The Three Legendary Saiyans
Chapter 8: Blue and Gold
"You did well in holding off Frieza for as long as you did; though it appears you are still hiding your powers" Whis spoke with his ever-present kind smile and analytical eyes.
Beerus merely stood with his arms crossed; his yellow eyes staring directly at Frieza.
Raijin slumped onto the ramp leading up to Bulma's Recovery Chambers; taking only a sweeping glance at his friends inside the unit's before seating himself, a clear look of irritation aimed toward Goku apparent on his face.
Raijin felt a patting hand on both his shoulders causing him to turn and meet the eyes of not only Bulma but Gotenks as well; Bulma taking a moment to reassure Raijin and ease his rising temper, "Don't let it get to you too much; Goku's always been selfish when it comes to a fight".
Raijin didn't say a word; his line of sight shifting to Beerus and Whis, "Hey; what exactly have Goku and Vegeta been doing on your world Lord Beerus?".
Beerus turned his yellow cat-eyes to Raijin; sneering at Raijin's blunt tone of voice, "You are about to find out; and if you speak to me like that again I will not hesitate to destroy you".
Raijin nodded after taking a life-ending threat from Beerus; turning his attention back to Goku, Vegeta and Frieza.
Vegeta floated away; leaving Goku to battle Frieza first; choosing to stand at the precipice of a cliffside.
Frieza remained smiling that evil smile while faced with Goku; the dark purple flames of his aura still licking his body, "You took your time… I was beginning to think that you'd fled in fear of facing me again".
Goku smiled; a strange flickering aura beginning to glow around his own body, "I would never fear you; I sense that you are stronger than you were back on Namek".
"And what of your friend? You just shoved him aside for a chance at fighting me again" Frieza dismissed Goku's question; his ruby red eyes glancing at a highly-irritated Raijin down on the ground.
"Raijin? He'll be fine; though he does get rather irritated at me for whatever reason, but he'll get over it; I'm sure he'll get another shot at you later on" Goku glanced back to Raijin while speaking; catching Raijin's angered stare.
Frieza took advantage of Goku's moment of distraction by attacking Goku with a lightning fast volley of punches to Goku's chest and face; each single blow making Goku slowly turn back to face Frieza, Goku moved his hands and forearms at the same lightning fast speeds to block any more incoming attacks.
Frieza thrust out his right hand; firing a colossal Death Beam from his entire hand instead of just a finger towards Goku and Vegeta since he stood directly within the beams path, Goku instantly firing his Kamehameha Wave without the chant or positioning; the clash of purple and blueish-white creating a blinding spectacle of energy within the sky.
Goku warped up behind Frieza with his Instant Transmission; delivering a quick double knee strike into Frieza's unguarded back, the beam-struggle faded into the air as Frieza screamed in his descent down into the ocean's waters.
Bursting back up into the air amongst steam generated by Frieza's intensely evil energy; Frieza scowled as a Base Form Goku was effortlessly beating him, "Why not use that Super Saiyan glow that I despise so much".
"Because I don't need too to defeat the likes of you Frieza" Goku replied; dropping down to the rocky ground of rubble and ruined cliffs caused by Frieza's army-massacring assault.
Frieza dropped down to the ground; standing across from Goku with his arms crossed, "I think you'll find that you may need too when I reveal the new powers I have attained!".
"Frieza; we could talk like this forever, let's kick this up a notch and show what we're both hiding" Goku spoke slowly; his confidence expressed in his smile, eyes and tone of voice.
"Very well Goku; show me how far you've come as a Super Saiyan!" Frieza gloated; an air of supreme confidence surrounded Frieza's body.
Goku's hands curled into fists; his black hair standing up and forming into sharply defined spikes as if he was transforming into one of his Super Saiyan Forms, Goku's normally white or golden aura flashing into a blazing wall of blue energy and enveloped Goku's entire body; the wall of energy quickly crumbled away into a shimmering aura of blue flames, Goku stood in mid-air having turned into a Super Saiyan Form but his hair was coloured blue instead of gold.
Frieza's eyes widened and teeth clenched in shock of this new form; a sense of emptiness and the unknowing of how powerful Goku had become through the usage and mastery of God Ki.
Raijin rose to his feet though his eyes widened at the sight of Goku's Blue Form, Bulma, Piccolo, Gohan and Gotenks all stood by Raijin's side; both astounded by this bewildering new power.
"What is this… Super Saiyan with blue-hair dye" Frieza mocked; constantly smiling as if this was of no surprise to the tyrant.
Goku's lips curled into an all-too familiar smile that Goku always wore when he was excited for an impending fight, "Let's just say I got a taste of a thing called Super Saiyan God; training with and mastering of that power led to the form that you see now… I like to call it Super Saiyan Blue".
Frieza chuckled under his breath; outstretching his arms and crossing his legs, "You are not the only one with new powers… behold the glory of Lord Frieza!".
Frieza's body suddenly exploded with a viciously fierce purple flame; his white body shimmering within the flames as they changed from a deep purple to a golden-tinted red, Frieza's laughter resonated within the cocoon of flames until his body re-emerged; Frieza stood with his body almost entirely clad in gold except for his hands, feet and face which were coloured purple.
"Well; what do you think Monkey? Am I not a perfect picture of power? Or are you too afraid to answer?" Frieza gloated about his new powers; waving his hands through the flames licking at his golden body.
Goku merely smiled after witnessing Frieza's transformation; an excited and eager fire burnt within his eyes, "Impressive Frieza; but you are just copying our Super Saiyan Form"
Frieza grimaced and sneered at Goku's remark; spitting the filthy taste of the cold truth from his mouth.
Raijin dropped to his knees; stunned by the sudden transformations that Goku and Frieza had just undergone, thinking of his own new powers and that though he was still training and was approaching full mastery of the new form; but he knew that he was not yet strong enough to meet Frieza's new obscene levels of power, "How… how did Goku achieve this power?"
Whis smiled as he watched Goku's transformation; turning his gaze over to Raijin upon hearing his question, "This is the results of training with God Ki; splendid to witness… is it not?".
Beerus' maw curling into the smallest of smiles as he observed Goku and Frieza.
Piccolo glanced down at Raijin; instantly understanding how powerless Raijin must have felt at this moment for he too felt like he'd been left behind by Goku and Vegeta yet again.
Gotenks' body flashed white as Goten and Trunks' fusion time ran out; both watching the upcoming battle, though Trunks chose to stand beside his father.
Tien, Yamcha and Krillin watched from inside Bulma's Recovery Chambers; all stunned by the results of Whis' training.
Bulma, Jaco, Gohan, Master Roshi watched in stunned silence as the battle between Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Golden Frieza was about to begin.
The clash of blue and gold lit up the skies as the battle began; the echoes of fists and kicks colliding in the air rang out and forcing clouds to vanish from the sky due to the shockwaves created by Goku's and Frieza's clashing energies.
Goku repeatedly striking Frieza with a volley of punches to Frieza's stomach; Frieza almost instantly countering with a simultaneous sweep kick to Goku's head and following up with a tail whip around Goku's neck, Goku grasped at Frieza's tail and freed himself by simply overpowering Frieza's tail's grip with sheer upper-body strength.
Frieza quickly flung his arm and casting out a volley of fireballs instead of the Death Balls he usually generated; the fireballs streaked across the skies leaving only a shimmering trail of smoke and burnt ozone in their path, Goku flung back his right arm; casting his right arm in such a powerful motion that the air pressure from Goku's arm motion blasted the fireballs away and into the cliff where Sorbet was hiding from the battle.
Raijin spotted Sorbet amongst the explosions caused by Frieza's fireballs; seemingly hiding from the battle as Sorbet was not a combatant, Raijin kept an eye on the alien though he was keen to see more of Goku's new abilities.
Vegeta had spotted Sorbet cowering and hiding behind the collapsed rocks as well; sneering at the alien though he much preferred to observe Frieza and his new Golden Form for when it would be his turn to battle Frieza.
Goku and Frieza clashed in the air once again; swapping punches and kicks; the other blocking and taking very little damage from the other's attacks, Frieza and Goku both landing a successful blow to each other's abdomens at the same moment; pulling back and striking each other simultaneously in the face with Goku's right fist and Frieza's left fist.
Raijin watched the battle all the while feeling a sense of resentment towards Goku; witnessing how powerful Goku had become and wanted to catch up as quickly as he possibly could, a whole new drive to get even stronger had awakened within him.
Goku and Frieza backed off; both panting heavily after such fast paced and high powered exchanges, both landing within the mouth of an inactive volcano situated on the very border of West City, The Western Sea and The Southern Wastelands.
"Hey Kakarot; I'll take my turn now!" Vegeta shouted; having followed Goku and Frieza to the volcano crater.
"Not just yet Vegeta; I still need to show Frieza the fatal weakness in his Golden Form" Goku spoke; that tone of confidence returning.
Raijin, Bulma and everyone else watched and listened to the exchange via a projection from Whis' Staff.
Jaco lent into Bulma; with a camera in hand and whispered into Bulma's ear though Raijin was also within earshot, "Hey Bulma… is that really Lord Beerus? Do you think I could get a photo with him?"
"Why not ask him; though he might destroy you on the spot" Bulma gave a cold response; though Raijin chuckled over the mental image of Beerus wiping Jaco out of existence.
Jaco quickly shut up; focussing more on his failure to protect Earth from Frieza's return as well as being stunned by the battle that was taking place before his eyes.
"A weakness you say? I think not!" Frieza scoffed; waving his hands in dismissal of Goku's revealing words.
"Let me guess; you rushed here as soon as you achieved this Golden Form? Am I right?" Vegeta spoke in his usual commanding tone; his arms crossed across his chest.
"So what if I did…" Frieza muttered; narrowing his eyes and pouting towards Vegeta.
Goku and Vegeta both chuckled; their suspicion proved right.
Raijin stood stunned by Frieza's blindness; his mouth opening but no words escaping.
"Frieza's new form is draining energy faster than his 100% Power Form does" Raijin finally managed to speak; drawing approving nods from Beerus and Whis.
"Yes; it appears that you are right; Frieza seems more tired than Goku is right now" Beerus spoke; nodding his head and allowing a small smile to cross his maw.
Frieza's angered screech ran shockwaves across the increasingly greying sky; flashes of golden flames blazed across the grey clouds amongst the blue flashes of Goku's aura, the blazing trails of Goku and Frieza dropped into the oceans.
Raijin ignited a golden aura and launched off the ground; flying after Goku, Frieza and Vegeta; eager for a chance at facing Frieza again.
Bulma reached out to stop Raijin but was stopped by the sweeping hand of Whis, "Let him go; he needs to go to the battle if he's to progress further".
Bulma looked at Whis with an astonished look, "Did you know what powers Raijin would awaken if he rejected God Ki?".
"Maybe I did; but if you want information you'll have to provide something yummy" Whis spoke with a sly smile on his blue lips; Whis' words causing Beerus' own ears to twitch at the mention of something yummy.
"Oh god; I forgot all about that… sorry if it's a little melted" Bulma rushed back into her hover truck; carrying out a half-melted strawberry sundae.
"That looks simply divine" Beerus spoke; seizing the ice cream and picking at the multiple strawberries that lined the whipped cream.
"You were saying about Raijin's powers?" Bulma demanded; his eyebrows twitching at Whis attempting to get out of giving her information as he was happily consuming the bright pink ice cream.
"Oh yes; all I did was steer Raijin onto the path he is walking now, it is down to him to see where it follows" Whis spoke; taking a large lump of ice cream and swallowing it whole and letting out a joyful cry.
Bulma shook her head at Whis and Beerus; deeming them useless whenever their information was of upmost necessity.
The water's surface broke with an enormous Kamehameha Wave blasting through the darkened clouds; Goku and Frieza emerging from the water before the water crashed in on itself and covered the tunnel created by Goku's blast, Both Goku and Frieza were covered in bruises from enduring the viciously exchanged blows during the battle.
Goku and Frieza flew over and landed on the new landmass caused by the battle; even more of the cliffsides had crumbled into a landslide, Goku and Frieza merely stood engaging in a stare-down though both were breathing heavily.
"Goku; let me or Vegeta take over!" Raijin shouted; a look of concern in his eyes for his wounded and tired-out friend.
"Not a chance in hell Prince Monkey; Goku's not done yet… I'm not done with him yet!" Frieza grinned; blinking just one eye strangely as he was shouting at and insulting Vegeta.
Before anyone could react; a ray-gun shot was fired and struck Goku directly in the chest, Goku spat up blood as his hair and eyes instantly faded to normal just as Goku fell to the rocky ground under his feet.
Raijin quickly turned his gaze to the source of the ray-gun shot; spotting Sorbet there, "You! You'll pay for that dishonourable attack!"
Sorbet's sly conniving smile quickly faded upon realising that Raijin had spotted him; crying out in a plea for his life, "Frieza! Please save me!".
Frieza stood laughing over Goku's barely-conscious body; not caring in the slightest about Sorbet's life.
Raijin's body flared with golden flames and white lightning; transforming into his Super Saiyan 2 Full Power Form out of sheer anger, thrusting out both hands directly in front of Sorbet's crying face and ending the miserable coward's life with a point-blank Hyper Masenko.
Tien, Yamcha and Krillin all removed themselves from Bulma's Recovery Chambers; all three flaring up their auras with the intent of saving Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Goten and Trunks all joining the line-up.
Frieza quickly threw his left arm in an arc towards the other Z Fighters; a wall of dark red flames halting their advance, "Don't even try it; if Goku fell to me and my plan then the lot of you don't stand even the smallest of chances!"
Raijin turned back to face Frieza; stopping only because Vegeta had already walked over and stood between Golden Frieza and a badly injured Goku.
Frieza's smile widened at the sight of Vegeta; reaching out with one hand as he spoke an offer, "Vegeta; I have a undeniable offer for you… Kill Goku and Raijin; and I'll forgive all your past transgressions against me and make you Supreme Commander of The Frieza Force".
Raijin looked shocked; his eyes set on Vegeta; waiting to see what he will choose.
"Are you serious? You'll really make me Supreme Commander?" Vegeta asked; his back turned on Goku and Raijin so they could not see his facial expressions.
"Yes; though The Frieza Force would only be you and myself… but we can rebuild it together, all you have to do is kill these two monkeys" Frieza smirked; his smile widening again in confidence that Vegeta will accept the offer.
Vegeta turned back around to face Goku; a cold look in his eyes as he stared down at his fallen rival.
Raijin raced down to the ground; coming to a landing and crossing his arms in an X again just as he did in preparation for his newest transformation, "Vegeta; if you betray us I will not hold anything back to defeat you!".
Vegeta turned his cold stare to Raijin; Frieza watching while cackling a shrill laughter that chill the spines of anyone who heard it.
Vegeta coldly stared at Raijin; slowly cracking a smile towards his fellow Saiyans, "Frieza… I will not kill my rivals for they are what drives me to keep improving and bettering myself… without them I do not have anything to keep pushing me forward".
Frieza's smile faded from his black lips; his confident expression changing to a look of sheer disappointment and hatred for Vegeta, "What a ridiculous notion".
Raijin smiled; uncrossing his arms and lifting Goku up onto his shoulders, "I'll take Goku to safety so he can be healed; I'm leaving Frieza to you!"
"As if he was anyone else's to begin with" Vegeta spoke; engaging in a cold stare-down with Frieza, but smiling as Raijin and Goku flew off to a safe distance.
"You'll handle me alone you say? You were barely able to fight against me on Namek! What makes you think you'll defeat me now!" Frieza shouted; clenching a fist in his mocking words for Vegeta.
Vegeta didn't say a word in response; a familiar blueish-white wall of energy coating his body and stunning everybody in attendance, even Frieza looked shocked as the light crumbled away and Vegeta stood as a Super Saiyan Blue.
Raijin looked back to witness Vegeta's transformation; his jaw dropping as Vegeta had also achieved and mastered the use of God Ki, Goku merely laughed after sensing Vegeta's transformation.
"Oh Yes; you didn't know that I've been a Super Saiyan for many years, and now I too have become a Super Saiyan God!" Vegeta proclaimed; his blue flame aura blazing bigger and brighter as he spoke.
Bulma, Krillin and Gohan rushed Goku into a Recovery Chamber and allowing him to heal; the trio turning back to witness Vegeta rush into Frieza at such blinding speeds that even Raijin and Piccolo didn't see Vegeta begin his assault.
Vegeta had rushed in and planted his left knee directly into Frieza's chest; inflicting great damaged and cracking Frieza's ribs, Frieza screaming in pain and agony; reigniting the dark gold flames in an attempt to gain some distance between himself and Vegeta.
"This cannot be! You are just a filthy monkey!" Frieza shouted and cursed; firing a volley of homing Death Discs like he'd once used on Goku on Namek, the Death Discs arcing through the air; a distinct humming sounded as they tore through the air.
Vegeta grunted; slowing his pursuit of Frieza as two of the dozens of Death Discs approached him, Vegeta brought his fists close to his chest; sending out his fists in a pair of hammer fists and shattering two Death Discs on impact.
Three more humming Death Discs closed in on Vegeta; Vegeta merely rotating his body on the spot and shattering all three discs with a combination of two roundhouse kicks and a palm strike.
Frieza felt an intense surge of anger; having finally defeated Goku through underhanded means and now having to face Vegeta of whom had become drastically more powerful than himself now, Frieza felt his power fading away; the golden gleam on his body was beginning to fade back to the normal white of his Final Form.
Vegeta shouted so loudly that his voice broke the surface of the water and tore cracks in the heavy clouds; firing a splintered beam and destroying all the remaining Death Discs, Vegeta charged back after Frieza; taking advantage of his weakening body and driving both gloved fists directly into Frieza's chest.
Frieza spat up blood as Vegeta's fierce attack forced him backwards and crashing into the rocks down below; groaning in sheer pain as Vegeta's assault had forced Frieza's energy to be totally drained and his Golden Form vanishing from his body.
"And now; I shall exact revenge for the entire Saiyan Race!" Vegeta brought up one hand; his entire right hand and forearm igniting with a blazing red energy in preparation for the final strike.
Raijin felt an involuntary smile light up his face; Vegeta would finally be given the thing he'd wanted most for his entire life, the chance to kill Frieza.
Bulma, and Goku watched from inside the hover truck; a holographic display on the surface of the Recovery Chamber depicting Vegeta preparing the killing blow against Frieza.
Beerus and Whis had long-since finished the sundae and watched the battle unfold; Beerus hanging his head for an unknown reason, but Piccolo had overheard something Whis had said to Beerus regarding The Saiyan Homeworld.
Frieza knew he'd failed in his revenge; hissing through his teeth while watching Vegeta raised his blazing red hand, "No; I will not die here… you will all go to Hell together!".
Frieza slammed both his hands into the rocks; a lava red glow emanating between the cracks and every single stone until quickly brightening in a single instant, the lava red cracks spread and began destroying the planet within seconds and would continue until Earth was nothing more than dust.
Raijin grabbed a hold of Trunks and rushed to his wife; hoping to protect her from an unavoidable death, holding Bulma and Trunks in his arms as the lava red flash ignited the skies and destroyed the Earth; but the sense of pain and coldness of death never came, instead the three of them stood inside a blueish-white bubble in the middle of space.
"Where are we?" Trunks asked; speaking for the first time since defusing with Goten.
"You're in Space; this is what is left of Earth… such a pity" spoke the voice of Whis.
Raijin and Bulma rose to their feet; taking a sweeping glance as all that was left of Earth was several dozen asteroids of Earth's remains floating in the dark and cold vacuum of Space.
"We lost… Frieza won" Raijin spoke; a look of pained anguish covered his face as Raijin admitted loss and failure.
"Don't beat yourself up over it… We'll just use a Temporal Do-Over" Beerus spoke; speaking in a very bored and seemingly disappointed tone of voice.
"I'm sorry… a Temporal what?" Bulma asked; wrapping her arms around Trunks and giving a confused stare towards Beerus and Whis.
"Basically I can reverse time by about… three minutes" Whis spoke; his nonchalant tone of voice quickly agitating Raijin and Bulma.
Whis' casual tone of voice caused both Raijin's and Bulma's tempers to spike; both shouting at Whis at the top of their lungs, "THEN DO IT ALREADY!"
"Ok fine; but I expect proper compensation for this, and be prepared as you won't have long to counter Frieza's destruction of Earth" Whis closed his eyes; tapping his Staff on the floor of the bubble three times.
Beerus scoffed at Raijin's and Bulma's tempers; though secretly eager to see that treat they'd be served for reversing the destruction of their planet.
Raijin, Bulma and Trunks watched as Time was literally turned backwards; the trio watched as Earth's destruction was instantly reversed and brought back to the very moment Vegeta was about to make the killing blow.
"No; I will not die here… you will all go to Hell together!" Frieza yelled at the top of his lungs; his hands raised up to execute Earth when a ki blast struck both his hands, the blast struck so suddenly and with such power that Frieza's hands were burnt completely off at the wrist.
Vegeta looked up to find out who'd interfered with his rightful moment of glory, "Who dares interfere?!".
Raijin had instantly powered up to his base level Super Saiyan and had flown into the air to fire that blast,, "Vegeta! Just hurry up and kill the bastard! He was about to destroy the Earth because you wanted to savour the moment!".
Vegeta's eyes widened; realising that Raijin was right and he'd given Frieza a chance to counterattack… but that would not happen a second time, "Frieza… I've waited years for this! BIG BANG ATTACK!"
Vegeta raised his right hand; firing his single most powerful blast directly into Frieza's screaming face while he cradled his handless wrists against his chest, The Big Bang Attack echoed with Frieza's final screams as the orb of energy blasted out through the rocky landmass and out into the oceans where it exploded with a golden flash.
Raijin watched Vegeta's final attack; slowly descending from the sky and standing beside Vegeta, "So; how does it feel to finally put an end to Frieza?".
Vegeta's Super Saiyan Blue hair faded back to its normal black; Vegeta breathing a sigh of relief like a weight had been lifted from him after years of waiting, "It feels good… very good; every Saiyan he murdered that day has been avenged".
Raijin gave Vegeta a pat on the back; Vegeta merely wore a calm and collected smile upon receiving a supportive pat from his friend and rival after finally defeating the tyrant who once ruled over his life.