Frieza the Destroyer - Part 5

Vegeta wakes up, after being fed a Senzu Bean by Krillin. The midget asks:

"Everything okay now, Vegeta?", Vegeta gets up.

He looks up to see Goku and Frieza in their fight. Frieza shoots a Death Ball at Goku. Goku, with his hands full of God ki, grabs the blast and with a flip throws it back at Frieza, who charges straight at it with both his hands in front of him. Frieza trespasses the blast and hits Goku in the chest, launching him away. He puts his fingers on his head and Instant Transmission's to Frieza, hitting him with One Inch Punch. Frieza feels the blow, but grabs Goku's arm with his tail, before he could pull it back, and starts punching his ribcage.

Vegeta's sight then focuses on a sudden light in the battlefield. Whis had arrived with two sundaes in his hands, offering one to Beerus. They begin delecting on it, while enjoying the fights. Krillin asks Vegeta.

"Hey Vegeta, it seems like Gohan might be in trouble if that new alien decides to attack. Could you go help him out?", Vegeta ignores him, and heads towards Beerus. "Vegeta!"

Beerus, after enjoying the first spoon of sundae, notices the Saiyan prince approaching, sighing.

"Have you come here with one of your pathetic pride speeches?"

"Shut up. Why give him the power boost? Is it his second chance?"

"Yes. Does that sound odd? After all, I did give Goku a second chance after seeing his potential."

"If you see so much potential in us Saiyans, why did you order him to destroy my planet in the first place?"

"I'm impressed, I thought you were going to start punching me immediately. I guess you know better.", Beerus takes a spoonful of sundae before answering. Vegeta grunts just watching him. "The Saiyans were a very destructive and ruthless race. My job is to destroy the planets that only degrade the universe, the Saiyans however, did it for sport. If they were not dealt with, the balance would not be kept."

"I don't care about any damned balance. The Saiyans were thriving. My father was loyal to you! If you told him..."

"Nothing would have changed. Your father might have been the king. but the Saiyans aren't too famous with following orders.", Vegeta goes in for a punch, but Beerus' tail blocks it, allowing the god to keep enjoying his dessert. "See? I told you less than a minute ago not to punch me, and you did it anyway."

"I can't just forgive you that easily. I swear, once I become a Super Saiyan God I will end you, and avenge my race as its prince."

"How can there be a prince and no king?", Beerus asked Vegeta, who failed in his words to answer. "Stop holding on to that senseless pride. The only way you can attain godhood is by abandoning your Saiyan lineage, your mortal lineage."

"I can't."

"Then you'll never be as strong as me, or Goku! Now, stop bugging me, and let me enjoy this treat.", Beerus took another spoon, as Vegeta was left with his own thoughts. What happened around him, no longer mattered. Like Gohan obliterating his competition.

Pose after pose, Gohan and Ginyu competed to prove who had the better fighting stance. Videl was chosen as the judge, and so far, Gohan was winning 9-0, so it wasn't looking good for Ginyu. He growled in disbelief.

"This can't be. To be crushed this badly, it's embarassing.", Krillin snarked.

"I don't think that's the embarassing part here."

Gohan stood proud though. He hadn't won a big fight in a while. He was feeling pretty good about himself.

"Want to give up? Go back to your spaceship and leave Earth?"

"No. No, I can't accept this. There's no way I'd lose this badly. But if it's not me then...", He looked at Videl with bloodlust. "The judge."

"Hey, don't look at me like that. I've been judging this competition fairly."

"By whose terms? You don't respect the fighting pose's importance in battle. Choosing you as judge was a mistake. A mistake you'll pay dearly for.", Ginyu charged at Videl.

Gohan already sensing his ill will, tried to stop him, but Ginyu had already gotten accostumed to Frut's body. All the stretching the poses demanded, had helped him out with that, and with that body's full potential unlocked, he was easily able to push Gohan aside and grab Videl's face. He plummeted it against the ground, making Videl scream. He kneed her in the gut, charging a blast with one hand.

"This is what you get for not understanding the beauty in my stances!", Ginyu shot the fire downwards, exploding the ground nearly completely. Water came rushing in where stone was, as Videl laid unconscious against the remaining piece of mountain.

Gohan got on his feet. His ki was pulsating. Lightning reverberated around him, his hair spiked up. WIth a gutural scream he cracked the ground, transforming into a Super Saiyan 2. Still, he looked at himself, at the reflection in the surrounding water, and felt disappointed.

"Only this, huh? As long as it's enough.", He charged at Ginyu, who shot a blast at Gohan.

The half Saiyan redirected it, punching him through his gut, forcing Ginyu to spit blue blood, and then shot a blast from there. Ginyu's body was sent flying across the air, before twirling and escaping the beam's advances. Once he thought he could catch his breath, Gohan was already behind him. Ginyu tried to punch, but like lightning, Gohan's kick stopped him with a strong hit to the kidney. Still, his body was tough, it was one accostumed to battle, and it allowed him to grab Gohan's leg and attempt to break it, but it left its grasp. With a flip, Gohan freed his leg and kicked Ginyu in his jaw, before elbowing him in the chest, which launched him through the air. Ginyu once again stopped and thought out loud, smiling:

"Just hold on. This should end soon.", Gohan charged at Ginyu, but as he was heading at him, the lightning around him stopped. Gohan had reverted to Super Saiyan. His body wasn't able to keep up with the transformation, ending up in Ginyu's grasp. With a bear hug, Ginyu got a hold of Gohan, and began trying to crack his bones. Gohan shouted, and used the pain to gather power to transform again, and free himself from the guard, only to once again revert back to Super Saiyan. It was even worse than he thought. Ginyu shouted:

"Milky Wayward!", Various spear-like blasts shot from his fingers, piercing Gohan's arms, waist and legs. He was launched to the ground, and stuck to it by the ki spears, which kept their form. Ginyu landed beside him, and began punching Gohan, with a malicious smile on his face, while he was stuck to the spears.

Meanwhile, Frieza was starting to have trouble. The power Beerus gave him was becoming oddly more and more difficult to use to its fullest. He needed total concentration and stamina to fully control it, and as the fight progressed those only seemed harder to maintain. Him and Goku were trading a barrage of punches, kicks and blocks, but Goku was getting the upperhand. With one last punch, Goku sent Frieza away a few steps, as they both recovered their breathing. Frieza needed a plan, something to either distract the monkey or beat it altogehter. He knew the Super Saiyan God transformation required one to keep their feelings and ki in equilibrium just from looking at it. Goku was even less chatty than usual, which only served to prove his guess. If he could find a way to disrupt that, then victory would be his. He looked to the side, and noticed an opportunity.

"So monkey, you seem to be enjoying yourself."

"Of course. You're a great fighter. If only you weren't such a piece of trash, we could've actually become great rivals."

"Well, it looks like your son is enjoying himself as well."

"Really? How is he faring in his fi...", Goku looked to the side, seeing Gohan being demolished by Ginyu. "No, Gohan! Damn it!", Goku flew towards his son, determined to save him, but mostly angry . This feeling which once gave him power, now kept him away from it. His hair threathend to turn yellow. Goku stopped and recomposed himself, but Frieza didn't let him. He kicked his gut, and grabbed his hair.

"Look at it monkey. See how your son suffers.", He shouted. "Ginyu, hit him harder!"

"Yes, my lord!", Ginyu started slamming Gohan with his full might. The half Saiyan could only scream in pain. His transformation already gone. Goku couldn't supress his anger any longer, and just like that, his God ki, evaporated. Before Goku could even notice it, he had reverted to a Super Saiyan state. Frieza smiled.

"Look at it, monkey. Watching the one thing you hate the most. This must be like Hell to you."

"Stop it!", Goku tried to fight back, but he was too weak. The God transformation would take too much to transform into, and with how beat up he was from the fight, he wouldn't be able to do it. He hit Frieza straight in the face, but to no effect. The emperor maliciously smiled through it. Still, there was hope.

Vegeta had to find a balance. A way to attain power, without abandoning everything he was. He was told that the Super Saiyan God transformation required one to free themselves from their lineage. But how could he abandon his Saiyan pride? He couldn't. No... No...

"NO!!", Vegeta shouted. His ki skyrocketed. "I can't accept this, I won't! What is a Saiyan without his pride? Without his honor?", Vegeta's hair turned yellow. Beerus sighed.

"Still going on with that? You'll never be like Goku this way."

"Screw that idiot! I don't need to be like him to attain this power. A Saiyan who gives up on their lineage so easily is no Saiyan warrior. He is an Earthling. That's something I've known since I met him, and I'm not like him. What I'm lacking isn't humility, it isn't kindness. I'm lacking pride."

"What? Are you kidding me?"

"You were right Beerus. I shouldn't focus so much on my Saiyan past. Most of my best moments were here on Earth. My wife, my child, my rival, and my ambitions were all attained here.", Vegeta turned into a Super Saiyan 2. "I have a lot to be proud of, a lot more than my lineage. I get it now. Godhood isn't attained by abandoning your mortal links, it's by growing past them.", Vegeta started charging up wildly. "I AM VEGETA, PRINCE OF ALL SAIYANS, HUSBAND TO BULMA, FATHER TO TRUNKS, AND I AM NOW ONE WITH THE GODS!!!!", Vegeta's ki started turning red, his body getting slimmer by the second. It was painful, but so was his growth, so was his stay on Earth. But was it worth it? Absolutely. A pillar of red light shone in the skies.

Frieza stopped kicking Goku, and looked to the side, shivers running across him. Goku smiled.

"Took him long enough, he he."

As the red light vanished, Vegeta breathed in. He had achieved Super Saiyan God, one with a darker red than Goku's. After all, his Saiyan blood had deeper roots. Whis looked with a smile, and Beerus was confused.

"I don't get it. He seems even stronger than Goku, and he just attained the transformation."

"Well, my lord, I suppose the higher the sacrifice, the stronger the power. This certainly does make things more interesting. You might actually have a challenge with him.", Beerus grunted. He didn't want to admit to Whis that he was right. That Vegeta had just reached the realm of gods.