Kolard launched forward to punch one Cold soldier hard across the face as he built an orb of energy in his hands.

It vanished when he received the hit, sending the soldier flying backwards. The soldier's partner tried to throw a punch at Kolard. However, Kolard caught their fist midair. He brought his free hand down, slamming it into their chest. Charging a ball of energy close to said chest and exploded from the soldier's body, throwing them back and crashing onto the ground. Another Cold soldier charged forward. Kolard grabbed him by the collar, lifting him from the ground. With his free hand, he threw the Cold soldier far out from the helipad and into a wall, shattering the building.

The remaining five Cold soldiers all fired energy shots at Kolard. He whirled around deflecting all the shots with the swing of his hand. He spun back around, charging another ball of energy from his right palm. He thrust the ball forward. The ball flew towards the six soldiers in a straight line, colliding into the chest of their leader. Their bodies disintegrated into dust, leaving nothing to remain.

As Kolard stood there in the air staring blankly at the destruction before him, his eyes darted to his left upon seeing another soldier charge towards him. Kolard sidestepped, darting up and ran his knee into his jaw. He howled in pain and anger as he was tossed back, but flipped once and was facing him again, attempting to throw another punch. But Kolard anticipated this.

Kolard quickly spun around and jabbed his elbow into the soldier's face, knocking him back. He dashed in front of the enemy, delivering a punch to his face. This sent the soldier flying back, landing hard on the ground. His attention is diverted when another cold soldier charges towards him, shooting a projectile beam towards Kolard. Kolard deftly dodges the beam, spinning on the spot. He throws a right hook towards the soldier's gut. It connects with the soldier, causing all the breath to leave the soldier's lungs. His eyes widened in terror as blood begins to trickle from the corners of his mouth.

Kolard slowly looms above him. With one swift movement, he kicked the soldier in the neck. Blood spurts from the soldier's mouth, falling to the ground. His body falls limp.

Kolard stands still for a moment, looking down at Salza, Dore, and Neiz who're already blasting off towards him. Aiming with their palms they charged big energy balls at him from several different angles. Kolard easily deflected each shot with his arm and leg.

Neiz lunged towards Kolard. He swung his fist, attempting to hit him in the back. However, Kolard quickly ducked to avoid the blow. Using Neiz' own momentum against him, swinging his other hand down and grabbing Neiz' arms in his fingers. Then using his free hand, Kolard pushed Neiz backwards, sending him tumbling onto the ground. A second later Neiz landed on his stomach, rolling onto his back.

Dore raised his hands, unleashing a barrage of blasts at Kolard from multiple directions. He barely managed to move his head to evade any of the attacks. Suddenly, his eyes widened as he felt his breath leaving his lungs. Looking down he finds Salza's knee digging into his stomach. With a grunt, he threw a punch at him which said punch turned into a heated brawl that trailed along the entire edge of the helipad.

Each knuckle that connected with the other caused a wind-like shockwave to spread outward, creating small ripples in the air. Despite the speed of the punches and kicks, Salza was able to keep Kolard at bay, even if they were exchanging blows like this.

Kolard was thrown backwards landing with his feet on the dirt. Snapping his head up, Salza came diving down with his fist cocked back. In his peripheral vision, Kolard could see Neiz blasting off towards him, rushing his leg up at him. Without thinking, Kolard rolled aside.

Salza's fist hit air as said fist plunged through the ground. Neiz's kick didn't land its mark, causing him to blink in bewilderment and scanned his surroundings. Salza glanced down to where Kolard had been standing just seconds ago. When his eyes darted up to the sky, they widened in surprise as he found Kolard high above him, lifting one hand and aiming it at him. Before Salza could even react, Kolard flung a ball of energy directly at him.

The ball connected and engulfed both Salza and Neiz. The duo had enough time to scream before being incinerated completely. Once the blast dissipated and the area was silent, Kolard slowly lowered his hand. Instantly, Kolard's hand snapped up at the last second, and he turned, catching Dore's hand in his, narrowing his eyes at him.

Dore's eyes widened in shock. Such speed! He barely saw it coming, and at how easily the Saiyan blocked him, and jerked him towards him causing Dore to yelp not even given time to react when he saw Kolard's knee rush up catching him by the gut. Making him bend over gasping in pain. But he didn't give him time to recover as he aimed his hand at him once more, a big blue ball of energy built up in his hand with electricity spewing out from jagged patterns, and fired.

Dore didn't have time to dodge.

Deep down Kolard's heart, he felt grim satisfaction when his attack met its mark and he heard Dore let out a wail in pain as he was sent flying over the horizon with the blast. Everyone watched as the blast exploded from a mile away, creating a bright light and expanding outward until it faded away. Everyone waited anxiously for a few moments before Kolard sighed, lowering his hand. Slowly, he lands back to the ground next to King Vegeta.

King Vegeta looked up at him, his curled up to a smirk. "Nice performance."

Kolard glances down at the king, returning his grin. "I have my father to thank. He taught me well."

Kolard darted his eyes to King Cold and Cooler, glaring at them.

Cooler crossed his arms, staring blankly at Kolard. "Not bad, Kolard. Your power has served you well during that battle; however," he closed his eyes for a moment. "Your power is nothing more but an ant to a mountain's height."

Kolard narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure about that? I just took out three of your men along with King Cold's forces without trouble; and those three didn't even stand a chance. But if you're still in doubt, why not come and face me yourself? Then and only then we will see who is stronger."

Cooler smirked at this, taking a step toward Kolard. "Very well then. At least fighting you will probably keep me from getting bored."

Kolard gets into a battle stance. "Then I won't disappoint you."

Kolard and Cooler locked eyes. Neither of the two moved while Kolard used this moment to retreat in his thoughts. After clocking Cooler's battle power a minute ago, he knows that he can't win against him in a one-on-one battle. Hopefully Gine has contacted Bardock, his team along with the savior and they're on their way back; hopefully the savior can beat the both of them. If they are on their way, he'll need to buy as much time as possible to keep Cooler from killing everyone.

Kolard was the first to strike. He launched forward, swinging his foot to roundhouse Cooler, but he was fast. He dodged to the side and used his tail to wrap around his foot, causing Kolard to yelp as he was flipped over, landing roughly on his back. Cooler rushed his tail up with Kolard's foot in his grasp, lifting him up in the air and throwing him forward. The King Vegeta along with the crowd of saiyans immediately moved to the side as they all watched Kolard sent flying past them.

He was sent flying so hard and fast he had no opportunity to straighten himself out and regain control before he slammed into one of the nearby towers. He had managed to slow himself just enough so that the entire formation didn't fall apart on him on impact. He did however get his body indented into the wall of it, and had to pry himself out, gasping in pain.

Unbelievable, he thought. All that power from the flick of his tail and now my whole body feels numb from the impact. If I'm not too careful, he could really kill me.

He gritted his teeth in anger, feeling his chest rising and falling erratically. On your feet. I can't beat him—but with my strength, it should suffice by holding him off long enough until the others get here. He inhaled deeply and focused his attention back onto Cooler who was floating in the air. Smirking down at him with his arms still crossed.

"How disappointing." Cooler sneered. "I expected better from you, Saiyan. At least try to impress me."

Kolard stood up, wiping some of his blood from his nose. He clenched his fists together and tried to ignore the intense pain coursing through his body. Launching forward, he punched Cooler hard across the face.

Though he received the hit, he recovered swiftly, rushing in a kick at his right side. He was sent crashing into the ground and slid a good way before managing to get back to his feet and rush back up toward him. He charges a blast in his hand, and throws his hand up sending it rocketing out at him. Cooler launched upward to avoid it, however, Kolard had anticipated his movements.

He darted up and ran his knee into his jaw. But he didn't howl in pain. Instead, he quickly caught on to his intentions and jumped backward before jumping into action. With a swing of his arm he shot a beam of energy towards Kolard, but he ducked out of the way. With that, Cooler dashed forward, slamming his fist into Kolard's stomach. He doubled over groaning in pain while Cooler swung his tail to connect with his head sending him hard towards the ground.

His eyes glowed in bright crimson and shot out two rays of beams from said eyes. Kolard raised his left arm in front of his face to block the attack, sending him spinning out of control through the air. He caught himself before he hit the ground, looking down to see his left arm had been wounded rather harshly, the glove dissolved and blood seeping from his broken flesh. He narrowed his eyes and ignored the pain, looking up in shock to see Cooler nose-to-nose with him.

He slightly jumped, throwing a roundhouse kick to the side of his head and sending Kolard soaring by the force of the kick. Cooler vanished from where he floated and reappeared behind Kolard, back flipping and spiked him up again which caused Kolard to howl in pain as he straightened himself in the air.

Aiming his hand out at Cooler with a grunt, a ball of orange energy quickly builds up in his hand. Cooler's eyes slightly widened, seeing the ball increasing in size.

"Tyrantical!" Kolard cried and a massive wave of orange ki rushed from his palm.

Cooler swerved just in time to avoid it head on. Snapping his head back at his attacker, he shoots another eye beam at him, hitting Kolard's right shoulder pad and destroying it completely. He was sent back but Kolard was quick to recover from the blow. Both of them flew at each other, brawling at each other. They trailed along the city, dodging and deflecting each other's punches and kicks. It wasn't long before Cooler landed a strong punch on Kolard's cheek, causing him to stumble backwards and blood gushed from his mouth. Kolard grit his teeth, pushing down the burning pain shooting through his cheek, and glared at Cooler.

"Come on now, Kolard," Cooler taunted. "I know you must have something left within your system. Let's see what else I can do to break you down."

Cooler lunged forward in the blink of an eye, aiming a kick aimed straight at his face. At the very last second Kolard brought his arms up in a cross blocking the blow. He winced at the pressure that pushed against his arms and held his ground. He gritted his teeth as he felt his muscles begin to weaken beneath his weight. His hands trembled, barely able to withstand the force of the attack.

Cooler chuckled darkly at this sight. As he lowered his leg Kolard threw himself aside and rolled to dodge his incoming kick once again. With a roar Kolard grabbed hold of Cooler's foot, forcing him to release him before twisting himself to throw his fist up into his solar plexus. But it was blocked by Cooler's forearm. Both combatants backed away from each other with narrowed eyes as Cooler eyed Kolard cautiously.

"Interesting," Cooler remarked, watching as Kolard shifted to catch his breath. "You Saiyans aren't called warriors for nothing indeed. Though I can't say I expected you to be quite as good as you are."

He grinned at this. "That isn't saying much, though. I've fought many people that never lasted long fighting me unlike you." Cooler laughed coldly, his tails swishing back and forth behind his back. "It's almost laughable just by looking at you. I've only been using an atom seed of my strength and already your power is dropping fast; it's pathetic. And honestly, I don't even see the reason fighting you anymore. You are nothing more but a fly in my web." Cooler continued smirking. "But it matters not. I might as well kill you now and save myself the boredom."

Kolard breathed in sharply, glaring at him through narrowed eyes. "You'll… soon learn that I am not a fly. Nor… am I someone to be underestimated either." He muttered as he slowly got to his battle stance.

"Ah," Cooler smiled wider at Kolard's words. "Still confident, aren't you? Well, I would love to see you prove that statement. But like I have established before, it doesn't matter. No matter what you try, you will never defeat me, it is simply and indisputable fact. You may be an exceptional fighter, but there is nothing you can do about the power that I possess." He slowly closed his eyes. His arms slowly spread out and a purple aura surrounded him. "But if words aren't enough, perhaps something physical would."

Before Kolard had time to react he suddenly felt the ground underneath him shake violently and saw several pillars collapse from the top of the tower and fall to the ground.

"What the….!?" Kolard gasped in horror as he whipped back around and watched the aura surrounding Cooler growing bigger and brighter.

Cooler breathed once and absorbed the aura into himself. The moment the light faded his eyes snapped open, staring into Kolard's stunned gaze. A sharp grin grew on his face, as he bawled both his hands into fist.

"I hope you're ready Kolard, as I said before I've only been using an atom seed." Cooler's eyes narrowed and his grin turned sinister. "Let's see if you can handle a fraction."

In the blink of an eye, he jumped forward. His speed doubled that what it was before. Landing a punch that digs into Kolard's gut and sending him backward, clutching his middle, eyes wide with shock and pain.

As soon as he felt the impact, he instantly began coughing up blood from his busted lip. He grimaced as he wiped at his mouth, watching Cooler approach menacingly.

"So, did you learn anything?" Cold asked mockingly, as he stared down at Kolard.

Kolard grunted, struggling to breathe through his sore ribs. He coughed loudly, spitting out some blood onto the ground. He shook his head, attempting to clear his vision. He took a deep breath before whipping his hand around Cooler's fist, grasping tightly around his wrist. Then, with a mighty tug Kolard flung him across the sky, knocking him off course.

He quickly recovered and flew towards Kolard again, his face a mask of concentration. When they met they were locked into a heated brawl that trailed across the landscape. The crowd of Saiyan's eyes were actually having trouble keeping up.

Despite Kolard's strength and adrenaline rushing through his veins, pushing him onward, he was slowly getting outpaced. It didn't take long for him to be on the ground, battered looking, armor in bits, jumpsuit ripped up, blood all over him, cuts scattered along his skin, panting. Cooler hovering overhead with a victorious smirk on his face.

Kolard looked up at him, wiping blood from a gash on his brow. His chest rose and fell rapidly as he forced air into his aching lungs.

"Well," Cooler huffed. "That certainly wasn't very impressive. But I will admit, it was entertaining. You may come off as somewhat reckless and weak to the masses, but I doubt that will hold for much longer."

Kolard's eyes narrowed. He's obviously got him to a corner, much to his annoyance. Right now he's trying to drain him out and he couldn't find any weaknesses he could exploit. I've faced many strong opponents that were a challenge. Kolard thought, breathing deeply and clenching his fists. But none of them ever came close to the one standing above me at present. His strength, his speed, his intellect, his abilities are beyond compare...

He grit his teeth in determination, a small spark of fury igniting within his chest. Each hit he delivers drains me further. It won't be long before he makes me use all of the energy within me before taking me out. He thought, clenching his jaw and pulling himself onto his feet. If that's his intention, then I guess I'll have to resort to drastic measures. He smirked deviously at Cooler.

He brought his right hand up. Building a white ball of energy in his palm. Cooler chuckled at this sight.

"Really?" he laughed. "Is this what you have been working so hard for? To bring me down with that?" He pointed a finger at the ball of energy growing in Kolard's hand.

Kolard grinned. "Oh, this? This isn't for you Cooler. This," he flings the ball into the air causing it to swirl wildly until finally expanded and morphed into a giant white sphere. "This is for me."

Cooler glanced up at the white ball with bewilderment written on his face. "I don't understand how this will change anyth—" he broke off abruptly when he looked back down at Kolard. Gasping slightly. He watched as Kolard's body began to change its shape.

His eyes whiting out, his chest rising and falling quickly, hair protruding in different directions. His face begins to shift, his ears stretching outward to form larger points. His fingers began to grow longer and thicker than normal. His jaws slightly lengthened. Eyes changing colors between white and red. His tail also elongated and grew thick and muscular. Finally, with a loud roar that echoed throughout the city Kolard became a massive great ape that stood before him. His tail whipped behind itself, striking the ground in front of it.

Cooler's mouth hung agape as Kolard roared once more before staring down at him with blazing red eyes.

"Did I keep you waiting, Cooler?" Kolard's voice was deep and animalistic in this form, but he could make words. He can feel his power level skyrocketing from before, and he couldn't help but feel exhilarated. After all, it had been far too long since he last used this form. But with it, it should suffice in overwhelming him completely. "Well, let's begin shall we?"

He opened his maw wide, shooting an energy wave at Cooler.

Cooler didn't have a chance to dodge.

Kolard felt grim satisfaction when his attack met its mark and Cooler wailed in pain as he was sent flying off over the horizon with the blast. He knew it wouldn't kill him. He also knew that was his strongest attack and that it wasn't going to be enough. But it should be enough to leave him temporarily incapacitated. For now anyway.

Kolard sighed, crossing his arms and looking up to the sky. "Armor savior, wherever you are," he paused. "Please hurry back. I'm holding my own for now but I don't know how long I can keep this up—"

Suddenly Cooler appeared right in front of him, punching Kolard in the jaw, sending him skidding backwards.

Kolard winced but recovered quickly. Cocking his arm behind him, he readied a punch but mid way when he noticed something strange: Cooler's appearance had changed.

His chest and muscle-mass have expanded greatly, to a degree similar to that of Frieza's Second Form. His white carapace also changes, with the breast-plates shoulder pads becoming hoop-like in shape, becoming something like white "handles", while the white carapaces on his wrists change drastically, gaining dark-blue sections and developing blade-like protrusions. The tip of his tail gains a white pointed stinger-like carapace as well. However, the most distinguishing characteristic in this form is, perhaps, the change in the carapace Cooler has on his head, which in this form completely encases his entire head except for his eyes, his mouth being covered behind something reminiscent of a visor, four spikes extend from his cranium and there is a large dark-blue section in the middle of his head.

Cooler glares at Kolard, his burning red eyes filled with contempt.

"I'll admit Kolard, you caught me by surprise with that trick of yours. But that's not gonna happen again." Both of his fists clenched tightly together, and a bright purple aura surrounds him. "You should feel privileged; you will be the first one to witness this form. First you will see—then you will die!"

Soon as Cooler shouted this, his aura flared up violently, forming into what seemed to be a pulsating orb floating in the air before him.

In seconds, Kolard felt a sharp spike of pain radiate from his nose when Cooler punched it. Causing him to stumble back a bit. With a groan, he clutched tightly onto his nose. His nostrils flared up, desperately inhaling the scent of cool night air. Using his tail, he tried to wrap it around Cooler. But he vanished quickly, reappearing behind him a few moments later, kicking Kolard in the stomach and making him fly several meters across the ground landing roughly.

He immediately sprung to his feet, glaring daggers at Colder flew straight towards him whilst laughing.

Kolard obliged and lunged straight towards him, throwing a barrage of punches. Cooler deftly dodged each and every one of them, ducking and weaving through them effortlessly. Even with his great ape form, it was slowly becoming evident that Cooler was too strong in this form. Kolard was floored. He didn't understand how he could have improved so much after transforming. None of his punches are even landing a mark on Cooler.

Finally, he managed to drive Cooler back again. Roaring, Kolard jumped back, sending a massive blast of blue white energy right for him.

Cooler dove to the side, avoiding the blast. He chuckled as he raised his open palm in the air, charging a small bright ball of orange red energy. The ball grew larger until it formed a giant burning sphere. The fireball floated above him, a grin stretched across his lips.

Aiming it at his target the burning sphere flung from his palm. It flew directly at Kolard, causing him to bring both his arms up defensively against the incoming projectile, blocking it with all his might. The giant sphere pushed forward, forcing him back. Howling in agony, Kolard fell, falling, both of his arms smoldering. He could feel the warm seeping of blood through his fur. He looked up to see Cooler coming directly towards him, aiming and blasting a beam of Ki at him.

Opening his maw wide he shoots his own rocket of energy, and the two beams meet in the middle, a blast exploding across the landscape that threatens to knock anyone off their feet. Such power! Kolard couldn't believe it. How strong is this guy?

For a moment, Cooler's beam seemed to be making purchase, and he laughed, waiting to watch the Saiyan get consumed in fire. But Kolard was bathed in a huge blue aura, and a new burst of power rolled up the line of energy, shooting it at Cooler so hard and fast that when it made contact, Cooler was sent flying backwards.

Kolard panted heavily, still feeling the immense pain radiating through his body. As he rose to his feet, his eyes were set on his target. A determined look spread across his face.

Just a bit longer…just a bit longer….

A/N: Hey, it's me Goku! Man, Kolard is really having a hard time against that Cooler guy and he's crazy strong! When the two of them were fighting I knew Cooler must've been holding back and maybe had some hidden strength. But I never thought he could be hiding this much. Oh man, things are getting bad here. Even with that great ape form it's still not doing much on him. Just hang on a bit longer Kolard, the others are on their way!

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