DRAGONBALL Z
THE LEGEND OF THE ULTIMATE
STRONGEST IN THE UNIVERSE
Chapter 1
What if Frieza's brother Cooler received his distress signal and came to investigate the problem…?
What if Gohan actually ran into Cooler on his way back to help his father…?
Let's find out!
Goku's space ship, South East point of Namek…
Gohan's head perked up, his eyes casting ahead of him. Something was wrong… Goku's power signal had fallen… it was gone. But it didn't seem possible. At first, his power signal was radiating fine just a few minutes ago, but now it's gone… just like that! And Gohan knew, that that meant trouble.
As Bulma fumbled with the controls of the ship and Gohan stood up from his examination of his injured friend Piccolo, the planet shook violently. Because of the battle which followed after Goku had became a Super Saiyan, the planet was hit by one of Frieza's death ball attacks, thus, disintegrating the planet's core and creating a new, unstable environment. The planet was on the verge of exploding.
"He's gone", said Gohan. Bulma looked up from her typing and turned to the chibi Saiyan Gohan, seeing him standing up over his friend.
"Huh, what do you mean Gohan? Who's gone"?
Gohan narrowed his eyes on his sights, his senses extending out to try and reach his father's ki. Yet, there was no luck…
"My dad's power signal is gone, I can't sense him any more", replied Gohan. Bulma stood up from her seat and stood by the control's. Even though she didn't know what Gohan meant, she had a deep feeling in her gut that it was not good. She laid a hand on her chest and looked at Gohan with worry.
"What! His power signal is gone, what does that mean Gohan? Please, tell me", begged Bulma, eager to find out what was going on with the kid now. Gohan didn't answer for a while, nor did he revert his gaze from staring at the hatch to the ship.
"It means… that he's dead. My father has failed", stated Gohan sadly, his voice turning down into a whisper. Bulma stepped closer and was almost thrown off her feet by another shock wave caused by the slowly crumbling planet.
"But, if your father is gone, then…"
Gohan turned to her, his face serious.
"That means you can go Bulma, I'm staying here"! Bulma's senses opened up a little more to Gohan's words and she stared at him in confusion.
"Wait, what do you intend to do", she asked. Gohan turned back to the hatch and approached it, his footsteps echoing off the walls of their ship. He sighed as he reached the control panel to the ship.
"Me Bulma… I intend to finish my father's work. I'm going back to finish Frieza", said Gohan. Bulma blinked a few times, the message finally getting through to her. She frowned and ran forward but tripped over the unconscious corpse of Piccolo, almost slipping in his purple blood.
"Wait Gohan, you can't leave! This planet is going to explode, how are you going to get home"?
Gohan shrugged and pressed the button on the control panel to open the hatch door. As the ramp slowly lowered, he was immediately met with the harsh winds of Namek. In his eyes, he could see lava and debris flying everywhere, the mountains and landscapes collapsing and the whole planet's violent atmosphere. The skies were cloudy, the gas emissions being released into the air now taking their toll.
"I don't know Bulma, but I'll find a way back. Take care of Piccolo for me will you", said Gohan. Bulma, who was clinging on for dear life because the winds were far too strong for her too handle had to look up with one eye. She couldn't believe that Gohan, a kid of only 5 could stand against such force.
"But Gohan…"
Gohan turned to her, this time, his face showed his happiness and innocents everyone had came to know him had. His eyes were sparkling with unshed tears and his seriousness had fallen.
"Hey… don't worry about me Bulma. I'll be all right, it's what my father and Piccolo would want, they'd understand". Gohan gave her a nod and turned back to stare out into the open valleys of Namek, the crumbling planet. "I'm half Saiyan Bulma, and Frieza is going to hunt me down no matter what. I don't want to be the cause of the destruction of earth if Frieza tries to find me there! This is for the best…"
Gohan's tears drifted down his cheeks and onto his spandex body armor, the winds beating his hair violently. "Tell my mom… I love her. Good luck Bulma, and farewell".
Instantly, Gohan took off into the skies of Namek, the dark clouds almost blinding him. Bulma cried and ran over to the hatch.
"GOHAN! COME BACK… DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE"!
The chibi Saiyan didn't listen, he just continued his flight path, and soon enough, he was out of sight!
Somewhere on Namek's shattered equator…
An unfamiliar figure floated through the violent winds of what was to be called a similar version to Hell. But this wasn't Hell, it was Namek, the planet where the 7 mystic dragon balls lay to be discovered and brought together. Yet, this figure knew nothing about it and merely scowled at the horrible place.
Landing with a light thud with his purple tail smacking the ground lightly, his red eyes scanned left to right, taking in this, new place…
He could clearly make out the rough seas, waves towering over to two stories and crashing against unstable rocks and small pieces of land. The grass was ablaze and slowly burning away with mountains and cliff collapsing into the oceans, never to be seen again. Old, destroyed homes were also sucked into craters along with trees and other environmental life forces falling into the depths of the planet as it slowly caved in.
"Hmm… I thought that distress call was a practical joke! Obviously it was not", said the alien, looking to his right. His eyes twitched. "This is my brother's work no doubt, but where is he, that's the question".
Yup, you guessed it! This mysterious figure looking on from afar is none other then the illustrious Cooler, Frieza's brother who bore the same evil and twisted heart that made him so ruthless and cruel. But it wasn't his heart everyone feared, it was his awesome destructive power that had been known across the universe. Thousands of planets were reduced to rubble by this merciless tyrant.
Now, the alien lizard was here on a mission as it were. He had received a distress signal from his brother's ship and had come to investigate the problem. When he arrived, he wasn't at all surprised to see the planet on the verge of exploding, his brother always loved destruction.
As he scanned his surroundings, he was able to detect two ki signatures. One of which belonged to his brother, the other was unknown to him but had quite a high level of power. He flinched as he stared in the direction of the unknown power source.
It's easy to tell that my brother is still alive, but what could cause him to transform to his 100 full power final form. He isn't that spooked so easily. Hmm… maybe it had to be a Super Saiyan! But, that can't be the Super Saiyan I'm sensing now! It might be Vegeta or someone else no questions asked. I'd better go check it out!
Pushing off lightly from his position on the cliff, Cooler sped off in the direction of the ki source he felt. It was heading in his brother's direction so he was going to intercept it at all costs.
As Gohan flew through the sky with the violent winds beating against his face, he suddenly picked up a third ki level heading towards him. He turned his head in the direction and slowed down so he could get a better reading. Whoever was projecting that ki level was strong, but who?
That power… it's stronger then Frieza's... but… it can't be. No, my father was fighting Frieza not long ago before his signal went out, so who could that be. I have to see for myself…
Changing course by 5 degrees to the left, Gohan began a new journey towards the slowly approaching power level. It didn't sense all too familiar, but he had a feeling that it wasn't good.
It only took a few seconds for Gohan to reach the point where he would meet this mysterious ki signature and could tell it wasn't far off. The planet was on the verge of blowing up so he wouldn't want to miss this.
He stopped in his flight, his white aura dying down as he floated in mid air. Rubble and debris were still flying everywhere making it all the more dangerous but he didn't notice. He was too caught up in his thoughts to even care. His father was gone and he wasn't going to back down now after coming this far!
Gohan scanned the air in front of him, hoping to spot a figure, an animal or something, whatever was heading towards him. He didn't have to wait long.
Suddenly, out of the clouds and windy skies, he was able to spot the incoming source of a purple aura surrounding a mysterious figure. His eyes went wide as soon as he laid eyes upon the figure. It was Frieza!
There you are… I knew you would come!
Then, within seconds, the figure stopped to float in front of him, his fists balled and his familiar tail hanging lazily behind him. His red eyes glared back at Gohan's own black orbs as they floated, almost suspended in time.
Gohan flinched and bared his teeth, taking his stance.
"You, are you Frieza?" asked Gohan. No, wait, something is different! Sure he could recognize Frieza from a mile away but this new Frieza looked all too different. He remembered Frieza having purple shoulder blades, head and torso with his remaining body parts white, but this Frieza looked different.
This Frieza had purple skin, along with the familiar purple head. But, his image was far different. He had red tattoos on his face and his face was purple, the shell thing on his head ghostly white. What looked to be his chest and torso formed into a body armor image that also sported a ghostly white color. To top it off, he had the almost exact size and outline as Frieza's 33 final form and had a purple tail.
The new alien stared at Gohan oddly, looking the spandex and armor wearing boy up and down before narrowing his eyes more in seriousness. Was this a joke?
"NO! I'm not Frieza! I'm his older brother Cooler. Who are you", asked the alien. Gohan's eyes widened more in shock and he dropped his guard, backing off in anticipation.
"F-F-Frieza's brother! B-But… that's impossible! How are you to be here", asked Gohan, dropping back into a fighting stance after regaining his composure from the shock. Cooler flinched.
"It's pretty obvious isn't it since you are one of Frieza's men. I received a distress call from his ship to come here and aid in some dilemma. I'm presuming you made the call… or are you an imposter", asked Cooler, glaring more maliciously at the chibi. Gohan growled and powered up, his fists balling and his teeth bearing. His form was surrounded by a white aura and his ki spiked to an incredible height.
"I am neither. I'm Gohan, son of Goku, the Super Saiyan who died fighting your brother", yelled Gohan in anger. Even though he had just met Cooler, he suddenly felt a strong hatred and fear towards this alien. He knew that Frieza was evil and that he killed people for fun and he had a deep feeling in his gut that Cooler was exactly the same.
Cooler's eyes widened in surprise as he further examined the chibi in front of him.
"A… Super Saiyan"? Cooler's shock dropped into an evil grin and he laughed out loud! "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a joke! A Super Saiyan, that is impossible. They are merely a legend; the snobby Saiyan monkey's… all of them believed that legend. If you are one of them, then it is understandable that you do believe in that legend as well"! Then, when the realization of Gohan's words struck him, his evil face turned into an angered scowl.
"So that was the reason my brother sent that distress signal. He had finally been outmatched by a Super Saiyan, your father obviously and called me to help. Well, since your father's energy level is undetectable at the time, I presume I wasn't needed after all." Suddenly, he sprouted a smile and pointed at the powering up Gohan. "But you, as a Saiyan are like a poisonous rat. My family hated them and I too do believe in the legend of a Super Saiyan. So, just in case that this never happens again, I'm going to exterminate you. It's time to clean up the garbage around here. Death to all Saiyans"!
Gohan growled through bared teeth and further prepared himself. Cooler was stronger then Frieza, slightly stronger. And Gohan didn't know whether Cooler was in his final form or not, or whether he could get stronger.
Cooler grinned and balled his fists.
"I'm going to blow you into a million pieces, just like how I have done to countless others before you"!
Gohan was angry now! With a yell, Gohan launched himself at Cooler at an incredible rate. This was unexpected by the tyrant and he got a small fist impaled in his face. He was knocked senseless; his fall appearing in slow motion.
Taking Cooler's disadvantage to his advantage, Gohan started hammering blows into the alien's stomach. After what appeared to be a constant 50 uppercuts to the gut, Gohan punched Cooler in the chin and, increasing his altitude level just a bit, roundhouse kicked Cooler into the distance. Lava and lightning could be seen flickering on Namek's surface, the destruction and end continuing to the dying planet.
Cooler was still flying by the time Gohan caught up with him, the young Saiyan locking his fingers together and jack hammering Cooler into the ravenous ocean below. Cooler fell into the boiling water with a tremendous splash, the water which splashed into the air reaching a height of 5 stories before plummeting back into its place.
Gohan glared down at the wavy ocean below, almost amazed at what he had done before he continued his assault. Throwing both his hands back behind his head, he powered up a tremendous energy rain technique. His palms glowed a hot golden glow as he charged his ki before he threw both hands forward, unleashing his energy rain.
Barrages of ki blasts rained down into the ocean, the waves being knocked off course and the blasts cutting through the water like a knife through butter. Cooler was being repeatedly hit by the blasts and was certain that his opponent was far stronger then this. He didn't let the thought of a Super Saiyan cross his mind this time.
Finishing his assault, Gohan threw one last energy ball into the ocean, a resounding explosion following the impact with the ground beneath sea level. More water and rubble flew everywhere, the damage far greater then what Gohan had hoped for. But, since Cooler's ki was still here, Gohan figured it would take more then a rain of blasts and a few punches to finish this tyrant off. He had to focus and use all his skill and training to help him defeat this adversary once and for all.
Powering up, Gohan charged after Cooler into the ocean, seeing the alien floating in the depths of the water with his arms crossed and slightly bruised up from the assault. He also had a bleeding lip.
Quickly, Gohan charged into action, throwing a flurry of punches at his opponent. Cooler avoided jabs and right punches, ducking a progressively fast hook. Seeing that his punches weren't enough, Gohan leapt forward and sent a right kick at Cooler's mid section. Cooler avoided it by sliding back before attacking with his tail, swishing at his opponent's head. Gohan was quite small and hard to hit, but Cooler was quite fast too.
Gohan ducked the tail swipe and was about to attack when Cooler held his hand up in front of the chibi Saiyan's face, the ki rising in the palm at an alarming rate. But Gohan wasn't going to give up.
Recovering from shock, Gohan held his hands up, fast enough to block the incoming ki ball Cooler had just released. It took him all of his strength to stop the blast from cutting his skin up as he was thrown into the side of a wall which stuck up from the ground and towered above the ocean. Straining his ki and pushing all his pent up energy, Gohan managed to divert the blast, throwing it back at Cooler. The alien was shocked that the chibi was able to block his blast that efficiently and barely avoided getting hit by his own blast.
With the blast sailing off into the distance and exploding on impact with a different object, Cooler and Gohan continued their battle.
Rubble, stone and pieces of earth began too fall into the water, the planet shaking ever more violently with more earthquakes to come. Gohan spiked his ki and rushed Cooler, throwing a right punch at his opponent. Cooler avoided it and retreated, Gohan following and throwing a left hook. Cooler slid out of that one too and was about to continue when he suddenly became aware that he was running out of running space, his back against the wall as efficient evidence.
Gohan suddenly came up to him and threw a right punch, impaling his fist in the wall. Cooler was about to attack, seeing Gohan's disadvantage when he was suddenly punched across the face with a jab. He was too slow to recover from the blow when Gohan suddenly thrust his knee into Cooler's gut, knocking the wind out of the mighty tyrant.
Cooler draped two arms over his mid section, his form keeling over from the blow while trying to recover. Gohan saw his predicament and used it to his advantage. Pulling his fist out of the wall he had it in and quickly shifting behind Cooler, he grabbed the alien's tail and spun him around in circles into a toss.
Then, releasing his hold, Gohan threw him out of the water, quickly following so that he could get a breath of air.
Cooler was in the air now, and he had just recovered from his sudden toss when Gohan appeared in front of him, throwing a jab at his face. Cooler blocked it and retaliated with his own punch, expecting to hit his opponent. Gohan ducked it and came up with an upper cut to the tyrant's gut, smacking him hard. Cooler choked up blood and spit, his awfully small opponent leaping clear over the top of him.
Once Gohan was behind Cooler, he quickly powered up a ki kick and kicked his disadvantaged opponent into the air. Cooler didn't go very far this time and started to get serious.
Using his ki, he forced himself to stop, throwing his arms and legs out to instantly stop his fall. It was stressful for Cooler to bring out his real power, but if he had any chance of defeating his opponent, he had to fight fast and furious. Seeing Gohan charging from behind out of the corner of his eye, Cooler attacked, throwing his elbow back to hit his unguarded opponent. Gohan saw it coming and blocked it with his own parry elbow, coming back with a knee. Cooler copied and kneed him in return, coming to face his opponent front on.
A massive battle insured next, Gohan going on a full scale attack. Cooler retaliated as best as he could, blocking and parrying his opponent's attacks while attacking back with his own assault. He used his tail to try and hit Gohan out of the air but Gohan was too fast.
With their fight intensifying and drawing into climax, the two brought it up into the clouds, shock waves of force and power following the incredible blows the two fighters inflicted upon one another. This fight would make Frieza and Goku's fight look like a joke, and because Gohan had been through intense battles and fights along the way on his journey through Namek, he had definitely strengthened in time, thanks to the Saiyan blood running through his veins. For him, this was the fight of his life.
Knocking Cooler back with a ki push, Gohan attacked full force once again, his aura bursting around him at a violent rate to push himself at his unguarded opponent. Cooler had to recover quickly and, seeing his opponent attacking him, moved to a new mode.
Spinning with his arms and legs tucked, the lizard like alien struck out with his tail, the purple appendage extending to amazing lengths like a sword. Gohan professionally flipped and avoided all blows before, leaping over the last one, attacked Cooler.
Cooler blocked Gohan's incoming punch and responded with a kick. Gohan fazed out though and reappeared behind Cooler, sending a sidekick at his back. Cooler was sent flying down once again, plummeting towards a mountain side. But the mighty alien wasn't beat yet!
Halting his fall, Cooler spun around and, seeing Gohan flying towards him, fired his Destructive ray, two beams of purple energy shooting out of his eyes.
The beams caught Gohan's attention and, quickly stopping, Gohan punched them into the planet's atmosphere, never to see them again.
Unfortunately, Cooler used this as a distraction and he quickly attacked, punching Gohan across the face. Gohan had the wind knocked out of him but he quickly retaliated and recovered, kicking Cooler out of the way and retreating back a bit.
Cooler saw Gohan retreating through blurred vision and, stopping his flight once again, threw back his finger and fired it forward, letting loose a blue beam of energy which flew from his finger, straight at Gohan. Gohan avoided the attack, dodging the blast swiftly and throwing his arm back, threw his own blast back at Cooler, like throwing a regular baseball. Cooler jumped over the blast and, throwing both palms forward, fired off a barrage of blue death beams at his opponent.
Gohan saw the approaching danger and, powering up a ki fist, let it loose on the attacks, effectively exploding all 10 beams fired at him in a single blow.
When the smoke cleared, Gohan got a clear vision of his opponent. Cooler was still floating in the same position he was before, a normal expression on his face. Well, he did look a bit ticked off but all the while, he was normal.
The alien smiled while Gohan stood, ready for an attack.
"Well, well, well, not bad… rather impressive actually. Frieza, yes I can see why he would have trouble with you or your father. You're both very strong. In fact, you're much stronger then I had anticipated. My brother was a pest, I would have killed him sooner or later, but he was always trying to beat me. Trying to prove that he was the best and he definitely had the edge"! Gohan flinched. He didn't know where this conversation was going. But so far, he was learning a lot from this small speech.
Cooler smiled casually and raised his index finger, but not at Gohan. He was pointing to the sky, trying to make a clear statement. And he was, believe it or not.
"But then it happened… I transformed"! This, Gohan did not like and he was more curious then ever yet, a little worried.
"As you know, I'm in my third transformed state but I found a forth beyond it", declared the tyrant. Gohan gasped and stepped back, or floated back. "WHAT!"
Cooler grinned. "You should feel privileged; you will be the first one to witness this form. First you will see then you will die"!
Cross his arms over his face and bring his knees up, he curled into a ball, his from suddenly surrounded by a purple glow. Everything turned into slow motion from then on in, but soon it sped up as a purple shield of ki surrounded the alien tyrant, blocking him out of any eye contact or view. A fierce wind seemed to blow up, almost knocking Gohan out of his flight as the purple shield which glowed around Cooler suddenly cracked. It only took a few seconds for Cooler to transform and Gohan was surprised that Cooler finished it by cracking the purple shell like barrier surrounding him.
Suddenly, the shell exploded, revealing a much larger and exceptionally powerful Final form Cooler. Gohan was shocked beyond belief when he felt the power radiating off of Cooler, and was even more shocked at his opponent's increase in size.
"Whoa man… he's huge"!
Cooler chuckled in a far deeper and scarier voice. But that wasn't the only thing that had changed about the tyrant. Sure his body color remained the same, but he was twice as big as before. He had sprouted four identical horns on his head, changing that shell which he had in his third form. His shoulders and muscles have also bulged up, thick spikes appearing on his back too. His arms also had the same think horns as his back, also decorated by singular purple jewel like orbs. His eyes were pure red, and he definitely looked like a demon.
The tyrant smiled, his lips still showing at least.
"Yes… time to die"! Suddenly, baring his teeth, his mouth was instantly covered by a mouth guard, a white plating mouth shield completing his transformation.
This was not good…
TO BE CONTINUED…