think that there was anyone who could actually defeat someone like Raditz easily, so what now?"

"Well I'm afraid that Goku and the others have stirred the anger of a monster whose fury knows no bounds."

"So what does that mean then, are you saying that it's hopeless like there's no way that they can ever win? So then what about Goku?"

"He's preparing to fight Frieza as we speak, he's determined to see this through no matter what the cost may be."

"But… But that's insane!"

"Yes I know!" King Kai let out a sigh 'Goku, I sure hope that you know what you're doing right now.'

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'Raditz… brother…' after having taken several minutes to process the revelation of the destruction of his home planet and birth parents, Goku unleashed a quick Invisible Eye Blast to create a makeshift grave, and then he slowly picked up Raditz's body "I think I'm starting to understand now. It was more than just losing our race and losing our family that made you so angry. You hated the fact that he forced you to do all of those horrible things that you did like some kind of puppet, and you lost your pride as a result." he slowly knelt down and placed the body of Raditz in the grave, and then he proceeded to bury him "You and I may have gotten off on a horrible foot about a year ago with Beets trying to kidnap my son, but you tried to help me and the others save my son even though you knew that none of us trusted you, and you've saved my son and my friends time and time again on this planet so I have to thank you for that. And besides, aside from all of that I always respected your pride. And now I have to ask you to share some of that pride with me, pride in myself and what I believe in. I am Son Goku, the grandson of Son Gohan, the student of Master Roshi of the Turtle School, student of King Kai, and a Saiyan that was raised on Planet Earth!" and then he rounded on Frieza "And in the name of every single Saiyan that has suffered by your hand, and for the people of Planet Namek, and all of the countless, helpless innocent people that you've murdered in cold blood… I will defeat you!"

"And I would absolutely love to see you try." Frieza took on a stance, the two of them ready to begin the battle of the century at long last.

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Having witnessed the death of his brother Raditz before his very eyes and learned the truth behind the destruction of his home planet, Goku has found a spark of Saiyan pride flaring inside of him, the spark slowly but surely turning into a roaring fire within his soul. Could this newfound determination give him the edge that he needs in order to overcome whata appears to be a seemingly unstoppable foe? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation!

A/N:

And here comes the next part of the battle with Frieza, as well as a shocking set of changes to come with it. I made it so Piccolo is able to do damage to Frieza's third form instead of just his second due to fusing with King Piccolo because the two of them are, I guess you could say that they're related. I don't really know that much about Namekian Fusion to begin with so I just decided "F*ck it" and said that he's stronger for plot convenience, as I'm sure the great MasakoX would describe it. I did want to extend that fight more but I wanted to get to the real meat of the chapter, which would only happen once Frieza took on his final form.

It occurred to me as I was writing out the Raditz vs Frieza fight and the power level list for this chapter that Yamcha's power level, combined with his Kaioken pushed to the absolute limit, would actually be greater than Goku's base power during the fight with Frieza (minus Goku's use of the Kaioken), so I figured why not give him a little bit more spot light in this fight, at least to buy some time for Goku and Tien to arrive on the scene, and make his final contribution to the fight (at least the last one that would actually mean something in the grand scheme of things).

For those who may or may not recognize the dialogue from the Piccolo vs Frieza fight, I pretty much based it on the TFS version of the Piccolo vs 17 fight from DBZ Abridged. I was having a hard time writing out that fight so I just decided to go with that so that I could get straight to Frieza's final form.

I killed off Nail along with Dende because, at this point I feel like I might have included too many characters in the battle with Frieza so I'm trying to dile back the numbers a little bit, even if it means upping the number of casualties.

Also, I mentioned last chapter that I was thinking about retconning Goku's use of the Spirit Bomb against Frieza, but in the end I decided that I wasn't going to go through with that decision. Looking back I realized that, while Goku becoming Super Saiyan instead of Kaioken 20x would be an interesting twist, it would end up shoving the other side characters in this situation (Gohan, Kai, Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha), and that's just not fair to them, especially after the likes of Piccolo, Tien and Yamcha got shafted in Dragon Ball Super. So yes, Goku will be using the Spirt Bomb against Frieza with the side characters trying to buy time for him, but when the time comes for the Super Saiyan transformation I have a major plot twist in mind, one that I've seen faked in another fanfiction (this character once faked his death so that Goku could transform), but I've never seen it done legitimately, so I'm going to try something new for this one.

Also, I updated the first two chapters of this story with a few changes here and there, gramatical or otherwise, which includes a description of Kai's physical appearance. So to Ssj lil tye, who reviewed asking what Kai looked like, just go back and check out chapter 1 again and you should find it near the beginning of the chapter.

Oh and by the way, this is kind of random but if there's anyone else super PISSED OFF over what they saw during the Super Bowl halftime show, or rather what they DIDN'T see during it? I'm referring to how they screwed over every Spongebob fan in existence when they teased us over them playing Sweet Victory during the show, and then they just f*cked us over!

Power levels:

Raditz: 450,000

Raditz (Zenkai): 2.5 million

Goku: 3 million

Piccolo (Weighted): 1.7 million

Piccolo (Unweighted): 2.21 million

Gohan: 1.25 million

Gohan (Enraged): 2.5 million

Nail: 800,000

Kai: 250,000

Tien: 220,000

Yamcha: 240,000

Yamcha (Kaioken 20x): 4.8 milliom

Yamcha (Kaioken 20x Kamehameha): 5 million

Frieza (third form): 1.6 million

Frieza (third form, full power): 2 million

Frieza (final form): 2.9 million