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A NEW DESTINY: BOOK 1
Part 5: The Past Returns with a Vengeance

By Robster80

A/N: Hold onto your hats, folks, and your seats! If the cliffhanger in part 4 caught your eye, then you'll know what's about to happen here. Once again, I do not own anybody in this story, save for King Robert.

Previously: Though Kari finally knows the truth about Ranma's death, TK continues to shut her out despite his breaking heart. Cell visits Kari at her home and tells her that, although TK doesn't know it, he will need her in the aftermath of the coming showdown. After a week flew by, TK defeated one of Friezor's soldiers in his home only to get a shocking call from Burter: Friezor and his father were about to land on Earth...



TK burst into Rusty's lab where Burter and Rusty were waiting for him.

"Where will they land," he demanded. "And when?"

TK was extremely angry, not because Friezor and King Cold were finally coming or because one of their soldiers attacked him in his own home earlier that morning. It was because the villains' soldiers had kidnapped his brother, his aunt & uncle, and especially Kari.

Rusty calmly looked at the boy. "We're very close to pinpointing them out. What happened to your attacker?"

"He's dead. Friezor used some device on the guy's neck to kill him if he failed his mission. I called the police before I left so they should have him soon. Are you sure Kari and the others were taken by them?"

Burter nodded, but kept silent. <I dare not tell him that the Hibikis were also taken. Despite the kid's promise to Ranma, he might let them die.> The giant then looked over at a sword and its sheathe on the table.

Rusty noticed this and picked up the weapon. "I thought you might need this," he said as he gave it to TK. "It's 100% pure adamantium mixed with Spanish steel and titanium. I've put a lot of work into this, so be careful with it. Also, you should only use it as a last resort."

TK buckled the sword to his back and said, "I don't see why you gave me this. I already know the real Neko-ken fighting style..."

"But there's no telling how effective that will be," Burter said. "This way, you may have an edge in more ways than one."

A buzzer then went off as a graph appeared on the monitor screen. Rusty checked it and said, "Got 'em! They'll land at the ruins of Neo-Tokyo in about two minutes. Man, no one's been there since the original team fought a battle there and lost several members!"

Burter looked at TK and said, "I'll fly there and keep Friezor and his father distracted. You teleport there, but stay out of sight! We have the element of surprise this time, not them."

Nodding, TK placed two fingers to his forehead and used the Instant Transmission to exit.

Burter headed for the door, but stopped when Rusty said, "Burter! Make sure that kid stays alive, if not both of you."

Burter nodded. "You have my word, Rusty." <I don't know what may happen this day, but I do know that TK will come out alive in the end. Even if I have to break the rule and use the Dragon Balls to do it!>

Rusty stared after the retreating Burter. <Return safely, my friends.> He then walked into a room with statues of heroes. He walked until he stopped in front of a statue of Ranma. <We've lost too many good friends in battle.>


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"What is going on here?!" Nodoka demanded to one of the alien soldiers hold her prisoner. Behind her were her husband and her nephew, Kari, the Hibikis, including Davis; Ukyo Kuonji, Shampoo, Mousse, Kuno, Nabiki, Soun, and Kasumi. Over thirty alien soldiers surrounded them, each holding a laser gun. They were all in the ruins of Neo-Tokyo, which was destroyed years ago under mysterious circumstances.

Nodoka continued her argument. "I demand you release the others, at least! They have nothing to do with all this, whatever it is."

One soldier, who had green scaly skin and a fin on his head, said, "We can't, lady! On account that was take orders from a higher power. As for why you're all here, you're somehow connected to some guy from here." He turned to face one of his fellow men. "What was that guy's name again? I think his initials were R something."

He never got an answer as a large spaceship suddenly appeared and landed several feet ahead of everyone. The main doors opened and there came metallic sounds from within. All the soldiers immediately bowed at the door as a mostly metallic, reptilian being exited the craft, followed by a larger, purple being that closely resembled the other being. The only exceptions were that the bigger one wore black Saiyan armor complete with a black tape, and had two devil horns.

The metallic one also had horns, but were artificial and on his forehead. He looked at the gathered prisoners, and smiled sinisterly. When he spoke, there was a hint of electronics in his voice. "I overheard your complaint, Mrs. Saotome. You're all here because of your son, Ranma."

Akane fumed. "I should have known Ranma was connected in this somehow! How do you know him?"

"We met several years ago. But, something happened to him..." As he said this, he covered his chin as if trying to recall a memory. Finally he smiled and said, "Oh yes! I remember now: I killed him!"

Multiple gasps followed from everyone, except for Davis. They knew who this was now: it was Friezor. Matt grew angry.

"YOU BASTARD!" he shouted as he tried to rush at the villain, but was held back by Genma and Kuno. "HE WAS MY COUSIN! YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"

The bigger alien laughed at this. "Well, my son, it seems we keep making new friends as we go to planets like this."

Friezor looked back. "Indeed, father." He then looked back at the prisoners and said to the soldiers. "Well done, my men!"

Then, one soldier walked up and kneeled. "Lord Frieza and King Cold, operative Shakka has not returned. We are unable to contact him or detect him with the scouters. We believe he is dead."

Friezor shrugged and said, "So? You know that you're all expendable anyway. Besides, it does not matter since this whole planet and its inhabitants will soon die. And this time, all the major Mega Avengers are too far away to stop us!"

Ryoga then shouted, "Damn that Ranma! This is all his fault!"

"Silence, you fool!" Kuno shouted, while everyone but Akane and Davis shot death glares at Ryoga.

Friezor laughed, "Excellent! You're just as PIG-headed as the files say, Ryoga Hibiki! Actually, Ranma was only responsible for doing this to me." He moved his arm as a way to display his new body. "It was only fair. After all, I did try to kill his little cousin when we met. Too bad, he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time."

He then laughed hard as he looked at Akane. "Oh, you should have been there! After he crippled me, I could still hear him spit out his last words. Did anyone tell you what they were? Wait! You wouldn't have cared, so no one told you. Allow me to. He said, and I quote, 'Please tell Akane I love her...' Isn't that rich?" With that, he laughed again.

"It's called true love, Frierzor!" someone shouted. Everyone looked to see Burter fly in and land a few feet to the left from the villains. "It's something you or your father will never learn."

King Cold smiled. "Ah, Burter! It has been quite a while. Tell me, what do you think of my son's new look? I must admit, I was shocked when I finally learned he was on Char, but nothing could have prepared me for the sight of what had been done to him..."


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King Cold grasped the neck of the warden of Char, lifting the man high off his feet. The tyrant glared at him and said icily, "Where is my son? I know he was sent here over five years ago, and I've been looking for him. Where is he?!"

The warden was so scared he felt his pants suddenly become warm and wet. "H-h-h-h-e's in c-c-c-cell n-number t-t-t-t-22666!"

King Cold smiled. "Thank you," he said before he snapped the poor man's neck, killing him. Tossing the limp body away, he immediately rushed to the cell and pulled open the door. A gasp escaped his lungs as he gazed at the condition his son was in.

"Friezor... what happened to you, my dear son?!"

Friezor slowly looked up at his visitor/rescuer. His mouth was covered by a oxygen mask. A tight cloth seal covered the right side of his upper head and his right eye. He was sitting in a wheelchair with a tank of oxygen attached to it and a long hose connecting with the mask. Once he recognized his father, he weakly said, "F...father?"

Cold rushed to his son and soothingly said, "Ssh! Don't speak. Daddy's here now. What have they done to you?"

"It wasn't them... it was on Earth... A human... a human did... did this to me..."

King Cold got behind the wheelchair and pushed Friezor out. "We'll get you fixed up, my son, don't worry. And then... then we'll go kill the asshole who did this and blow up the Earth!"

"He is... already dead... I shot him... just before... he did... this..."

"It makes no difference! His family and friends will all pay for this!" He pulled out a small communicator and activated it. "This is King Cold. I have found Friezor, but we need all medical staff on stand-by! This is a double- no! Make that triple red alert!"


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King Cold watched as all his best doctors worked nonstop on his son for over 17 hours. He ignored his meals that the servants brought him. He was so fixed on his son's recovery that he couldn't sleep nor use the bathroom.

Finally, after over 48 long hours, the doctors finished Friezor's new body. The head doctor said, "Congratulations, Lord Frieza! You are now ready to conquer the universe once again, and this time I doubt even the great King Robert will be able to stop you."

Friezor sat up slowly then looked up at his father, who was waiting outside the operating room at the windows.

"How do you feel," King Cold asked. "My son?"

Friezor snarled, "Vengeful!"

His father nodded. "Good! Because I've learned that most of the strongest Mega Avengers are away from Earth. If we leave now, we'll beat them home by three days."

Friezor stood up on the operating table. His body began to cackle with red energy blots. "Then set course for the Earth! I want to kill that planet as of yesterday!"


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King Cold looked at Burter for a response, yet received only an icy stare. The villainous father then said, "Nothing to say?"

Burter crossed his arms. "All that time and effort on giving him a new body... what a waste!"

Friezor then turned to the soldiers and said, "Enough of this! Yysu and Pakku! Go to the Mega Mansion and deliver my declaration of war at once!"

Two soldiers nodded, then shot up into the sky, when suddenly an invisible force quickly strikes them, sending them back to the ground with heavy thuds. Everyone looked up to where they had been struck to see someone slowly float down towards them, lading in between the prisoners and the soldiers.

The teen had a sword strapped to his back, and his blond hair and pigtail swished in the wind. His eyes glared hard at Friezor and King Cold, his back turned to the prisoners to hide his face. Despite this, Matt and Kari felt that they knew this person.

Burter cracked a smile. <It's time!>

Friezor looked at the teen and said, "And what brings you out here, boy?"

The boy was silent before he spoke in a low voice. "This is your only warning, Friezor: take your empire and leave my home... or die!"

The voice was too low for anyone to recognize. Friezor looked at the teen as if he was crazy, but then he looked into the teen's eyes and felt something tug in the back of his memory. <Those eyes... where have I seen them before-?> He then let out a silent gasp as a young voice haunted his ears: "Leave my friends alone, you bully!"

A young face appeared in his mind as he imagined the teen transforming into a young boy he saw over five years ago. Friezor then narrowed his eyes and smiled. He chuckled, "Well, well. You've grown... TK..."

The prisoners gasped at the name. Matt mentally kicked himself. <Damn it! Why didn't I make the connection? My own brother and I didn't even recognize him!> The Tendos stared in disbelief at the teen, which they once knew as an innocent little boy so long ago. Kuno also silently berated himself. <As usual, I am a fool! The pigtail is so obvious!>

Friezor then said, "And you think you can kill me? Ha! Your cousin tried that... and now he's pushing up daisies."

TK said in a louder tone, "As I also recall, he's the one who crippled you, Friezor. How does it feel knowing that a mere human brought you to your knees? Or in your case, to your stomach? That's your greatest weakness, Friezor: you always underestimate your opponents!"

This made Friezor angry. How dare he?! He then screamed, "SOLDIERS! WIPE THEM OUT, ALL OF THEM! BRING ME THEIR HEADS!!"

All the soldiers began to advance towards the group and TK, but they never got close. In only a millisecond, they were on the ground, alive, and in pain. There were several deep claw marks in their armor, as if a very powerful cat had made them. TK stood in a stance. His arms were held out and his hands open like claws. He still looked at Friezor with glaring eyes.

Shampoo recognized the technique right away. <That looks like the Neko-ken... but one can only use it when they think they're a cat! Yet TK uses it without thinking that. Aiya! Ranma would be so proud of his cousin.>

Everyone else but Burter was shocked at what had happened. They couldn't believe that thirty-some soldiers were taken out so easily and quickly by TK. The Hibikis were stupefied, the Saotomes and Tendos stood aghast, and Mousse hung his mouth open.

Kari and Matt could believe their eyes. <This is TK?!> they both thought.

Friezor was angry, but it faded away as he then said, "Very impressive, TK. You spared their worthless lives. But these fools, as all under our thumb, are expendable!" He then snapped his fingers, and instantly, all the soldiers' heads exploded.

The women turned their heads away from the mess. Burter silently prayed for their souls yet did not move. TK glanced at the remains, then back at Friezor.

Suddenly, Cell appeared behind TK a few feet. His eyes glard at Friezor and Cold, his former allies from years ago. He said, "I see you're still as cold-blooded as ever, Friezor."

TK didn't look back, but said, "It's good you're here, Cell. I want you to look after Kari and the others. I'll handle Friezor."

Cell looked at TK, nodded, then quickly floated back to join the others.

Friezor laughed, "You think you can handle me?! Ranma was lucky enough to defeat me before, but now I am ten times stronger than before!"

As he laughed, he failed to notice several small rocks floating from the ground. TK was surrounded by a white glow as he said, "I warned you..." Suddenly, the glow turned bright gold and expanded slightly. The stones in the air scattered from the force of his battle aura. His muscled grew slightly, his eyes turned ice blue, and his hair stood up and turned gold with a big sonic boom, completing his transformation to Super Human.

Friezor stopped laughing, and stood in shock. King Cold's grin vanished as his mouth fell open wide.

Burter grinned from ear to ear as he saw their expressions. <Absolutely priceless!> he thought.

Cell's eyes went wide, as did everyone else's. "Holy smoke! Burter, how long has this been kept under wraps?!"

TK smirked a bit before he said, "Surprise, you sucker!"

Now Friezor was angry. "DAMN YOU, HUMAN!" he shouted as he fired a ki blast at TK, who simply knocked it away into the sky before he vanished and reappeared behind Friezor to deliver a swift kick to his face. Friezor was knocked away at mach 1 speed before he sprang back at TK. They vanished then reappeared in the sky, and the battle began. Both of them shouted at the top of their lungs as the traded punches and kicks as well as glares and snarls.

King Cold watched them for a bit before he returned his eyes to Burter. "This all amusing, Burter. Your student there, if he is your student, is doing rather well. A pity he will eventually die at the hands of my son. However, I do hate to see good potential go to waste. If you agree to join my ranks, I will give you anything you want. Just name it."

Burter uncrossed his arms and narrowed his eyes. "You'd offer me anything?"

"Anything."

Burter then whispered, "Kaio-ken." His whole body turned red as a matching aura surrounded him. He glared at King Cold and shouted, "I WANT MY SON BACK, YOU GODDAMN BUTCHER!!!!!" as he charged at the villain and punched him into the ship.

The entire ship exploded as King Cold raised his ki and declared, "Is that what Cell promised you?! Vengeance for your dead son? For that, I withdraw my offer and promise you instead death!" Then they, too, began to fight fiercely.

Cell watched both fights as Kari walked up to him. "What was that guy talking about?"

Cell didn't look at her, but said; "Burter's home planet and people were slaughtered by King Cold many years ago, including his only son. He was the only survivor. I promised him that he would get to exact his revenge one day, and now, I have at last fulfilled my promise."

The battles last for what seemed like hours. Both fights were brutal, each combatant neither yielding nor advancing. Some of TK's punches seemed to look like he was clawing at Friezor, as several claw marks appears on the villain's body. Cell noticed this. <So, he's fully mastered the Neko-ken while Ranma only got a taste of it.>

Finally, Burter launched a punch as he screamed, "BURN KNUCKLE!" The fist, which glowed light blue, plowed through King Cold's chest, causing him to cough up blood. Burter then withdrew his fist and pushed the tyrant back with his foot before throwing his arms forward, palms facing their target, and shouted "FINAL FLASH!!!" A tremendous ki bolt shot out of his hands and totally vaporized King Cold.

Cell couldn't help but smile as he watched his former ally die. <Now you will pay for all the deaths you caused. Yet who am I to talk, since my hands are just as drenched in innocent blood as yours were? Even though I seek redemption, I still cannot drown out the screams in my mind. You could have, but I can't.>

Friezor and TK stopped fighting just in time to see King Cold die. Friezor's face paled as he screamed, "FATHER!!!" He then knocked TK away with his tail and swiftly appeared in front of Burter, blasting him with a bolt to the chest before anyone could react.

Cell cried out his friend's name, yet stood his ground. He knew he couldn't abandon the Saotomes and the others, even if it meant Burter's death.

TK shouted in horror as he saw Burter slowly fall back to the ground, a large hole appearing in the center of his chest. He then shot an angry look at Friezor, who was smiling triumphantly. Tears streamed down his face, and his blood began to boil as he powered up. Memories of Burter helping him in the past few days and of their training together years ago flooded his mind.

Friezor called to him from the ground. "Don't be sad, TK! You and everyone else on this planet will soon be joining him in the afterlife! You'll get to see your cousin again!"

Everyone was looking up at TK now. Nabiki whispered, "He can't win! We have to stop him!"

Soun looked at her and said, "If he can't win... we and all of the earth will die."

Kari looked at TK with tears in her eyes. <He can do it! He's trained hard... trained under most of the best... TK, we're all counting on you!> "TK, DON'T GIVE UP!!!"

TK heard Kari's cry, but he didn't look down at her. All he saw was Friezor killing everyone on the planet. When he heard her, he imagined Friezor killing her before him as the monster was destroying the planet. He finally let out a roar of rage as he underwent a new transformation. The golden aura surrounding him expanded, his face turned lean and his hair grew a few inches.

Cell had seen this before years ago. It was when Goku and Gohan made their ascent to Super Saiyan 2 after Bardock had died in battle. Now TK had made a similar ascension: he had become a Super Human 2.

Friezor once again lost his smile, but for a look of curiosity. <What the hell is he-?> His thoughts were interrupted when he felt a hard fist strike him in the stomach and stretch his body to its limits. His wide eyes looked to see TK in front of him, teeth grit and eyes burning with rage though they still retained their ice-blue color.

Everyone looked as they saw Friezor's back stretching from the force of the punch. Davis couldn't believe what he was seeing. "I wanted to fight this guy?!" he said. "He could've turned me into paste! Now I see why he refused to fight me."

Ryoga was stunned. <None of my punches could ever match that! He's got Ranma's superior speed and quick-learning abilities to match! From the way this Friezor looks, and feels right now, that kind of punch could tear even me apart, let alone destroy a whole mountain.>

TK glared at Friezor before withdrawing his fist and kicked the metallic villain into the air. Then, with superior speed, he reached a spot above Friezor and when he got close enough, pounded him back to the ground.

The impact of the fall created a large crater. TK then used all his weight to drive his feet into Friezor, sending them deeper into the ground. The villain then used his right fist to punch TK back, but only a few feet. He then launched his left/mechanical fist into TK's face, only to watch with surprise as the whole arm was smashed beyond repair by the impact. TK wasn't even fazed, nor was he wounded by the punch.

Loosing his cool, Friezor swung around to strike with his mechanical tail, only to have it totally shatter upon impact as well. Now he only had his two metal legs and his regular right arm. Blood was dripping from his mouth and nose as well as where his left arm used to be. He could not believe this was happening to him, again.

"THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE!" he screamed in frustration. "YOU'RE JUST A HUMAN! A LOUSY, FUCKING HUMAN WHO IS NO STRONGER THAN A SAIYAN, AND YOU'RE BOTH DAMN MONKEYS!!"

TK stared at him with his narrow eyes. "As long as there will be those to stand up to your kind, you will never truly win."

Friezor was beyond rage. He rushed into the sky and raised his remaining arm and began to concentrate his remaining power. He shouted, "CELL, TK, SAY HELLO TO RANMA AND BURTER FOR ME, BECAUSE NOW YOU BOTH AND THIS PLANET WILL DIE!!!!!!!!" With that, he began to create a huge ball of energy, which grew bigger and bigger.

TK looked up, wondering what the monster was doing. "TK!" he heard someone call him. He looked to see Burter crawling towards him.

"S-stop him," the blue alien giant spat out. "He's going to... take us all out... in one shot! He'll destroy the planet... with that attack!"

TK nodded, then looked back at Friezor powering his attack. The ball was now about the size of the Roman Coliseum. TK rushed up just as Friezor moved his arms to release his attack, and pushed it back with one hand. Friezor was also pushing with his hand, but towards the planet.

"Damn you," he said. "WHY CAN'T YOU AVENGERS JUST DIE?!?!"

TK barely broke a sweat pushing the ball with one hand. "For Ranma... for Burter's people... and all that you and your father have killed... I WILL DESTROY YOU!"

Friezor realized he would have to give up soon, so he fired his eye lasers into the ball and quickly escaped back to the ground just before the ball exploded.

TK vanished in the light just before the explosion, and was gone from sight after the dust had settled.

Kari's scream was the loudest of all.



To be continued...


Notes: Right about now, you girls are probably screaming at why I killed TK? WRONG-O!!!!! Two people do die in the next chapter, and we'll have appearances by Ranma, King Robert, and Capt. Ginyu as well as others. R&R, and TTFN