Dragonball Z: Frieza Saga [9]

Piccolo sense the intense power, and realizes how hard it will be to win this fight. He charges in at Freiza, but does very little damage, and ends up getting thrown back. He thinks that if he can get some space between them, then he can go on from there. Piccolo is amazed that Freiza easily manages to get in front of him, blocking him from going any further. Piccolo tries going in another direction, but again, he is cut off by Freiza. The evil tyrant sees that Piccolo is afraid, and holds out his fingers. He starts shooting blasts off them, and hitting with everyone, tearing Piccolo apart, making blood squirt from him, and making his clothes rip. Piccolo endures the punishment for a while, but cannot do anything about it. The punishment goes on, and Gohan can’t stand to watch anymore. He charges at Freiza, and Krillen is about to go too. Vegeta grabs hold of his ankle though, and tells him not to waist his time on Freiza, but attack him so that he would be strong enough to win the battle. Krillen won’t do it at first though. Gohan charges at Freiza, and takes him by surprise, knocking him away, then blasting him with a mammoth Masenko. Freiza sees the energy coming, and tries to block it, but it is so intense, that it slowly drives him down to the ground. Gohan puts more power into the attack, and drives Freiza down even further. Piccolo struggles to stay afloat, as he watches Gohan’s incredible power. Freiza’s tail scrapes against the floor, as he fights for his life. Gohan puts all of his energy into his attack. Freiza is powered down to the floor, but before he is crushed by the energy, he barely manages to bounce it away. The vein in his head is sticking out from all the stress his body was just under. Gohan has very little left in him, and takes Piccolo over to dry land. Freiza can’t believe that a kid has done so much damage, and he decides that he will transform into his final form.

Meanwhile, Vegeta is threatening Krillen, and he goes to hit him through frustration, but Krillen holds out his hand, and blasts a hole in the middle of the saiyan, sending him to the ground smiling. Dende sees this, but can’t bring himself to heal Vegeta, after all of the Nameks that he killed. He goes over to Piccolo, and heals his wounds, leaving Vegeta on the floor in terrible agony.

Krillen imagines what Freiza may look like in his final form, and pictures a huge monster with his tongue sticking out, and really is amusing when you see how wrong he is. Freiza continues to transform, letting out cries of pain, due to the intensity of the energy around him. He continues to power up for a while, with smoke gathering, and being blown into the air, smothering him. Gohan and Krillen try to talk Dende into healing Vegeta, but they can’t. Piccolo then speaks, but it is a different voice to normal, in Nail’s voice. Dende is overjoyed at hearing this, and goes over to Vegeta immediately. It seems that when someone has fused into you, they can also talk, and have an impact on the persons actions. Dende waves his hands over Vegeta, and heals him. Vegeta gets up, and throws Dende on the floor, because it took him so long to heal him. He claims to finally be an SSJ, and prepares to fight Freiza.

Freiza finished his transformation, and the smoke slowly starts to clear. When it does, a small figure is seen, only about as big as Freiza’s first form. It has little black lines coming from it’s eyes, and somehow looks fairly weak. Krillen remarks on this, but Vegeta calls him an idiot, and not to judge peoples power on looks. They sense his power, and immediately realize how strong he has become. Freiza laughs at them, for allowing him to power up this much, and then points out his finger. He fires a straight blast which goes past everyone, and eventually comes to rest at Dende. It pierces his heart, and he falls, dying immediately. Freiza tells them that no one will be able to get healed from here on out. He then turns to Gohan, and fires a blast at him. Before the little kid is hit though, Vegeta swoops in, and punches him out of the way. Vegeta claims that it was only so that he could see him fight as a super saiyan, but Gohan doesn’t believe him, and thanks him. He is also amazed that Vegeta could have foreseen the blast, and thinks that he may well have achieved the level of a super saiyan.

Freiza tells Vegeta that it is time for him to die, and Vegeta disagrees as he charges at him, and goes for a punch. Freiza disappears though, and Vegeta sees that he is now behind him. He can’t believe that Freiza has become so fast. Vegeta charges again, but for the second time, Freiza easily dodges. Vegeta starts hammering away at him, trying to get a shot in, but every punch is dodged. Gohan thinks that Vegeta is winning, but Piccolo isn’t so sure. Freiza blocks a punch, and wraps his tail around Vegeta. He then starts to beat him to a pulp, with punch after punch. Vegeta is losing energy fast, and Gohan goes in to help, but is pulled back my his mentor – Piccolo. He is told that they are too weak to defeat Freiza, and they would only die if they tried. Vegeta gets pounded a bit more.

Back in the ship, Goku feels something, and announces that he is fully recovered. He breaks out of the tank, and grabs his clothes, putting them on, then blasting through the top of the ship. He stands on the top for a while, and senses around. He notices how strong he is feeling, and goes straight over to the powers. Freiza is still hammering away at Vegeta, with the saiyan unable to block. Goku lands, and orders that Freiza stops. He looks at Goku blankly, and laughs. Vegeta says the word ‘Kakarot’ to Goku, making Freiza realize that he is saiyan. Goku demands that Freiza drops Vegeta, and he does so, but only after he delivers one last crushing blow to him. Vegeta warns Goku about how powerful Freiza is, and tells him to kill him for him. He says that he must turn SSJ to win, and to do it for him. Freiza grows tired of Vegeta’s ramblings, and blasts him. Vegeta somehow stays alive long enough to tell Goku that it wasn’t his fault that he did all those things before, but because he was living in fear of Freiza, and it was him that corrupted his mind. Vegeta tells Goku all about how Freiza destroyed their homeplanet, and murdered both of their fathers. Freiza then blasts him again, and Vegeta managed to tell Goku that there was only one more stage to becoming super saiayn, but he died before he could say what it was.

Irate at Freiza, Goku asks why he killed someone who couldn’t hurt him anymore, and was too weak to do anything to stop him. Freiza laughs, and tells Goku that he was boring him. Goku blasts a hole in the ground, and then carries Vegeta over to it, to give him a proper burial. HE piles on the mud, burying him totally, saying how he now realizes that it wasn’t his fault that he was bad, and that he would avenge his death, and kill Freiza for Vegeta. Goku finished off, and turns to Freiza. He taunts him, and tells him to leave, but Freiza just laughs in his face. Goku then prepares to fight, but before he can do anything, Freiza fires a blast at him, the same one that killed Dende, and Goku easily deflects it. His eyes turn to Gohan, and Piccolo sees this, and orders everyone away, as they are distracting Goku. They all fly away from the battleground, and up to a high rock, where they will be safe. Goku and Freiza go at it, fairly evenly matched. Freiza fires a huge ball of energy at Goku, but it is blocked, and hit away safely, sending Goku through many mountains before he got rid of it. Goku gets pounded for a while, and is hurt badly. Freiza hits him into the water, and wonders why it takes Goku so long to return to the surface. Suddenly, two KameHameHa’s shoot at Freiza, followed by Goku nailing him from behind. Freiza is knocked down, but soon gets up, and resumes the beating that he was giving to Goku. He beats him up so badly, that Goku can’t get up. He has his head under the water, and he is being talked to telepathically. Vegeta, King Vegeta, and Bardock (his dad) are all reminding him about his true heritage, and that he is the last pure bred saiyan alive, meaning that he must beat Freiza for everything that he has done to him. Goku gets a burst of life, and gets up, threatening Freiza, and making a long speech. Freiza laughs in his face at this, and begins to pound him again, kicking him round the floor.

On King Kai’s planet, everyone is confident in Goku, and Yamcha asks if he is wearing weighted clothes. Kai answers firmly ‘no’. Tien says that he still has the Kai-o-kan in his arsenal, but Kai tells him that he has been using that the whole time. This is when they suddenly start to fear for Goku’s safety.

Back on Namek, it is still Freiza and Goku taking it to each other, with Freiza winning. He moves some rocks, and sends them all flying towards Goku. The saiyan forms a KI barrier, and manages to deflect all the rocks, but is hit by Freiza when he comes charging in. Freiza then tells Goku that he isn’t even using his full power. This worries Gohan and Krillen, but Piccolo tells them that Goku hasn’t been either. Freiza starts to go all out, and beats him up to the point that Goku hardly has anything left.

Freiza has now worked out that it was Goku who beat Ginyu, not Vegeta, but he still thinks he can win none-the-less. Freiza challenges Goku to take him on, when he is only using one hand. Goku questions why Freiza would do this, but Freiza puts one hand behind his back, and they start to fight. It is fairly evenly matched, but Freiza sways the fight in his favor by using his tail as a weapon, hitting Goku with it. Freiza tries this a second time, but Goku catches it in his teeth, and bites hard. Freiza screams in pain, and uses both hands to punch him away. Goku spits and tries to get the taste from his mouth, then laughs, saying that Freiza couldn’t get the job done with one hand like he though he could. This only angers Freiza, but Goku continues to laugh at him all the same.

Freiza attacks him a little more, and Goku decides that he has no choice other than to use Kai-o-kan times 20. He uses it, and his body holds together. Goku manages to blast Freiza with an almighty KameHameHa, making him block with both hands. Freiza has little trouble surviving the blast, but one of his hands have been singed badly. Freiza lands, impressed with Goku’s efforts. He then tells him that he has only been fighting at one percent of his power, and then powers up to 50 percent. This makes a bolt of lightning come down from the sky, and immerse Freiza with more energy. The battle returns to Freiza’s favor, as he easily beats Goku up. The saiyan has little left in him, but he continues to get up. Freiza uses an attack which puts Goku in some sort of bubble, which will explode when it touches anything but Freiza. The evil tyrant starts to kick it around, playing a sort of volleyball game with it. In the end though, he grows tired of the game, and slams the ball down to the ground. An epic explosion ensues, and the waters are blown away. Goku calls Freiza, and it appears that he is floating above him. Freiza can’t believe that Goku somehow avoided the explosion. He is impressed, but carries on putting a beating on him. He charges up a ball of energy which he holds high above his head, and throws down at Goku, knocking him through many layers of the ground, but in the end, Goku manages to deflect the blast. Freiza uses many other tricks during the course of the fight, including knocking Goku into a volcano, but Goku manages to hold onto the side, and climb out. Impressed at Goku’s resilience, Freiza congratulates him on how long he has survived. Goku knows that he can’t win in hand-to-hand, so he raises his arms, calling for the Genki Dama (Spirit Bomb) attack. There isn’t enough energy left on Namek, so Goku decides to try to get some from other planets, forming a galaxy spirit bomb. The ball of energy is formed above Namek, as Goku laughs at Freiza, who is oblivious to what he is doing. Piccolo senses the attack, and Krillen explains what it is.

Freiza grows impatient of waiting for Goku, and attacks, sending him to the floor. Goku climbs to his feet, and raises his arms again, to continue to gather energy, Freiza is angry that he doesn’t attack back, so he hits Goku down again, but for the second time, Goku gets up, and raises his arms. Freiza gets plain bored with waiting, and opens the palm of his hand, to blast Goku with. Piccolo sees that Goku is too weak to dodge, and is focusing too much on building up his spirit bomb to attack, so he flies over to help. Piccolo gets energy off Gohan and Krillen, then charges over, and kicks Freiza in the face, before he can let lose with the attack. Freiza soars through the air, crashing through a mountain. Piccolo tells Goku that he has nothing left now, and the energy has got to bed ready soon. Freiza is looking very angry, and he goes over to Piccolo and starts to rough him up. He is about to finish him off, when he sees the shadow of Goku’s spirit bomb. Relizing what is happening, Freiza goes over to Goku, but is sandwiched by two high velocity energy attacks. Gohan and Krillen are seen either side of him, with their hands spread. Freiza forgets about Goku’s Genki Dama (Which he continues to build up), and goes after Gohan and Krillen. After shouting at Goku for a long time, Piccolo finally gets the answer he is looking for, when Goku shouts that it’s ready, and brings down the spirit bomb on Freiza. The evil tyrant realizes that he has made one hell of a mistake, and looks up to see the energy closing on him. He tries to block it, but is unable to, and is shot down to the ground, with a huge impact, causing a hole in the planet.

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