The Three Legendary Saiyans.
Chapter 56: Cabba Falls.
Frieza.
Smiling calmly as Frieza found himself within a circle of Kachi Kachin tiles ripping up from the floor; the floor torn and unstable from all the arena shaking events and the quakes, the site itself reminding him of a dirty little island of Namek where he'd fought a Namekian whose name he no longer recalled as well as a certain Saiyan.
"I chose this place so I can eliminate you!" Cabba shouted down at Frieza; standing strong and ready for battle, his hair golden with the power of a fully mastered Super Saiyan Form.
"Oh really? You think you can eliminate me? How do you intend to do so?" Frieza chuckled to himself after hearing Cabba declare his would-be-victory, raising one hand to cover his black lips and thus hiding his mocking smile as he spoke.
"I'll defeat you so that Mr Vegeta doesn't have to worry about a monster like you" Cabba announced his pre-mature victory once again only invoking a name that Frieza didn't expect to hear.
Frieza felt a burst of hilarious laughter burst out from within his being; her shrill laugher grating on Cabba's nerves as Frieza clearly knew things about Vegeta's past that Cabba didn't.
"Oh my… how long it's been since I've laughed; you should know that Vegeta had served under me in my former Empire" Frieza's eyes widened at Cabba's lack of knowledge of the very Saiyan he idolised; silently deciding to reveal certain information about Vegeta.
"You lie!" Cabba shouted at the top of his lungs; his voice echoing around the enclosed section of the arena he'd chosen for their fight, golden flames bursting out from his body as his anger drew on his energies.
"Oh it's not a lie… Vegeta and his two weak little Saiyan lackies enslaved many worlds and slaughtered uncountable civilisations" Frieza continued goaded Cabba with the shared history between Frieza and Vegeta; taking great pleasure in watching Cabba squirm.
"Cabba barely took another breath before kicking off the floor leaving prints of his feet in the rubble; rushing forward with a blaze of golden flames trailing around him only to attack Frieza with a barrage of angry punches though Frieza effortlessly dodged by sidestepping in-between each one of Cabba's punches and countering by smacking his tail across Cabba's face.
Scowling at the Saiyan's nerve to attack him so suddenly; Frieza whipping his tail across Cabba's chest causing the Saiyan to scream in pain as his own light armour breaks and cracked against his chest, fragments digging into Cabba's skin and drawing beads of his blood only for his blood to cascade in the air when struck by Frieza's tail.
Upon bringing down his tail for what would be the final strike; Cabba reached out and grabbed a hold of Frieza's tail as violet lighting sparked and crackled around Cabba's body, "I will not let my allies down! I will never disappoint Mr Vegeta!".
Frieza's smile faded from his black lips; the heat of Cabba's fire and lightning burning his tail, taking a step backwards though only taking a nanosecond to check on the burn but giving Cabba a change to attack; Cabba's punch struck Frieza in his face and sending the former-tyrant flying backwards.
Observation Stands.
Hit gazed down as all that was left of his team were The Sixth Universe's Saiyans, Cabba facing the monster: Frieza alone while Caulifla and Kale had bizarrely fused into a single being and yet Hit remained calm as Kefla's base power was easily matching that of Jiren's and Cabba's Rage Boost was raising his own strength mor and more with each second, Hit couldn't help but feel that the three Saiyans of Universe 6 may one day surpass him.
Cabba.
Rubbing his burnt cheek after taking a surprisingly powerful punch; Frieza rose back up from the debris just as Cabba charged him again with both arms flailing in the air, smirking as Cabba's barrage of fists was all too easy to sidestep and dodge before firing a Death Wave in-between punches.
Cabba barely saw the wave coming before being struck; crashing backwards but digging his feet into the floor's remains and springing back into action with a blast of his own, the violet beam meeting a second Death Wave from Frieza resulting in a wide explosion that masked both fighters from view.
Recalling how Goku had hidden in dust clouds to blindside him during the battle on Namek; Frieza stood still and waited for Cabba to attack from within the cloud with intention to grab and snap his little arms before eliminating the little Saiyan, Frieza did love to make his opponents suffer.
Within the cloud of dust: Cabba stood in wait as well while the dust began to dispel from around him for a blindside attack that never came, once the cloud of dust dispersed both Cabba and Frieza fired their beams at each other again; the resulting explosion pushing both fighters away from one another.
Sensing the fight between Raijin and Kefla in the distance; Cabba gritted his teeth as his muscles tensed up from drawing on all his energies and burning through his stamina, Cabba took off from his standpoint with incredible speed that left him as a golden blur in Frieza's line of sight.
Frustrated with Cabba's will to keep fighting; Frieza grinned as he fired Death Beams from all his fingers and both thumbs at once, the beams burning through the air and destroyed anything they touched, Cabba narrowly dodging them with sidesteps, backflips and cartwheels but his speed slowed with each dodge.
Locking onto his victim; Frieza closed his fingers and thumb on his right hand and fired a more concentrated Death Beam at Cabba, Cabba barely managing to react in time to the fast and deadly attack only managing a counterblast of his own to shift the beams path to a boulder that was subsequently melted by its strength.
"Lucky for you…" Frieza scoffed; glowering menacingly at Cabba for evading his strongest Death Beam, Cabba vanishing from Frieza's sight as he blinked; the two engaging in another chase as the damaged arena around them melted into blurred images as the two rushed each other, echoes of their blows resounding the air until Cabba's pained scream filled the air as Frieza struck him with a blow to the stomach.
Frieza grinned wide as his strike had caused his razor sharp nails to pierce Cabba's skin and drawing his blood; wiggling his fingertips in the wound and causing Cabba greater pain than before, the sounds of Cabba's pain was music to Frieza for it had been far too long since he'd inflicted such pain on another.
Cabba found his breath becoming heavier with each passing second; each time he clashed with Frieza he was pushing his foe to use more strength and more energy each time due to Cabba's own desperation to win though the thoughts of Vegeta's past burdened his mind and slightly reduced his reactions, narrowing dodging a tail swipe and a jabbing punch from Frieza through his nails again drew blood from Cabba's cheek.
Frieza grimacing as Cabba not only kept pushing him but seemed to be growing stronger as they fought; he'd only faced this situation twice before when facing Raijin and Goku back on Namek and to be faced with the exact same situation for a third time caused the former tyrant a great deal of hatred and frustration.
"Had enough yet?!" Cabba screamed at the top pf his lungs; his powers as Super Saiyan 2 reaching his peak upon reaching a comparable level to mastery, the strength flowing through Cabba's veins felt like fire in his blood that fuelled his every muscle and bone thus giving him the strength to keep fighting when against all odds and his back to the wall.
Frieza's grin faded to a scowl; disliking how Cabba was growing stronger with every bout while he was drawing on more strength to fight the lowly Saiyan of Universe 6, letting out a breath of exasperation and deciding his course of action.
"It's typical that I have to use all my strength to hunt a measly solitary Saiyan like you…" Frieza grumbled; dismissing the bruises Cabba was leaving on his body and the beads of purple blood beading from a burst lip, his muscles tensing as Frieza gathered his energy only to begin transforming with a blaze of brilliant golden flames.
"Wait… what?" Cabba stuttered; his eyes widening as Frieza's bruised white body burst into a torrent of brilliant flames as his body transformed into a being of golden brilliance and ferociously fierce red flames.
"Bow before your Emperor… Golden Frieza!" Frieza called out his name and title; the body shining with its golden sheen but surrounded by an aura of darkness that made Cabba's very hair stand on end, Frieza's right hand rose up with his palm facing Cabba; a smirk lighting up the tyrant's face.
Cabba braced himself for the attack to come only to be blown backwards by some unseen force; the blast knocking the golden light from his hair and body reverting him to normal as the floor vanished out from beneath his feet as he fell helpless and devoid of any assistance.
Frieza watched gleefully as his golden sheen faded from his body; the technique he'd used took a lot from him but defeating a Saiyan with it was too good an opportunity to pass up, content with watching Cabba fall in elimination through the freshly made ravines created by Agnilasa's flame lasers and razor blade attacks made Frieza's black lips curl into a wicked and sinister smile.
The only thought that passed through Cabba's mind as the murky clouds engulfed him where that of a message he wished to pass to Caulifla and Kale; the pair now fused into Kefla, "Please… save our Universe".
Kefla.
Glancing out from over her shoulder as Kefla thought she'd heard a voice calling out to her; only hearing The Grand Priest announcing Cabba's elimination thus making her the final fighter remaining for Team Universe 6, a fact that did little but excite Kefla as she stared down at the bleeding and defeated form of Raijin laying in the dirt at her feet.
Next Chapter: Raijin Outmatched.