Scarlet was taken aback by what she saw "Okay what the actual f*ck am I looking at right now exactly?"

"YEAH!" Bardock and Raditz both let out simultaneous comedic triumphant roars at the top of their lungs "It's about f*cking time! Kakarot's finally done it, he's become what the Saiyan race has been waiting for for a f*cking millennium! He's the legendary Super Saiyan!"

"...Huh. Good to know. Well if you'll excuse me I've got something else I want to deal with in a second, let me know if Frieza gets broken like a Kit Kat bar." and so she walked out of the room, leaving only Raditz and his parents to watch the battle.

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Frieza was left taken aback by Goku's newfound transformation "What in the name of the cosmos is this, what has this Saiyan become? I was led to believe that his kind could only transform into Great Apes, but this is no Great Ape! What is it with your hair, what is it with your eyes? ANSWER ME!"

"Don't move an inch, I'll deal with you in a minute." Goku shot Frieza a terrifying glare, then he glanced back at Kai, Tien and Yamcha "I want the three of you to move as fast as you possibly can, if Piccolo dies then Kami dies too and I don't think I need to remind you of what would happen in that case. Take him and find Bulma, take our ship and get back to Earth."

"What the hell are you trying to say Goku?" asked Yamcha.

"I'm saying get off of this planet without me, get back to Earth and I'll join you there as soon as I can."

"Okay I'm just gonna throw this out there." Kai spoke up "We're not telling your wife about what happened to Gohan, that one is all on you man."

"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, now I just need you to do what I say just do what I say and GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" and then he tossed gestured to his Golden Power Pole that Kai was carrying "And keep that safe for me until I get back."

"...Don't come back to Earth without wrecking his shit and breaking that bastard like a goddamn Kit Kat bar." Kai quickly bolted off into the skies of Planet Namek, with Tien and Yamcha both following right behind him while carrying Piccolo between their shoulders 'I know I act like a real jackass but the truth is that Gohan is the best friend I've ever had, and I know for a fact that once we wish him back he'll be waiting to see you when you get back to Earth.'

Frieza watched them retreat with sadistic glee "As if I'm letting those three fools get away that easily, but at the very least I do love a moving target." he prepared to blast Kai with a Death Beam.

That was when Goku suddenly blitzed in front of him and grabbed him by the hand "You're the scum of the universe, and it's officially gotten on my last nerve, and coming from me that's saying something." he crushed Frieza's hand in pure rage, causing him to cry out in pain "How many innocent people, how many of the people that I care about have to die before you're finally satisfied?" he crushed Frieza's hand harder, forcing him to one knee "First you slaughter billions of innocent people, then you kill my brother, and now you've killed my son!"

In his desperation, Frieza summoned a pink dome made of Ki before he finally managed to free himself, nursing his wounded hand "How in the universe could you have possibly attained so much power in such a short amount of time?" and then the realization hit him, as well as a metric f*ckton of fear along with it.

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As they made their way back to the ship, Kai glanced back at the others "You know I think I finally get it."

"What do you mean?" asked Tien.

"I didn't understand what the hell he was going on about at first but now I think that Raditz was really onto something. And judging by the insane power spike the truth is that…"

"That Goku is a Super Saiyan." Yamcha finished for him.

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Goku dropped into a combat stance, trying not to snarl in his rage "This is it, there will be no more." in his rage his new golden aura flared "LET'S END THIS THING RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW!" he burst forward and slammed his fist straight across Frieza's face, and then he kneed him brutally in the spine before smashing him to the ground.

Frieza burst up from the ground in a massive flashy display, but he quickly regained his overconfident smirk "You do realize how hypocritical this is, your outrage over the loss of an innocent life or two. The Saiyan race isn't exactly known for its mercy, compare to those apes I happen to be a saint."

"Compared to anything you're a devil, and frankly the Saiyans paid for their crimes a long time ago by being added to the long list of your victims."

"Oh I made certain of that, you little monkeys always got on my nerves."

"And now you're about to follow in their footsteps. It's your turn Frieza, you knew this day would come."

"You honestly think you're a match for me? I could kill you with both hands tied behind my back, who knows I might even try it. It makes no difference if you are a Super Saiyan, no one battles Lord Frieza and walks away!" he blitzed away.

Goku followed him effortlessly with a confident smirk plastered across his face.

Now thoroughly enraged, Frieza attacked Goku by firing a frantic and rapid barrage of Death Beams.

The smoke cleared to reveal Goku not even scratched.

Frieza followed up with a furious shrieking roar and a rapid barrage of charged Ki blasts, engulfing Goku in a massive explosion.

When the smoke cleared, Goku still wasn't scratched, only now he was pissed "Don't bother apologizing because I'm never going to forgive you for what you did." so he held out his hand an sent out a shockwave, sending Frieza tumbling through the air.

Frieza stopped himself in mid air, panting heavily.

Goku burst forward and headbutted Frieza in the spine.

Now losing any ounce of cool he had left, Frieza attacked Goku with a furious barrage of punches and kicks.

Thanks to the increase in power that came with his new transformation, Goku dodged and blocked every single attack being thrown at him with ease before the two of them lowered themselves to the ground on top of opposite plateaus.

Snarling like an angry animal, Frieza fired a quick Death Beam, only to be left completely dumbstruck when Goku dodged it with ease "You- You dodged it? But no one should be able to move that fast!" so he fired a rapid barrage of Death Beams.

Goku dodged every single blast with ease, resulting in the destruction of a large number of nearby islands and plateaus, as well as an eruption of lava, something that left Frieza even more freaked out.

"What the- How did you- Why don't you just stand still and perish?!"

"I've got a better idea." Goku shot him a cocky smirk "Why don't you go ahead and show me what you've got."

"Why you arrogant little ape! You dare to mock me!" Frieza fired yet another Death Beam, this one hitting Goku square in the jaw.

Goku however wasn't hurt in the slightest, which left Frieza squealing in pure fear "What's the matter Frieza, I can't be harder to destroy than a planet right?"

"You… You… What the hell are you?!"

"You mean you still haven't figured it out yet? I thought it would be obvious, after all it's just like Raditz said." Goku lost his smirk "I'm a Saiyan who was raised on Earth and came all the way to Planet Namek for one reason: to defeat you. I am the warrior you've heard of in legends, pure of heart and awakened by a burning fury. That is what I am." a lava geyser erupted from behind him and he flared his golden aura "I am the Super Saiyan, SON GOKU!" the lava eruption subsided.

Frieza was quick to regain his composure "Well what do you know, I never actually anticipated that there might be truth behind those ridiculous old stories, and who would've guessed that all this time it would've taken someone so disgustingly pure of heart to unlock that Super Saiyan power. But then again it does make sense, at least it would explain why the likes of Vegeta or even Raditz was never able to become one."

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Kai placed Piccolo on the ground within Goku and Tien's spaceship 'Gohan, Dende, Big Green, you guys don't have to worry. You didn't get killed by Frieza for nothing, Goku will make sure of that. Everyone that got slaughtered by Frieza is gonna be avenged, that much I can guarantee all of you. Well guys it looks to like like we're halfway home."

"Looks like it." Yamcha noted "Kai you stay here with Tien and Piccolo, I'm gonna head out and find Bulma and I'll be back as soon as I can." and he blasted off into the skies of Planet Namek, and out of sight.

"Well I guess all we can do now is masturbate down in the living quarters." Kai received a disturbed look from Tien "What you knew I was f*cked up to begin with." he glanced up and noticed a screen popping down "Oh boy."

"I didn't know it could do that."

"You spent a week in this thing with Goku and you don't know how it works?"

"Shut up."

"Fair enough."

And then Upa popped up on the screen "Kai, Tien, is that you?"

"Yeah and you're the one that gave Krillin a boner when they first met because he thought you were a chick."

"...I thought we agreed not to discuss that."

"I made no such promise."

"Moving on from that, how is everyone over there?"

"Well Yamcha's off to get laid, Piccolo's got a hole in his chest and he and Kami are the only two Namekians still alive in this universe, Goku went blond and he's fighting for his life against an evil space lizard, and Gohan is kind of, well, dead."

"Wait what? What happened, what's going on over there? Is the fight over?"

"No not yet, Goku told us to take off while he goes apeshit on Frieza on his own. Also where's the Harpy that somehow managed to tie down Goku?"

"She well… she said the wrong thing to blonde Launch and-"

"Say no more, I gotcha. Anyway sit down somewhere, this is gonna take awhile."

"Well it's either this or listen to blond Launch tear into Chichi so please for the love of Korin, make it as long as you can."

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Frieza was still thoroughly enraged was he flashbacked to how he was almost killed by the Spirit Bomb, and how Goku had been pummeling him earlier 'How humiliating, to think that I could be outmatched by a filthy half evolved Saiyan? I am the mighty Lord Frieza, the most powerful being in the entire universe, this is an absolute nightmare! Yes that is the only explanation, why else would this be happening?'

Goku's rage filled gaze was left with an eerie calm "This is the end, it's over." he flared his golden aura and got into a stance for a Kamehameha.

"You insolent little- Have you forgotten who you're up against? You will rue the day that you crossed me!" his crimson black aura flared into a massive sphere of energy, clashing against that of Goku, creating chaos all across Planet Namek, before the sphere disappeared "Someone of my levels of strength could never fall to the likes of you, I'll die by my own hands before I allow such a thing to happen!"

"Then what are you waiting for, you'd be making my job a lot easier."

Frieza's aura disappeared as she condensed it into his Destroy the Planet blast "Well I have to admit that this is new monkey, this is definitely new. But a monkey is still a monkey and I've killed pretty much all of them in my day, and now that you're this so called Super Saiyan you think you're better than the almighty Lord Frieza. Well you're not, you're not now and you never will be! How long can Saiyans survive in the cold vacuum of outer space I wonder, I doubt that you'll find it anywhere near as effortless as I do."

'...Maybe I shouldn't be running my mouth so much against a sore loser, Kai does more than enough of that for the both of us.'

"You and this pathetic planet can perish together, NOW DIE!" and Frieza hurled his blast downwards.

'God dammit!'

"Burn in hell Saiyan!" Frieza let out a maniacal cackle as the blast crashed into the Namekian sea below and continued downwards until it hit the core, engulfing the entire planet in a blinding light.

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Bulma was still going through hell on Namek "Oh what the hell now?! WHY DOES THIS PLACE HATE ME?!" and then she was engulfed in the light as well as the ground began to give out from under her.

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Yamcha was flying across the skies of Planet Namek when the noticed the explosion in the distance "Oh crap this is bad! GOKU!" and then he was engulfed as well.

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Gohan opened his eyes and found himself in a large building surrounded by golden colored clouds, and he looked up to find himself with a halo over his head "Oh yeah that's right, I tried to push Kai out of the way and then I got blown up by Frieza… So I guess that means I'm dead then?"

"I'm afraid so."

Gohan glanced back to see Scarlet standing before him "Wait a second… red gi, brown hair in a ponytail, are you…?"

"The name is Scarlet, and first I want to thank you for looking out for my son and making sure he hasn't gotten himself killed by this point."

"So you are Kai's mom after all."

"Yep, and in the meantime while your father is fighting to save the universe I want to have a word with you." she beckoned him with a finger and led him to a nearby bench where she sat him down "And for the record at least this way you get to keep your clothes."

"So… your son and I saved the world a few times, travelled to another planet and fought an army of aliens."

"Well he's done weirder stuff than that before, and having him get raised by my brother and the likes of Piccolo isn't going to help that. But in the meantime I brought you up here to discuss a serious issue."

"Which is what exactly?"

"My son. Look Alex has always been a good kid but he's come off to everyone as, in a few simple words, a freak in every sense of the word. He's never really been one for making friends but he gets along with people pretty easily, though he does tend to get a little bit full of himself and he does like to mess with people, but he's the kind of young man who would go to the ends of the universe for the people that he cares about. He does have one weakness though."

"And what's that?"

"He's not very big on showing emotions, it's never been very much of an issue but ever since I got sick and passed away from this new virus not long before this whole thing started it really shook him up. I mean before Yamcha took him to Kame House that day he was almost killing himself with training. He was barely eating, he wasn't sleeping, that day was the first time he'd been out to see anyone since he moved in with Yamcha."

"Wow… I thought he was mentally scarred by watching the Walking Dead."

"Oh he was, I tore into Yamcha for that. But that was only part of it, he's mainly acting like a little jackass because it's his way of masking his emotions so that he doesn't get hurt again like that. I told Yamcha about this a long time ago so he could emotionally ready himself for when the day finally came."

Gohan said nothing, he just silently took in every word he was being told.

"I wanted them to be strong but the problem is that Kai has been far too strong for it to be healthy, and he's as stubborn as I am so he won't even talk to Yamcha about it."

"Yamcha seemed like he was having a hard time coming to terms with it himself."

"I know, I did all that I could but that's not the point. Kai is to stubborn to ask anyone for help and now he's trying to drown himself in training. Trying to surpass me is one thing but he's going to end up killing himself at some point, and I can't stand the thought something of that happening. What he needs right now is someone he's willing to open up to. The point I'm trying to make here is that right now what he needs is a friend to help him through this." she quickly grabbed Gohan by the shoulders "So I'm asking you: Please, be that friend for him and do what I couldn't."

Gohan gently removed her hands from his shoulders "There's no need for you to beg, I was going to do that anyway. But if it helps then I give you my word, I'll help him in any way I can and who knows? Maybe we'll get stronger together along the way."

"Thank you. So in the meantime I got into contact with Kami back on Earth a few minutes ago and he sent Mr Popo to collect the Dragon Balls back on Earth to revive everyone the Saiyans killed on Earth."

"But that wouldn't include Krillin and Chiaotzu, they've already been brought back by the Dragon Balls once before."

"I know, it's unfortunate but it can't be helped. Plus the fact that Kami is still alive means that Planet Namek hasn't been destroyed by Frieza yet."

"Wait what?"

"Good thing you're still sitting down, this is gonna take awhile."

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(Meanwhile, back on Planet Namek…)

Despite hanging onto the edge of a cliff for dear life, Bulma was refusing to give up without a fight "There is no way in hell I'm giving this planet the pleasure of snuffing me out!"

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Yamcha continued bolting across the skies of Planet Namek 'Goku come on, if anyone can take down Frieza then it has to be you!'

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Goku glanced down at the crater left by Frieza's blast "Well Master Roshi did always say never to perform under stress, but looking back I'm not too sure that he was actually talking about martial arts."

Frieza looked down and let out a grunt "It would seem that I pulled the rings a bit too tight on that one."

"Because like a coward you were too worried about getting caught in the wake of your own explosion, and because of that you've failed once again, and in case you haven't noticed I'm still alive."

"Is that so? Well I believe that you should cling to that attitude while you're still able to, I take it that you have no clue as to what's happening right now."

"Enlighten me."

"The planet may not have exploded instantaneously but its precious core has been utterly decimated as a result, need I give you a lesson in geology?"

"Go ahead."

"Five minutes, perhaps even less, but within the next five short minutes this detestable sphere will crumble and burst into nothing more than galactic rubble."

"Five minutes huh? Well that's gonna be more than enough time, as a matter of fact I can take you down and get my friends out of here in far less."

"Only one of us is going to leave this place and I'm afraid that privilege will not be going to you my friend, for all of your heroics the odds are stacked against you. But as a little fare thee well gift, you at the very least will have the privilege of witnessing me at the absolute peak of my veritably immeasurable power!"

"Why bother to wait so long to show it to me Frieza? You're not fooling anyone, especially not me. The second you reach your full power, any ability you have to control it flies right out the window." he flared his golden aura "You're not stalling for anymore time, we're settling this and we're settling it now!" and so he charged at Frieza in a rage, resulting in the two of them clashing throughout the skies of Planet Namek, before he landed a solid fist to Frieza's face and a knee to his gut, causing Frieza to cough up blood, and then he smashed Frieza right in the spine, sending him crashing down into the crater.

Frieza recovered just in time to avoid a kick to the head and retreated across the skies, with Goku in hot pursuit.

"Hey what's the matter Frieza, are you afraid that you're gonna end up wearing yourself out too quickly once you get to maximum power?!" Goku blitzed in front of Frieza and double kicked him square in the jaw and then kicked him in the spine, sending him hurtling into the upper atmosphere, and then he charged in for another attack.

Frieza quickly stopped himself in his rage "Don't… get… so… COCKY!" and then he suddenly struck Goku a quick yet powerful shockwave, sending Goku flying towards the ground and slamming through the surface of Planet Namek.

Goku burst back upwards in a golden light, now with his shirt partially torn, and he spat out some blood "Is that all you've got?"

"It's quite exasperating to find that you've underestimated your opponent is it not, and that little display just so happens to be yours truly at 70%. Oh but fear not my friend, the grand unveiling is about to be underway. I can end this farce in under sixty seconds. No, in under thirty seconds actually.' his aura began flaring.

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Bulma was still fighting just to stay alive on Planet Namek "Go right ahead Namek and throw whatever you've got at me, I am SO through taking your crap with a smile on my face!" and then she found herself hanging on for dear life for like the umpteenth time that day "For the love of all things good and sacred will somebody just swoop in and SAVE ME ALREADY?!"

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Meanwhile, about a mile away…

Yamcha was still searching for Bulma across the now chaotic skies of Planet Namek "Come on help me out a little bit Bulma, where the hell are you? I should at least be picking up your Ki signature, from the looks of things we don't have that much longer before this entire planet completely gives out on itself and all of us! And on top of that Frieza's Ki signature is spiking like crazy, whatever that means it can't be good for us! Dammit Bulma I need you to do something to help me track you down!" he was answered by Bulma snarling like an angry beast in the distance "Okay that works." so he swooped in and pulled her into his arms bridal style before she got crushed by rocks.

Needless to say though, she still wasn't happy "Where the hell do you people get off leaving a delicate young flower like myself in the middle of a barren piece of intergalactic rubble that happens to be imploding! How nice of you to finally come and get me by the way, only thing is that you left me stranded all on my own to fend for myself! The planet is going to hell, I've almost died like 7 times today, and I'm FREAKING THE F*CK OUT!"

"Look I get that you're upset but I don't have any time to sit you down and explain everything right now, we've gotta keep moving if we want to survive long enough to get there so just hold on tight for now!"

"Wait a second, are you taking me where I think you're taking me?"

"Yep, we're going to Goku and Tien's spacepod-"

"Like the resourceful and savvy starhoppers that we are!"

"Yeah babe, you guessed it."

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The battle of the century was about to continue.

Goku charged towards Frieza and prepared to finish the long awaited showdown, only to stop when he noticed Frieza bulking himself up in a painful looking fashion 'Wow it looks like all of that power is doing a real number on his body, so then I guess this is it. I'm finally going to see what Frieza is like when he's at his absolute maximum power.' he started flaring his own golden aura in preparation for the inevitable.

"Come in Goku, can you hear me? This is King Kai, are you there? Listen to me Goku, don't waste even another moment my boy. This is the window of opportunity you've been waiting for to take the chance to strike! You can take the chance to hit Frieza with everything you've got while he's busy pumping himself up to maximum power, you can't afford to miss this chance! Believe me when I tell you that you won't get another one! I'm not kidding Goku, are you listening to me?!"

"I hear you King Kai, I'm reading you loud and clear. I know all to well that this may very well be my one and only chance to take Frieza down once and for all, but at the same time it's also the one and only chance I'll ever have to see what he's capable of at his absolute peak."

"You- You want to see it?! Are you out of your gourd?! No forget that Goku, you're not thinking like yourself! This time you're talking madness!"

"78… 79… 80!" Frieza continued powering up, his muscle mass increasing the closer he drew to his absolute maximum.

"Hey Goku snap out of it for crying out loud."

"I know, but…" Goku clenched his fists and gritted his teeth "But I have to do this, I have to FIGHT!" and he flared his golden aura.

"Please just think about what you're doing, this isn't a contest! Goku for once in your life, LISTEN TO ME!"

"YOU DON'T GET IT!" Goku's aura flared in response to his rage "I SAW MY OWN BROTHER AND SON GET MURDERED IN FRONT OF MY OWN EYES, THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL I'M GOING TO TAKE THOSE THINGS SITTING DOWN! I never even got to know Raditz but I know enough to know that he's got one of the most righteous hearts I've ever seen, and as for Gohan… Gohan was a good kid, one of the bravest people that I've ever known, and the fate that this bastard dealt him was the last thing that he deserved! Before I'm done I'm going to bathe the cosmos in his blood!"

"Goku… Yes I understand, but there still no sense in waiting for him to reach full power before you do it! Think of the others, think of what will happen to them!"

"They'll be okay, I wouldn't be so sure of this if I didn't have faith in them. This conversation is over." and so Goku cut the link between him and King Kai.

Frieza continued powering up to his max, his muscles bulging to an insane extent "98… percent… almost… at maximum… power…"

"Yeah that's right Frieza, you go right on up to your peek. There's only one reason I'm being so patient waiting for your grand unveiling like this is so that I can have the honor of taking you down at your best because there's one thing that I won't be fighting and that is regret. Just take a look at yourself, you're itching to lash out at me at full steam otherwise you'd just try to hit the planet with another blast just to be done with it.

Frieza just let out a sinister sounding chuckle, followed by a furious shriek as a white light engulfed the entire battlefield.

'This is it, the grand unveiling…'

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(Meanwhile, on King Kai's planet…)

Krillin and Chiaotzu were growing restless "Come on King Kai don't keep us in the dark here, what's going on down there?"

King Kai simply shook his head, his tone grim "I've tried all that I can but the fact is that every last vestage of Goku's reasoning has given way to the unparalleled rage of the Super Saiyan form, there's nothing else I can do. What happenes next is up to him and him alone."

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Gine was growing concerned "I don't understand, why would Kakarot allow Frieza to transform like that? It's just not like him."

"It's because of the Super Saiyan transformation." Raditz told her grimly "Kakarot's rage and anger over his son getting killed by Frieza in front of him has caused it to cloud his already rather shaky judgement. The only question is, can he overcome that and still take Frieza down despite fighting him when he's at full power? Well he has to."

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Goku braced himself as the blinding white light subsided, as did the shockwaves, and he lowered his guard for a brief moment 'So this is it then, I can already feel the power. It's unlike anything I've ever felt before.' he dropped into a combat stance.

The smoke cleared to reveal Frieza at his full power, now bulked up beyond anything he had ever displayed before "There we are now, you said wanted to see me at my absolute strongest and so here it is now."

"I've got a better question for you, do you want to finish this or are you just going to keep on talking?"

"Well if you insist." Frieza blitzed forward and slugged Goku straight in the gut, then kneed him straight in the skull and followed up with an elbow in the same spot, before following up with a brutal onslaught of punches and kicks fasther than Goku was able to follow, which he followed by grabbing Goku and hurling him down into the crater where the core of the planet once resided.

Goku rebounded and landed on the side of the crater, only to be smashed inwards by Frieza as soon as he was able to react.

Frieza pounced on Goku the very second he was able to recover and began his brutal onslaught anew.

Goku quickly recovered from the onslaught and attempted to escape and recover a bit of his stamina.

"Too slow monkey!" Frieza quickly found him and slammed his fist across Goku's face as hard as he could.

Goku attempted to counter the attack, only to end up hitting Frieza's afterimage, forcing him to put up his guard.

"Missed me!" Frieza slammed his foot into Goku's spine and continued with a relentless barrage of punches and kicks.

Goku finally managed to catch both of Frieza's arms by the wrist as the smoke cleared to reveal both of them to be hovering above the core crater as it will now be referred to, caught in a deadlock power struggle "Just go ahead and give it up Frieza!" the two of them began flaring their auras, which mixed into one pinkish orange color.

Frieza soon broke off from the power struggle and kneed Goku in the gut as hard as he was able to before he broke away, panting heavily "Honestly I just love how easy it is to get away with this shit with you people! I want to transform and you just sit there and let me, I want to blow the planet up and you just sit there and let me, I want to reach my full power so I can crush you like a bug and you just sit right there and let me! Anyway I understand if you're impressed but I have a confession to make, that was merely a warmup!"

"...Well that's a relief." Goku just spat out some blood and shot Frieza a cocky smirk "I was actually beginning to worry that was as strong as you could get."

"Is that a fact? Well here's a fact, I'm through fooling around. Your time is up, as fun as this has been but you're officially finished." this was followed by a geyser of lava erupting from the core crater, resulting in the two of them blitzing around in a brief game of cat and mouse "You know before I wipe you from this plain of existence there's something I believe it's only common courtesy to tell you."

"Which is?"

"You have proven yourself to be quite capable, as a matter of fact I even dare to say that you could easily be the strongest warrior in the universe. That is to say, if it weren't for me."

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Gohan watched with concern alongside Raditz and the others in the Check In Station "Why did dad have to wait for him to get to full power? If it wasn't for that then this wouldn't have become an issue."

"It is an unfortunate turn of events, but that is in Goku's character."

Gohan glanced back and noticed Kami appear before him "You look just like some of those elderly Namekians that Kai and I saw earlier, you must be Kami!"

"Indeed Gohan, I am Kami, Guardian of the planrt Earth, but you may know me as Piccolo's other half. I actually came to put in a good word for you with King Yemma so that you could journey to see King Kai so you could observe the fight from there. Also I actually was about to contact King Kai and inform him that Mr Popo has at last discovered the location of the seventh Dragon Ball on Earth, and it shouldn't be very long before the Dragon Balls have all been assembled and we shall be rescuing those who fell to Vegeta and Nappa's rampage back on Earth before very long."

"But that means that Krillin and Chiaotzu can't be brought back since they were already brought back once before, back when my dad and the others faced King Piccolo-" Gohan paused, then frowned in thought for a moment, before an idea struck him like lightning "Wait hold on just a second."

"Is something the matter?"

"Kami are you sure it's possible for the Dragon Balls on Earth to bring back multiple people with one wish?"

"Well yes if they share common circumstances, for example I intended to ask the Eternal Dragon to resurrect everyone on Earth killed by Vegeta and Nappa, which should actually revive a large number of people."

"Well in that aspect it actually makes them somewhat superior to the geniune Namekian Dragon Balls, but that does raise a few questions. For example what if the people we wanted to bring back weren't on Earth, what if they were on a faraway planet? Would that wish still work in those circumstances?"

Kami frowned in thought "Well perhaps but why would you ask such a thing, are you now hoping to resurrect everyone in the entire universe who has been killed by the Saiyans? I suppose that such a possibility does exist, however there still are limits. For example this meant that the wish would only affect those who died by the Saiyans hand this year, anyone who perished prior to that would be lost forever I'm afraid."

"But one more question, let's say we wanted to bring back someone who died of old age. Would that work for it as well?"

"Well no, unfortuantely a death by natural causes cannot be reversed."

"Yeah I know, otherwise you could've revived Kai's mom with the Dragon Balls a long time ago and he wouldn't be an emotional trainwreck. No offense Ms Scarlet." he received a shrug "I understand that much, but what if this someone in question didn't die as a direct result of the actions of the Saiyans but instead the life of this person had been shortened slightly as an indirect result."

"Quite an interesting thought."

"Exactly, so could it work and could the person be brought back then?"

"That is actually a good question, those circumstances have never actually arisen. It stands to reason that the person in question would be allowed to return for the amount of time by which their life had been shortened but I cannot guarantee such a thing."

"Existing possibility but nothing guaranteed, well it's better than nothing. Kami I need you to change the wish for me."

"What do you-"

"Instead of everyone killed by the Saiyans, I need you to ask the Eternal Dragon to bring back everyone on Planet Namek who was killed by Frieza and his henchmen."

"Everyone on Planet Namek who was killed by Frieza and his henchmen? I don't believe I understand Gohan, what exactly is your intention with this wish?"

"From what I can tell about what's going on on Planet Namek we don't have a lot of time so I'll try to keep it short and simple, this plan has two steps. First of all we use the Dragon Balls on Earth to bring back everyone on Planet Namek who was killed by Frieza and his henchmen, if there's truly no limit to the number of people we can bring back with a single wish then we'll be able to save the entire Namekian race, and from what it sounds like we might even be able to save the Grand Elder too, at least for a short time. If I remember correctly the Dragon Balls on Planet Namek were only used for two of the three wishes that they could be used for and they stopped working when the Grand Elder died, but if we can bring him back even if the odds of that are slim then that should be able to reactivate the Dragon Balls over there which should allow us to get the third wish."

"And what do we do then?"

"Then we use that last wish to transport everyone, from dad and Kai to all of the resurrected Namekians, everyone with the obvious exception of Frieza, all the way back to Earth and out of the way of Planet Namek exploding!"

"I see. I understand where you're coming from Gohan, but to risk so much on so much of a gamble…"

"I don't think we have any other choice, if we want as many people as possible to get out of this alive then this is a risk that we have to take. Besides with the Namekian Dragon Balls restored then that means that we can use them to bring back Krillin and Chiaotzu next year."

"...Very well Gohan, I understand and I'm sure that the others will as well. I will notify Mr Popo and King Kai of your plan." Kami gave him a small smile "Quite intelligent and mature for your age, this is something that I'm sure that Goku will be proud to hear about." and then he disappeared via Instantaneous Movement.

"I can only hope so, and pray to the highest Kai or deity up there that this actually works."

(Meanwhile unknown to anyone, Beerus sneezed about 32 Whis-miles away)

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Bulma was growing impatient as she was flown by Yamcha back towards the ship "How long does it take to find one measely pod, come on we don't have much time left until the planet explodes! If we're still here then I don't think we're gonna make it!"

"Don't say that Bulma, of course we will." Yamcha assured her "For now I just need you to take a few deep breaths and calm down-"

"Do not patronize me while I'm being hysterical! You have no idea what I've been going through lately Yamcha, it's just been horrible!"

"It hasn't been a picnic for any of us Bulma."

"Yeah I understand that but it's been worse for me! I've been chased by dinosaurs, nearly killed by the effects of you guys blowing shit up, and if that's not enough I was almost crushed by gigantic rocks! And on top of that, you have to keep in mind that I CAN'T FLY OR BLOW SHIT UP!"

"Yeah well it's times like this you should be glad that you don't- Hey look there's the ship, this conversation is over and thank god for that." Yamcha looked down at Goku and Tien's ship, only to see that the ground was beginning to give out from under it.

"Wait a second the ship can't leave yet, I'm not even on board!"

"What about me?"

"What about you, just fly us on board already!"

"I know I know!" Yamcha set her down in the doorway and made his own way inside, only to notice that the lights were off and Tien was meditating in the corner of the room "Hey what's the matter Bulma, aren't you gonna come inside?"

"Yeah but it's so dark, I wonder if there's been some kind of malfunction in the ship's electrical system-" she nearly tripped on something.

"Okay that's not right, the lights were definitely on when I was here earlier and that was just a few minutes ago-"

"LOOK OUT!" Bulma slid across the floor until she reached the console in the middle of the room "Okay so the floor is a little bit slanted, and I'm not very familiar with a ship of this module but I'll give it a try." she pressed a button and the lights came back on, but then she screamed in comical terror when she noticed Piccolo lying unconscious on the floor and then glomped onto Yamcha "Oh my god is that Piccolo or am I losing what little sanity I actually have left?"

"I'm guessing both." that was when Kai climbed up the ladder from the lower level with his hair wet and a tower around his shoulders, and holding a slize of pizza "It's about time you guys got back, I've had enough time to take a full shower and microwave a gigantic pizza that Goku and the Triclops left in the freezer."

"I've only been gone for about 2 minutes." Yamcha pointed out.

"No way it's only been two minutes, feels to me like it's been at least 45 minutes. Time in anime is bullshit."

"What?"

"Huh? Anyway yeah that's Piccolo, what's the big deal."

"What's the big deal?" Bulma let out a scoff "What the hell is he doing here anyway? I mean look at him, he's a complete and total mess! Does he really have to come with us?"

"That depends, do you have to act like a self righteous (massive censored) about 90% of the time?" he received a dirty look "Yeah that's what I thought, besides bringing Piccolo back is pretty much the main reason we came here in the first place. After all if anything happens to him then Kami goes with him, and the Dragon Balls go with Kami, and then we'd be right back at square one. Also, nobody here really gives a f*ck what you think."

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Frieza shot Goku an arrogant smirk "This planet isn't going to last for much longer, by my estimation you only have two or so minutes, three at the most."

"That would be about my guess." Goku glanced around at the planet collapsing in on itself around him.

"Tell me Super Saiyan, are you nervous yet?"

"What should I have to be nervous about?"

"...Oh I see, you're simply attempting to buy time, enough for that brad with the loud mouth and your other companions to get off this planet. I'll let them go for now but it's only fair for you to know that even if they do manage to escape I will track them down and finish what I've started with them."

"There's no need for me to buy time, not anymore at least. You're finished, after everything you've done you no longer have the right to live, and I'm going to make sure that you get exactly what you deserve." the lightning flashed behind him in a very ominous way as he dropped into a combat stance.

Frieza let out an irritated chuckle, before he pretty much exploded "NO ONE SPEAKS TO THE MIGHTY LORD FRIEZA LIKE THAT AND LIVES TO TELL THE TALE, YOU'VE GOT A BIG MOUTH AND THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO SHUT IT FOR YOU!"

"You can try." but secretly Goku was growing impatient 'What's taking Yamcha and the others so long to get off the planet? Come on guys hurry up, I can only keep him stalled for so long and I can't fight all out without risking putting all of you in danger!'

Frieza let out a mighty shriek of rage as he bliztes towards Goku and fired another punch, this one being enhanced with Ki.

Goku caught him by the arm and took the chance to spin Frieza around and fling him down into the core crater.

Frieza quickly used a Ki blast to stop himself, only to lose sight of Goku when his vision was obstructed by a geyser of lava erupting between them, though he quickly found Goku and fired a Death Ball at him.

Goku powered through it and hit Frieza square in the face with a single Dragon Shot (a single version of the Twin Dragon Shot), sending him crashing into the side of the core crater with a mighty crash. With a few seconds of calm now upon him, Goku took the chance to drop into the stance for a Kamehameha, slowly but surely building the Ki in between his palms.

Frieza blitzed back into the air high above Goku, now seething with so much rage that he was nearly beyond words.

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The ground beneath the ship continued to give way.

The same could be said for Bulma's patience and sanity "This place is falling apart, we have to take off now! If we don't then we're never gonna make it! That's it, I'm initiating the launch sequence-"

"No." Yamcha grabbed her hand "We can't go yet Bulma, we have to wait for Goku."

"Goku will be fine and we both know it, if anyone can find their way off this rock then it would be him."

"Bulma we still have time, after everything that Goku has done for us there's no way that I'm just leaving him behind."

"...You're right, we'll give him one more minute but that's it."

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(Meanwhile, on Earth)

"Kami, Kami can you hear me?" Mr Popo was quick to contact Kami through their shared telepathy "We have them Kami, all seven of the Dragon Balls are here now and we can make the wish at any time."

"Excellent, please do so at once Mr Popo."

"Understood. Eternal Dragon Shenron, please arise and grant my wish."

Sure enough, the Dragon Balls began glowing, the skies turned pitched black, and then the Eternal Dragon Shenron appeared in all of his magnificent glory "Yee who has gathered the seven Dragon Balls and summoned me forth, speak your wish and it shall be granted so long as it is within my power."

"Oh great Shenron, so many innocent people have been harmed by the actions of Frieza and his evil minions. Can they be returned to us if they are on a faraway planet?"

"I know not, but I shall try."

"I was hoping for a definite yes but we shall take what we can get, please Shenron do the best that you can."

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Frieza let out an enraged shriek over the thought of the events that had taken place "I… I WILL NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO BE BESTED BY THE LIKES OF YOU!" and so he charged towards Goku at full speed in a rage with his Nova Strike.

"SEE YOU IN HELL FRIEZA!" in response to this, Goku quickly unleashed a full power Super Kamehameha, which rammed into Frieza's Nova Strike head on and resulted in an epic power struggle.

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Bardock ended up growing particularly pissed when he saw the TV in the Check In Station go to static "Okay what the f*ck?!"

"I was afraid of this." Scarlet noted "King Yemma told me that too much energy would result in the TV crashing from the feedback."

"So what now we just sit on our asses and do nothing?"

"I never said that." she held up a book "I also asked him for the instruction's manual, just give me a few minutes." and so she got to work.

Gohan was growing restless 'Come on Shenron time is running out, we all need you to revive everyone whose lives were cut short by Frieza and his men and with any luck the Grand Elder will be brought back too, and once that happens Porunga should reappear too and allow us to get that last wish. It's the only chance we have of saving Dad, Kai and everyone else before Planet Namek is destroyed.' and then he noticed that his body was glowing, and he looked over to see the same with Raditz "What the-"

"It's your wish." Scarlet turned to face him "You're both being brought back to life now thanks to the wish that was made on Shenron, which means that you're both gonna be heading back to Planet Namek."

"Oh. I see. But don't worry Ms Scarlet, I won't forget what you said." he received a thumbs up and gave him a small smile "And um… I'll tell Kai and Yamcha that you said hi." and then he disappeared in a white light.

Raditz stayed a moment longer and glanced over at Gine and Bardock "Mother, Father… I know it's a little bit late to say this, but… I'm sorry."

"Who the hell do you think you're talking to?" Bardock let out a loud snort "I would've done the same stuff 1,000 times over because I get off on that stuff, but you're better than that. Don't be me, just be what you wanna be, whether it be with Kakarot or otherwise."

"I understand Father, and I will."

Gine stepped up and pulled him into a tight hug "It's not your time yet Raditz, not yet. You have a lot more life to live before the next time that I see you, so be sure that you do." she gave him a small smile "And tell Kakarot that we said hi."

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"FULL… POWER!" with a mighty roar, Goku poured as much power as he could into his Super Kamehameha, pushing Frieza back into the upper atmosphere.

"Don't think… this is enough… TO DEFEAT ME!" with a malicious smirk, Frieza flew away from the path of the Kamehameha and rammed straight into Goku while he was distracted, and rammed him hundreds of feet underground before retreating himself, leaving Goku stuck in what would become a lave geyser almost immediately after "Now you're Super Saiyan soup, high in vitamin dumbass! Did you think you could actually win? You, defeat me?!" and he let out a triumphant laugh.

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Tien's eyes snapped open from his meditation and he glanced over at Kai and Yamcha "Did you guys feel that?" he received two simultaneous quiet nods "Goku's Ki signature has completely disappeared, it's just… gone."

"But that doesn't mean that he's… you know…" Bulma trailed off, the grim thought not needing to be finished "I mean he has to be okay right?"

"...I'm sorry about this you guys." Tien blitzed in front of Kai and Yamcha and elbowed both of them in the sides while their guards were down, knocking them out cold, and then he threw a glance over his shoulder at Bulma "You have to get going, take these three and go back to Earth without me. I'm staying here." he pressed the button to open up the hatch.

"Wait what? Tien don't do this!"

"I have to and you know it. Goku fought Frieza because he had to, because it was either him that would die or us that would die. These three are too valuable to sacrifice themselves but the fact is that I'm not, so I'm the only one who can finish what he started."

"But Tien if you go then you'll get killed!"

"I can try, I'm sure they'll understand. All I have to do is buy enough time for you guys to get off the planet safely, and if I die… well then at least I'll see Chiaotzu on the other side. As for you, well I want all of you to live fulfilling lives. Bye Bulma, take care of yourself and of these three." and with that, Tien blasted off into the chaotic sky of Planet Namek, his Kaioken aura flaring and boosting his speed 'There's only one thing I can do, I just hope that my plan actually works.'

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Gohan's eyes snapped open as he pulled himself out of the chaotic Namekian sea, and he looked around at the collapsing planet "Looks like it's worse than I thought, let's just hope that my plan actually worked."

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Dende's eyes snapped open and he looked around "Where in the world am I, and how did I end up here?"

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Nail's eyes snapped open and he pulled himself out of the water "When there's no more room in Hell, Nail the strongest of the Namekians shall walk the- Other hell, what the hell? Well I have my clothes back so at least that's a start. But just to be safe… kidney punch!" he punched himseld in the kidney, which for them is located in the shin, and he promptly fell to the ground and coughed up blood "Yes I'm actually alive, but why is the planet experiencing global warming?"

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Raditz pulled himself out of his grave "Okay I have my clothes back so that's a good sign, only the world is ending around me. Okay good I'm alive again."

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King Kai lit up at what he was seeing "Yes alright he did it, Shenron has brought everyone on Planet Namek back to life!"

"Are you sure that it's everyone?" asked Krillin "They brought back the Grand Elder too right, and the Namekian Eternal Dragon?"

"Of course, at least I think so. Anyway if the others are alive then the Grand Elder should be too, and if the Grand Elder is back then… Yes the sky on Planet Namek has gone completely dark, which must mean… Hold on a second, let me check."

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The Grand Elder's eyes snapped open for a brief second and he looked around "What has happened to me? What is this, why have I been returned to this world?" and his resurrection also restored the Namekian Dragon Balls, and Porunga by extension.

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King Kai once again lit up at what he was seeing "Yes this is wonderful, everything went exactly as Gohan had planned."

"Which means that there's still time but not much." Krillin noted "You need to hurry up and tell them what to wish for, we have to act now while the Grand Elder is still alive!"

"What do you take me for, of course I know that!" so King Kai quickly got to work on the next step of Gohan's plan: contacting the Grand Elder with his telepathy "Grand Elder of the Planet Namek, this is King Kai of the northern galaxy speaking."

"I hear you King Kai, please go on."

"I need you to listen very closely to what I have to say, it's very important."

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Frieza glanced up and noticed that the sky had turned completely black "What is this, what has happened to the sky? This must be a sign that the planet is weakening, I have to get off of this miserable rock while I still have time. I've already sustained a considerable amount of damage from this battle, I cannot afford to get caught in an explosion of that magnitude." he prepared to take off into the atmosphere of the planet, only to stop when he noticed a crimson light hurtling towards him "Oh come on what now?"

The crimson light burst towards him, only to reveal itself as Tien, having discarded his shirt as he dropped into a combat stance "Remember me, the one who came to Planet Namek with the Saiyan that you just killed?"

Frieza just let out a condescending chuckle and powererd down his bulkage "It seems that foolishness must be a virtue on Earth. Face the facts Triclops, you don't have a ghost of a chance against me. It's sad really but you can't help it, even when you're outmatched it seems that you've picked up the Saiyan trait of not knowing when to give up."

"I just don't like to give up, there is a difference."

"So there is. Very well then last of the Earthlings with enough courage to face me, you have one chance!"

"Fine by me! Kaioken 10x!" Tien powered up his Kaioken 10x aura and shot towards Frieza, then suddenly bolted upwards and away from him.

Frieza suddenly blizted in front of Tien "And what pray tell do you intend to do now?" before he could get an answer he slammed his fist into Tien's gut and smashed him square on the skull, sending him crashing to the ground "Okay that's much better, now would you like to die quickly or slowly? I'm personally find either way."

Tien spat out some blood and climbed his way back to his feet 'Okay that one hurt but I have to stay focused, I have to keep him distracted for a few more minutes. With Goku gone the only way to beat him is to make sure that he's still on the planet when it explodes.'

"You know what hold on for just a moment, I just had an excellent idea. Because I'm as generous as I am, I'll bury you with that Saiyan friend of yours. You may feel free to thank me whenever you wish, I've been more than merciful so it's only polite."

Tien just gritted his teeth as he let out a roar and powered up his Kaioken 10x aura, his muscles bulging from the strain.

"Excellent, you still have a considerable amount of fight left in you."

Tien then bolted away from Frieza and across the Namekian skies as fast as he could 'Just a little bit longer.'

"Not so fast." Frieza blitzed in front of him "Just what exactly do you think that you're trying to pull with me?" then he felt the realization hit him, and he let out a chuckle "Oh now I understand all too well, I've finally figured out your little scheme. You've been stalling for time. I see that I'm right, you want to let an exploding planet do your dirty work don't you? You should be ashamed of yourself."

"You… You're the one who killed Goku…" Tien gritted his teeth "And your men was the one who killed Chiaotzu… and now you're going to pay! Kaioken… times TWENTY!" with a mighty roar he pushed his Kaioken as high as he possibly could "I'm not going to let you get away with this!" he burst forward and dealt Frieza a solid fist to the face, followed by dealing him a vicious Volleyball Fist, ending with Tien brutally smashing Frieza straight down into the ground "TRI-BEAM!" and then he followed up with a full power Tri-Beam, absolutely devastating the island and nearly causing Tien to drop to the ground from pure exhaustion as a result.

When the smoke finally cleared, Frieza rose back up into the air with only a few light burns across his body "About time someone from your species showed some backbone, rather impressive for a maggot I have to say. But I've had more than enough fun and games, I believe the time has come for me to let you in on a little secret. I'm not fighting you at full power right now at least not yet, not like I was with the so called Super Saiyan." he quickly bulked up to his maximum power "And now this farce of a battle is over." and then he glanced down to see a golden light shining from beneath the waves "What?!"

Sure enough, from beneath the waves emerged none other than Goku, still in his Super Saiyan form with his shirt torn and looking slightly more wounded than he previously did, but he was still alive and kicking "You miss me?"

"I personally did." Tien powered down his Kaioken and let out a sigh "I'm just that you managed to survive after all. I don't suppose you want any help in this fight?"

"The only way that you can help is by getting out of here like I told you before, take the others back to the ship and just get back to Earth. And take care of things on Earth until I get back there."

"...I understand. And Goku? Good luck." and with that, Tien blasted off into the skies and departed from the battlefield.

"And now it's just back to you and me."

Frieza nearly let out an outright snarl "You really are a pesky one aren't you? You could've stayed out of sight and accepted your fate like a deck hand going down with the ship, but clearly I was right to believe that foolishness is a virtue on Earth. You all seem to value it so highly, it's almost unbelievable that you would choose to face someone who wields the power that I possess."

"There's only one thing that I see as unbelievable and that's how you can still be so arrogant right now."

"Is that right? Well fine you can have it your way, I'll just have to blast you into oblivion just like I did that other Saiyan brat from before."

"And what other Saiyan brat are you talking about? You mean Gohan don't you?" Goku's mind instantly flashed back to Gohan's death from before, and his golden aura flared in response to his rage "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!" he charged towards Frieza at full speed, and the battle began anew.

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King Kai continued his conversation with the Grand Elder "As you can tell Grand Elder, the Planet Namek could explode at any moment, which would take everyone on the planet with it as a result. But we still have a chance, there should still be one wish left on the Namekian Dragon Balls if I'm not mistaken."

"Yes King Kai, I do believe that you're correct."

"Then we'll have to move quickly, you won't have a second chance to do this. You have to tell your dragon to transport everyone except for Frieza to planet Earth."

"I understand the urgency and I do realize that time is of the essence King Kai, but unfortunately one must convey their wish directly for it to take effect. However, I might be able to contact someone close by and ask them to make the wish on your behalf."

"Perfect, if you could do that-"

"NO DON'T DO IT!"

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"No don't do it!" as it turns out Goku had somehow been able to hijack their private telepathic conversation "I need you guys to change the wish!" he kept Frieza at bay for a moment with a quick Ki blast.

"What the- Goku have you been listening in?"

"Yeah and it's a good thing I was, I need you to change the wish!" Goku quickly deflected a volley of Ki blasts from Frieza "You can't make the last wish everyone on Planet Namek except for Frieza, make it everyone on Planet Namek except for Frieza and me!"

"What?! Look Goku I understand how you feel, but you have to leave Planet Namek and get back home as soon as you can!"

"Let me make something clear to you!" Goku fended off a volley of attacks from Frieza and kneed him square in the face "If you even think about taking me out of this battle then I swear I will never forgive you!"

"But Goku…"

"Please King Kai, just do this for me!"

"I, I'm not sure about this Goku…"

"Just do it and fast, this entire planet is gonna blow any second!"

"...Alright you know what Goku, fine. I can see that your mind is made up. If you want it that badly then I won't stop you."

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Dende looked over to see Porunga appearing before him in the distance "I don't understand how this is possible, I remember Frieza killing me but that's it."

"Dende is the closest, Dende can you hear me? This is the Grand Elder."

"But then you're alive? But how, and what's going on?"

"There is no time for questions, I need you to do something very important. Porunga should be somewhere close to waiting for the third wish, can you see him?"

"Yes sir I see him, he's right in front of me. There must be one wish left to make, what is it you wish me to say?"

"You must go to him at once, it's up to you to make the third and final wish!"

"Yes sir of course, now what is the wish?" Dende quickly took to the skies and raced off towards where Porunga was located.

"Tell him that you wish for everyone on Planet Namek to be relocated to Planet Earth except for the beings known as Goku and Frieza. Now hurry Dende, time is short."

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Gohan took a moment to get a grip of himself "So I guess this is what it feels like to be brought back to life. Frankly the after life part wasn't actually that bad, but the whole dying part in itself though, it's kind of… well haunting… Everything just kind of slows down and you feel yourself slip the mortal coil… And frankly right now, I'm wondering if I've been brought back or if I'm still in the process of dying. I wonder if this is how everyone else felt when they died before or if I'm the odd one out."

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Goku returned to the ground, staring down Frieza and receiving a mutual glare in return, and he dropped into a combat stance 'So this is it then, no turning back.'

"This is what you wanted, just be sure that you make it back to Earth safely Goku."

"You've got your own worlds to take care of King Kai, so just let me take care of this one for you." Goku glanced over and noticed Porunga in the distance and his smirk widened 'So that's the Eternal Dragon for Planet Namek. Alright you overgrown that thing that Chichi keeps in her drawer, now I can fight you without having to worry about holding back."

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Frieza glanced over and his jaw nearly dropped when he laid eyes on Porunga 'The dragon, it's returned somehow! Does this mean that the Dragon Balls weren't turned to stone after all? Well I'll be damned, this is finally my chance! At last I will acquire my entitled immortality!" and he bolted off towards Porunga.

"This might have been a mistake." Goku quickly bolted off after Frieza and cut off his path, resulting in the two of them clashing and trading even blows.

"Will you just piss off already!"

"I don't have to use the bathroom but I'll make sure that you piss red!"

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"It's up to you now Dende, please get there as fast as you can!"

"I understand!" Dende dropped to the ground in front of Porunga in preparation to make the final wish "PORUNGA!"

"I am here young one, have you a third and final wish to make?"

"Yes, yes I have a third wish to make!"

"Then speak your wish now."

"Right, Porunga our third and final wish is-"

"GRANT IMMORTALITY TO THE MIGHTY FRIEZA!" that was when Frieza, fresh from kicking Goku in the crotch and stunning him for the moment, burst onto the scene.

"No it's Frieza!"

"I wish that I, the almighty Lord Frieza, be granted eternal life so that I may rid myself of these vile creatures and secure myself as ruler of all of creation-"

"NO!" that was when Nail burst onto the scene and drop kicked Frieza right in the face, sending him crashing into the sea "NOW IS YOUR CHANCE DENDE, MAKE THE WISH BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!"

"Right!" so Dende uttered the wish in the Namekian language.

"I have heard your wish and I shall fulfill it gladly, all of the living beings on Planet Namek with the exception of the ones known as Goku and Frieza shall be transported to the planet Earth.

"How dare you get in the way of my wish you little-" Frieza burst up and grabbed Nail by the neck, only for Nail to disappear in a white flash, along with Dende, before he was able to finish the job "What the-"

"Looks like it's game over." that was when Goku burst onto the scene.

"DAD WAIT UP!" that was when Gohan showed up, panting heavily.

"Gohan…" Goku powered down his golden aura momentarily and pulled Gohan into a tight yet gentle hug "Two things: First of all, never do anything like that again! Second of all, I heard about your plan from King Kai. Great job."

"Hey mom spent five years drilling me with knowledge, it's about time I used it for something in real life. Oh maybe I should use that argument for when I tell her that I want to keep training and studying both." Gohan released himself from Goku's hug "I've been watching you fight from Otherworld along with Uncle Raditz and Ms Scarlet, and I heard from King Kai about what you plan to do. Do what you have to do, but just be sure that you make it back to Earth safe and sound real soon."

"Got it, and you take care of things while I'm gone."

"Man to man promise, I like it." the two of them fist bumped, right before Gohan disappeared in a white flash, along with everyone else on the planet.

"I shall take my leave, and I bid you farewell." and with that, Porunga disappeared in a flash of light.

"WAIT NO NOT YET!" Frieza could only let out a scream of anguish over the sight of his goal slipping through his fingers.

Goku shot him a cocky smirk "Well sorry to disappoint you Frieza, actually I'm not sorry in the slightest, but I guess your luck has finally run out. It's a damn shame you don't know how to speak Namekian now isn't it?"

Frieza slowly rounded his enraged gaze on Goku "You…"

"I have to admit you had me a little bit worred for a minute there."

"Those two Namekians and that Saiyan brat, those three are the same ones that I killed earlier weren't they?"

"Yep you got that right, a few friends of mine used the Dragon Balls on Earth to bring back everyone that was killed by you and your men since you got to this planet, which includes the Grand Elder."

"What?!"

"Which means that with him back we could get our last wish on the Dragon Balls on this planet as a result."

"And the wish that the little Namekian runt just made, what was it?!"

"I thought that you would've figured it out by now, he used the last wish to have everyone on Planet Namek moved to Earth except for two people, you and me. And this entire plan was crafted by my son Gohan, the same son that you killed."

Frieza let out a shriek and a shockwave that devastated a few nearby mountains, just as the sky turned a deep shade of crimson "The planet is beginning to collapse, in only two minutes the Planet Namek will be nothing more than a cloud of dust and a memory. Only one question remains to be answered, will I be able to kill you in these next two minutes or will you survive long enough to bear witness to the great inevitable explosion and then suffocate in the void of space?"

"All I know right now is that this is a moment that I've been waiting for for a long time, and now we'll finally get to see which one of us is the greatest warrior in this entire universe."

"Is that so? Well I suppose that I should feel flattered, you've signed your own death warrant just to take one more beating from me."

"I guess now we just have to agree to disagree." Goku flared his golden aura and lowered himself back to the ground.

"Hand to hand combat it is then? So be it, my this really is important to you isn't it?" Frieza was quick to follow his lead.

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On a desolate and crumbling planet on the brink of destruction, the two most powerful warriors in the universe prepare to square off for the battle to end all battles. Will the winner at last be decided by the time Planet Namek's inevitable explosion is at last upon them? Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z: the next Generation!

A/N:

And with this chapter, the war on Planet Namek draws ever closer to its explosive conclusion. I was going to wrap everything up in one chapter, but I decided to split it into two since I wanted to get this one out before my Spring Break was over, and since I'm already at over a 12K word count, I thought that was enough.

I gave Goku a slightly larger power level because, well his son died, so the rage boost he got from that would slightly increase his power level, but not enough to make it a one sided slaughter fest.

The scene between Gohan and Scarlet is something that I had planned to use awhile back for a Ninja Turtles fic that never really panned out, so I figured that I could use it as a way to develop Kai's character a little bit more.

I made Gohan the one who comes up with the plan to bring everyone back and get them off Namek safely as a way of demonstrating his intelligence despite his age, and how he can use it in a real situation instead of his studying just being a way to make Chichi look like a total (massively censored).

Power levels:

Goku: 3 million

Super Saiyan Goku: 165 million

Nail: 800,000

Tien: 220,000

Tien (Kaioken 10x): 2.2 million

Tien (Kaioken 20x): 4.4 million

Tien (Tri-Beam + Kaioken 20x): 50 million

Frieza (50% power): 60 million

Frieza (100% power): 120 million