Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragonball V: A World Both Familiar and Foreign ❯ My Life as a Frog ( Chapter 9 )

DragonBall V: A World Both Familiar and Foreign

Author's Note: Ouch I've got a headache. But I'll write this part anyway, and I hope it's enjoyable.

Required Disclaimer: I don't own the DB franchise, I've never worked for them, I'm not making any money off this, and I'm dead sexxy baby! Read and enjoy.

Chapter 9: My Life as a Frog

Vegeta gritted his teeth in frustration. "Ginyu has already reached Frieza! He's likely already made his wish! We have failed." They had stopped in midair and were floating close enough together to talk, knowing they had failed to intercept Captain Ginyu before he reached Frieza.

Krillin glanced up at the sky and shook his head. "No, I don't think Frieza has made his wish yet, Vegeta. I think there's still a chance that Frieza can still be beaten."

Vegeta focused his attention on the short bald monk with a scowl. "Explain yourself, runt!" He commanded.

Krillin growled in annoyance, but explained anyway. "On Earth when you call the dragon, all kinds of crazy stuff happens. The sky turns completely black and a windstorm starts up. The sky is completely clear, meaning that Frieza hasn't called the dragon yet."

Vegeta's eyes lit up in hope, but he was still skeptical. "But why not? Surely he wouldn't have waited to try to get his wish."

Goku, who had been deep in thought, smiled suddenly. "I bet there's a password, or some sort of ritual you have to use to summon the dragon!"

Before they could comment, they felt Frieza's ki signature on the move. Their eyes followed the direction he was moving. "He's heading towards those villagers I relocated earlier!" Goku exclaimed, upset that his efforts were now in vain.

Vegeta frowned. "Is there any way for us to find out the ritual or password needed to summon the dragon so you can wish your friends back so they can help us finish Frieza off?" Vegeta asked. To himself, he was still wondering why he had already discarded the notion of wishing for immortality. He thought back to a conversation he had with Bulma, his mate, about the dragonballs.

-Flashback-

Vegeta and Bulma were lying in bed after a particularly rigorous lovemaking session. Vegeta's fingers were gently moving through Bulma's blue hair as he nuzzled her neck and kissed at the teeth mark on her neck, marking her as his mate. "So tell me, woman… why have you or none of these other Earthlings used the dragonballs to wish for immortality?"

Bulma fixed her large blue eyes on her mate, baffled by the question. "Why would we want that?"

Vegeta blinked in surprise. "To never have to worry about dying. To be able to conquer the whole world, the whole galaxy even if you wished to. To have an eternity to become more powerful and partake of the pleasures that can be had. Why not wish for immortality!?"

Bulma frowned and kissed the end of Vegeta's nose. "I would never want such a thing. Yes, it would be nice to be young and beautiful forever, but how could I appreciate such a thing if it weren't fleeting? How could I appreciate my own life or even the lives of others if mine could never end? No, life would become meaningless if I were immortal. Besides, unless everyone I cared for was immortal as well, I'd lose them all. I could never want that."

Vegeta scowled at his mate but remained silent. He fixed his eyes on the ceiling and pondered her words. 'Would life really become meaningless if it were never-ending? Perhaps she is right… I'll have to think on it.'

-End of Flashback-

Goku's eyes fixed themselves on Vegeta critically. 'Has Vegeta changed his mind about wishing for immortality? Maybe there's hope for him after all.' His eyes turned towards Krillin, for he had no idea what the answer may be.

Krillin shrugged. "Only one I can think of to ask is Guru, the eldest Namek. That is, if he is even ok with us knowing the method to summon the dragon."

Vegeta scowled. "We still have to deal with that purple son of a bitch, Ginyu, as well. Shit… Krillin, you and Kakkarot go and talk to that old Namek, I'll go deal with Ginyu and hide the dragonballs from Frieza until you return."

Goku frowned. "I think Krillin would get there and back faster without me. Besides, you might need someone to watch your back, especially if Frieza comes back before Krillin does."

Vegeta's hands clenched, his Saiyan pride flaring up. He thought about it for a moment and realized that Goku was right. "Fine. Get going, baldie!"

Krillin nodded and immediately took off at top speed. Goku grinned at Vegeta, but the Saiyan prince had already taken off towards Ginyu. "Friendly guy." Goku commented to himself and moved to follow him. A while later they approached Frieza's spaceship, seeing Ginyu standing outside talking to a group of Frieza's nameless grunts. Ginyu's scouter bleeped just in time for him to turn and see Vegeta and Goku landing several meters away from him.

Ginyu was shocked to see the two Saiyans again, thinking them both dead by now. "You bastards, you killed my team!?" He shouted.

Vegeta chuckled. "It's not our fault you underestimated us, Ginyu."

Goku looked over at the ship, glancing at the dragon radar that Krillin had tossed him before he took off towards Guru's hut. "The dragonballs are in there somewhere, Vegeta." Goku informed the prince.

Vegeta's eyes moved towards the ship for a moment before fastening back on Ginyu. "One of us should go in there and find them while the other takes care of Horn-boy here, then. I'll…" Before Vegeta could finish his statement, however, Ginyu took it upon himself to decide his opponent by attacking Goku, whose power level registered as lower on the scouter. Vegeta shrugged. "Fine, I'll let you take care of him, Kakkarot. I'll only be a few minutes. Have fun." Vegeta chuckled and flew into the spaceship. Moments later the agonized screams of the last of Frieza's henchmen could be heard, even over the grunts and blasts of Goku and Ginyu's battle.

Ginyu came at Goku with a flurry of kicks and punches, all blocked by the Saiyan from Earth. Ginyu laughed, as a feinted punch followed by a kick was avoided. "You're pretty good. Your scouter reading keeps going up. So, you too possess the coveted ability of raising your fighting power, huh? Let's take it up a notch then and show our true power! You'll find that my men were nothing compared to me!" Ginyu announced.

Goku grinned, finding the fight exciting. "Sounds good to me." With that, Goku started powering up, noticing that Ginyu was as well.

Ginyu grinned as he saw Goku's power level stop at 90,000, as his own was 120,000. "You can't win, you idiot! My power level is much higher than yours!" Ginyu taunted, launching into an offensive. His smile dropped into a look of concentration as very few of his attacks landed, and those that did seemed to have little effect. Ginyu flew up into the air and threw a ki blast at Goku, but the Saiyan seemed to disappear. Before his scouter even alerted him of his opponent's new location, he felt a knee bury itself between his shoulder blades sending him hurtling towards the ground. Ginyu powered up and flew back into the air a moment before he hit the ground and came up to face Goku in the air again. They studied each other for several long moments before Goku flew at Ginyu. Just before his punch was to land, Goku disappeared again. Ginyu expected this move, however, and quickly turned to block the attack. Goku appeared where he had been a moment before, however, and slammed Ginyu on the top of the head in a hammer punch, sending the purple alien spinning towards the ground. He didn't recover in time and created a small crater in the ground.

Goku touched down two meters from the crater, watching it warily and waiting for Ginyu to recover. He didn't have to wait long as the purple man climbed out of the crater and scowled at him. "I get the distinct impression that you're still hiding some of your power! Why don't you power up to maximum so we can have a real fight, you freak!" Ginyu taunted. 'It can't be that much higher, but I think it's closer to mine than he's letting on.'

Goku glanced towards the direction of Krillin's ki, feeling him coming back towards them along with a weaker ki of Namek origin. It was time to finish this fight. "Alright, Ginyu. No more stalling. You want to see my true power? Well, you got it. Haa!!" Goku started powering up again, glowing with a brilliant white aura.

Ginyu chuckled then looked at the scouter reading, which had passed the 100,000 mark the moment Goku started powering up. Ginyu started to sweat once it passed the 120k mark. "No way! You're stronger than me?!" Ginyu cried. His mouth hung open in shock and fear as it hit 180,000.

Goku finished powering up and assumed a fighting stance. "Well, you ready to finish this fight, Ginyu?" Goku taunted with a grin.

Ginyu was sweating. Little did he know that he still was not seeing Goku's maximum power, as he was still wearing his weighted training clothes and wasn't using the Kaio-ken technique. 'I can't win in this body! And I still have Vegeta to handle as well. Could Vegeta be even stronger than this guy!?' Ginyu smirked, coming up with a plan. "You may be stronger than me now, but I have a technique you don't know about… one that will allow me to win!" With that, he punched a hole in his chest, taking a moment to spew some blood up before he grinned.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Goku demanded.

Ginyu let out an evil laugh. "Just showing you my secret technique, that's all! CHANGE FORM!" Ginyu couldn't help but laugh as a beam of energy connected their mouths. Moments later, they had switched bodies.

Goku was shocked to suddenly find himself staring over at his own body. A moment later, he noticed the shooting pain in his ribs. "Oh no! What did you do!?"

Ginyu laughed maniacally from Goku's body. "I switched into your body! Now I possess your fighting power and you're stuck in that weakened and dying body! Now, to take care of… Vegeta?"

It was at that moment that Vegeta came out of the space ship with the dragonballs in hand. He dropped them onto the ground and looked at Ginyu and Goku and scowled. "Damn, Kakkarot! You still haven't gotten rid of that freak Ginyu!? Fine then, I'll finish him off!"

Goku tried to stop him. "Wait! Vegeta, you don't understa- UGH!" Goku went hurtling towards the ground. Instead of hitting the dirt, he landed on Vegeta's outstretched fist. He coughed up some more blood as he crumbled to the ground in a heap. Before he could even take a breath, Vegeta kicked him in the ribs sending him flying into a nearby rock. He was gasping, trying to work up enough breath to get through to Vegeta. "Wait, Vegeta! I'm not Ginyu, I'm Goku!"

Vegeta paused for a moment. "How stupid do you think I am, you purple horned freak!? I'm not blind!"

Goku shook his head, desperate. "No! He used some sort of technique to switch our bodies!"

Ginyu laughed. "He's lying. Kill him, Vegeta!"

This made Vegeta pause. He wasn't stupid, after all. Goku didn't even like killing, let alone did he ever encourage anyone to kill. Vegeta looked at Goku in Ginyu's body critically. "How do I know it's you and not Ginyu playing a trick, Kakkarot?"

"Ask me something that Ginyu wouldn't know!" Goku exclaimed, lifting himself up on his knees.

Vegeta turned to look at Ginyu in Goku's body and frowned. "How many times earth gravity did we train under during the last bit of our training on that spaceship?"

"100 times!" Goku answered immediately.

Vegeta wasn't convinced yet. "What is the name of your mate?"

"Chi-chi!" Goku again answered immediately.

Vegeta turned to look at Ginyu. "He's 2 for 2 so far. Have you anything to add?"

"He uh… might be able to read my mind!" Ginyu suggested, nervous.

Vegeta looked back at Goku. "He could be right. Are you just reading his mind?"

Goku grimaced in pain. "Vegeta, I know something that no one else does but you. You've been with Bulma… every day I could smell her on you. I saw your mark on her. I heard you two while you made love. Bulma is my second best friend… even if I don't survive I'm glad she has you to take care of her."

Vegeta frowned and turned slowly to Ginyu. "We'll talk about that later, Kakkarot. I have to take care of Ginyu now."

Goku sighed in relief. "Oh thank Kami, you believe me!"

Vegeta nodded. "You made a big mistake, Ginyu. You couldn't pass for Kakkarot on your best day and his worst! If you were going to take anyone's body you would have been better off with mine! Now you die!" Vegeta appeared behind Ginyu and slammed him to the ground then appeared again below him and kicked him back into the air before he landed. Just as Ginyu regained control, Vegeta appeared next to him and kicked him in the side of the head then punched him back down on the ground. He flew at top speed towards Ginyu and slammed both of his feet into his stomach. He floated up again and raised his hand for a ki blast.

"Oh man, my body!" Goku exclaimed.

"Sorry, Kakkarot." Vegeta offered, barely meaning it. As his blast started to charge up, Ginyu smirked. Vegeta had played right into his trap, for he knew Vegeta was the stronger of the two.

"CHANGE FORM!" Ginyu shouted, the beam of light once again appearing, this time from Ginyu's mouth to Vegeta's.

"No!" Goku shouted, rushing at the beam with everything he had. He intercepted it just in time and instead of landing face first in the soil, he was instead staring up at Vegeta and his ki blast. "Wait! I switched back to this body!"

"Oh for crying out loud!" Vegeta shouted, visibly irritated.

Ginyu quickly turned over. "Damn it! Hey Vegeta!" He waited until Vegeta turned his attention towards him before he tried it again. "CHANGE FORM!" The beam once again appeared.

Goku was horrified to see Ginyu trying to take Vegeta's body again. He looked around and saw a frog near his hand. "Sorry little guy!" Goku offered to the creature before tossing it into the beam just in time. Ginyu's body moved up on all fours and started hopping away, while the Ginyu-frog was going nuts, no longer having a voice to change forms.

Vegeta scowled. "Well… that was a close one. Sorry about beating the crap out of you, Kakkarot, but you understand, right?"

Goku chuckled and winced as pain flooded his body. "Ouch! I'm pretty banged up… damn! We only have one senzu left… I hate to have to take it before the fight with Frieza! Oh man…"

Vegeta glanced at the ship. "There's a regeneration pod in there you can use to conserve the bean. It'll take longer, but we'd be able to use the bean later if we had to… but the pod would be out of the question in a fight."

Goku nodded weakly. "That sounds like a good idea. Help me up, please."

Vegeta scowled darkly at having to help Goku walk, but did so silently. He wished Krillin were here so he could order him to do it, but he hadn't arrived yet and the longer they waited to put him into the chamber for later he would finish healing. He took the last senzu bean and tucked it away and set the chamber to heal the younger Saiyan. "See you soon." Vegeta said in a scathing tone, shutting the chamber and watching it fill with fluid. He walked back out to the dragonballs and studied them. "These things grant a wish? How strange."

Several minutes later, Krillin and a young Namek arrived and touched down. Krillin immediately questioned the prince. "Where's Goku!?"

Vegeta frowned. "He's in a regeneration chamber healing up. He got pretty banged up during the fight. He probably would have died if it wasn't for that pod."

"What about the senzu bean?" Krillin asked skeptically.

Vegeta pulled it out and showed it to him. "We wanted to save it for the fight against Frieza, since the pod takes time it wouldn't be an option. Now, would you hurry up and summon this dragon and wish your friends back before Frieza gets here?! He's fighting someone… a strong Namek warrior, by the feel of it. And the Namek is losing… badly."

Krillin glanced towards Frieza's ki and frowned. "Yeah he was flying towards Guru. We had to land and run for a while so he wouldn't detect us. Nail, Guru's bodyguard, is fighting him as a distraction. By the way, this is Dende. He'll summon the dragon and make the wish to bring our friends back to life."

Dende nodded, looking up at Vegeta with obvious fear. "He… hello sir."

Vegeta scowled but his face softened slightly. 'Damn… that woman is getting to me.' "Alright then, summon the damn dragon." Vegeta said gruffly, sitting down to rest.

Krillin nodded to Dende, who walked forward to the dragonballs. He shouted out a phrase in the Namek tongue, and moments later the dragon was summoned. Krillin stared up at him in awe. "Wow! I thought our dragon was big, but this one is huge!"

Porunga looked down at Vegeta, Krillin, and Dende and spoke in a deep booming voice. "You, who have summoned me, what are your wishes?"

Krillin was shocked. "Did he say wishes? Plural!?"

Dende nodded. "Three wishes. Doesn't your dragon grant three?"

Krillin shook his head. "Uh uh. Ours only grants one a year! Wow… what do we wish for? Can it bring back all those that died in the fight against the Saiyans on Earth?"

Dende shook his head. "You can only wish back one person at a time. Three wishes instead of one means they're not as powerful." [AN: Though I haven't seen the very end of the Buu saga yet, it seemed as though the Earth was destroyed by Buu and the Namekian dragonballs were used to wish the Earth back and then all the people that Buu killed? Or maybe it just wished the Earth back then Piccolo to bring back the Earth's dragonballs which were then used to bring the people back? I dunno… but if they could wish all those people back with one wish, why didn't they wish all the Z warriors back at the same time instead of just Piccolo? I'm not sure so I'm sticking to the original script here and just having one person brought back at a time.]

Krillin frowned. "Ok… so who do we wish back first?"

Porunga was getting impatient. "Make your wish or summon me another time, mortals!"

Piccolo's voice suddenly came into their heads, via King Kai. "Krillin! Wish me back first!" They could hear the protests of the other Z fighters, but Piccolo quickly explained. "If I get wished back, then Kami will come back to life too and the Earth's dragonballs will reappear as well! That means another wish!"

Krillin nodded. "Sounds good to me. Wish Piccolo brought back to life please, Dende!"

Dende nodded and relayed the wish. "It is done." Porunga announced.

Krillin and Vegeta looked around, expecting to see the Namek appear, but they were disappointed. "What happened?"

Piccolo's voice was heard again. "I'm alive, but I'm still on King Kai's planet! Use the next wish to wish me there so I can help against Frieza, Krillin!"

Krillin nodded to Dende who relayed that wish as well. "But what about the third wish?" Dende asked. "Anyone else you wish back won't be here either."

Krillin glanced at Vegeta. "Did… did you have a wish?"

Vegeta frowned. Without thinking, the words came to his lips, "No."

Krillin was surprised, but nodded. "Ok, what to wish for then… hey… where is Piccolo anyway?"

Dende slapped his forehead. "Oh no! I just wished for him to come to Namek, I didn't specify this exact spot! He could be anywhere!"

Krillin reached out with his senses. "Oh man… he's got Frieza between us and him! Should we wish him to this exact spot?"

Vegeta scowled. "Oh for crying out loud, let the Namek fly here! So we'll already be fighting Frieza when he arrives, no need to waste a wish for that! Can the dragon increase our strength?"

Dende shook his head. "No, he can make you younger or give you a special power, but strength is too relative for a wish."

Vegeta scowled. "Can it make me a Super Saiyan?!"

Dende looked puzzled. "Um… maybe. It's worth a try." He was in the middle of relaying that wish to see if it was granted when the dragon suddenly vanished.

Vegeta stared at where the dragon was, his mouth hanging open. "Was that supposed to happen?! Was the wish granted!? Am I a Super Saiyan now!?"

Dende shook his head, falling to his knees and sobbing. "Guru! Guru is dead! The dragonballs can't exist without Guru, because he created them!"

Vegeta slapped his forehead, wishing he had thought of the Super Saiyan wish the first time Krillin had asked. 'Well, perhaps I already am a Super Saiyan! After all, my strength was increased drastically when I was healed by that senzu bean…' Vegeta thought to himself. Vegeta suddenly looked to his right and gasped. "Oh no… Frieza! He's here!" They all looked and sure enough, the ice tyrant was scowling at them all, and he was pissed that he had missed out on getting his wish.

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Mr. Satan pounded on the punching bag before him, imagining it to be the criminal that had robbed and murdered his wife. He was sweating profusely and his punches were getting harder with each passing moment. Videl watched him from the stairs leading down into their basement training room and she felt just as sad as he did. Hercule had identified the body of his wife and had been a driven man ever since then, throwing himself into his training to let out all of his anger and frustration. He threw off his boxing gloves and punched the heavy bag with his bare fists, still hitting harder with each one. He was gasping for breath and his lungs were burning, but he couldn't stop. It was the only thing that was keeping the despair from overwhelming him. He stopped suddenly and leaned his head against the bag, tears finally falling in a cascade from his eyes while blood dripped from his knuckles. "Oh, Demona! [AN: Teehee… as far as I know Mr. Satan's deceased wife has never been named on the show, so what would YOU name her? I figured I should keep with the Devil/Satan naming scheme] Why did you have to leave me?"

"Daddy?" Videl said softly, coming up to hug his leg.

Mr. Satan looked down at his daughter, not bothering to wipe the tears away. His heart was aching too much to worry about appearing macho right now. He scooped Videl up into his arms and hugged her as they both cried. "Demona… I swear I'll make you proud! I'll enter the next World Martial Arts Tournament and win it for you, my darling! I'll train myself every day until the tournament!"

Videl nodded into her father's leg, knowing she would train as well. Not only to enter the tournament, but to be strong so that she could beat the next criminal that she met… especially to prevent any more people from being deprived of loved ones. Her eyes shone with new determination as she walked away from her father's embrace and approached a speed bag and began to punch it.

Mr. Satan watched her for a moment then nodded in understanding and pride. He then wrapped up his bloody knuckles and started lifting weights, grimacing at the strain. He barely felt it, even though it was more weight than he had ever used. His face was set in determination and watching his daughter train made him even more focused.

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Gohan leapt off of Nimbus and landed a few meters away from Kui, who was busy blowing up a building. The fishy alien turned, expecting to see another foolish warrior throwing his life away, but was surprised instead to see Gohan, who he had 'killed' the day before. "What the hell? You humans are beginning to look alike."

Gohan growled and assumed a fighting stance. "You beat me before, but you won't again. Prepare to die, you bastard! I'll avenge everyone you've killed!"

Kui laughed. "I can't believe you actually survived you little brat! No matter, I'll finish the job this time." They rushed at each other and traded blows, blocking or dodging each other's attacks. They both landed several blows and they backed away from each other warily. Kui frowned and checked his scouter again. "What the hell?! 18,000?! You actually got stronger… well, this will be a fun fight."

Gohan had no patience this time around. "Shut up and fight me!" He demanded.

Kui scowled and leapt at Gohan, surprising him with a hard left when he had televised a right. "You still have a lot to learn, kid. Too bad you won't survive to learn it! Ha!"

Gohan swept Kui's legs out from under him and followed it with a hard chop to the alien's chest, knocking the wind out of him. Gohan leapt up into the air and was coming down with both fists when Kui rolled out of the way and tried to kick Gohan while he was still in the air. Gohan was too quick for him and vanished, appearing behind him to deliver a hard punch into the fish man's back. Kui rolled with the punch and swung his elbow back, catching Gohan in the temple.

Gohan staggered back and reached up to wipe the blood away from his eye and scowled. He hadn't expected that, but he knew better now. He was learning still. He ran forward and came low with a punch but Kui leapt over him and turned in midair to kick him in the head but Gohan barely managed to block before rolling with the force of the strike and coming back around with a kick of his own that caught Kui in the back of the knee.

Kui fell to his knees and rolled out of the way before Gohan could follow up the attack, but Gohan had elected instead to back up and wait for his opponent to stand back up. Once he had done so, he fired a slow ki blast and appeared next to Kui when he dodged and punched him in his gut. Kui shot his hand out on reflex and chopped Gohan in the side of the neck, sending him sprawling. "Damn kid, you have gotten better. What have they been feeding you!?"

Gohan spit out the blood that had welled up in his mouth. "I am Son Gohan. My father is Goku, the strongest warrior in the whole universe! The blood of a warrior race flows in my veins. I will defeat you and make my father proud!"

Kui shook his head. "Sorry kid, but I'm not fighting for pride, I'm fighting for survival. Even if I didn't win against you and managed to survive, Lord Frieza would destroy me and my home planet for failing! I can't allow that."

Gohan attacked again, not feeling sorry for the murderous alien. His fist connected with Kui's gut again but the alien had expected that blow and rolled with it to slam his elbow into Gohan's back, knocking the boy to his hands and knees. "Too bad, kid. You might have even won that fight. But I have a lot more experience than you." Kui raised his hand to finish Gohan off.

Gohan was gasping for breath, feeling his back burning and beginning to numb from that last strike. He could feel Kui charging up his ki to blast him, but he couldn't quite move yet. 'Piccolo… what do I do?' Gohan mentally pleaded.

'Kid… roll left and blast him. Beat him, Gohan. I know you can!' Piccolo's voice sounded in his head.

Gohan looked up suddenly, thinking Piccolo was right in front of him. "Piccolo!?" He didn't see his mentor but his words stuck in his head. He rolled to the left suddenly, narrowly dodging Kui's energy blast. "Masenko!" Gohan shouted, bringing his hands forward to blast Kui with everything he had. Kui staggered back, trying to deflect the blast but only managed to weaken it slightly. He fell to his knees, clutching at a wound in his chest. Gohan smiled, thinking he had won. Unfortunately, Kui was still alive, and proved it by running forward to kick Gohan in the face.

Gohan sprawled backwards head over heels and landed face down, blood pooling around his head in the dirt. Kui had fallen to his knees, exhausted by the attack but was trying to summon up the strength for another attack. Gohan could hear Piccolo's encouragement echoing in his mind so he used the last shreds of his willpower to stand up. He brought his hands back behind him and summoned up every last shred of ki energy that he could spare. "Ka…"

Kui was struggling to stand.

"Me…" Gohan continued.

Kui finally reached his feet.

"Ha…"

Kui stumbled towards him, intend on killing him.

"Me…."

Kui screamed and ran slowly forward, closing the gap between them. He managed to deliver a hard kick to Gohan's stomach, knocking him onto his back. He approached slowly, wheezing because of his chest wound. "I will not fail, you little brat!" Kui spat out, raising his hand to deliver a killing ki blast.

Gohan gritted his teeth despite the pain and brought his hands up, pointing them towards Kui. "HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A kamehameha wave blasted out from his hands, enveloping Kui and turning him into dust. Gohan's head dropped back into the ground and he wheezed in exhaustion, blood dripping out of his mouth and nose and various other wounds. He laughed, the realization that he had just saved the earth dawning on him. It was then that he saw Kui's spaceship above him, and someone had just flown out of it and was coming towards him. Gohan began to cry, having nothing left in him to fight this newcomer.

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And then Frieza killed everyone, the newcomer killed Gohan, blew up the Earth, and everyone died. The end. Er… just kidding. Teehee. Next chapter: Frieza, as well as the Earth's last desperate bid for survival! As always, review to lemme know what you all think. J