The two fighters throw themselves at each other, fists clashing in a power struggle fierce enough to cause shockwaves to spread throughout the area. They stay as they are, deadlocked in the air, for several seconds. However, one of these fighters doesn't have the strength to last...
Frieza smirks as his Saiyan adversary goes flying back, unable to overpower his third form. While Goku tries to stop his momentum, Frieza dashes behind him, punting the martial artist into a nearby lake. His smirk is quickly wiped off of his face as Goku shoots out of the lake almost instantly, catching the tyrant by surprise with a flying kick, knocking him backwards.
Frieza twists in midair, facing the martial artist just in time to catch a right hook to the jaw. His long head snaps to the side, and Goku follows this attack up with a blindingly fast jab to the alien's side, hitting right where the liver would be if Frieza was a human. Unexpectedly, Frieza cringes in pain, gripping his side as excruciating pain suddenly assaults him. The Saiyan continues his onslaught, hammering a quick elbow into the tyrant's ribs, before catching him with a jumping knee strike. Goku grins as Frieza tumbles to the ground, blood flowing from his mouth.
"You really are strong!" he says. "What's your training routine like? Maybe you should throw some martial arts training in there. I bet you'd be a great fighter if someone taught you how to fight!"
A vein bulges on the emperor's face as Goku's words reach him. With a shout of rage, his power rapidly increases, and he throws himself at the Saiyan, appearing in front of Goku almost instantly. Goku ducks a wild punch, spinning in place to land a massive back elbow to his opponent's throat.
Despite the dangerous hit he just took, Frieza doesn't relent, launching attack after attack at the weaker man with a murderous fury. Goku's eyes widen as the alien's attack slowly but surely become smoother... become more like Goku's attacks, as if the tyrant is learning how to fight during their battle...
Frieza leans his head to the side, narrowly avoiding a punch from Goku, and responds by throwing a quick 1-2 combination to the Saiyan's ribs. As the martial artist recoils from the sudden pain, Frieza continues to attack, hitting Goku in the jaw with a massive elbow that sends an audible crack throughout the area. The tall alien, thinking that he's got the battle won, creates a blade of energy on his hand, and thrusts it at the Saiyan...
...only for the strike to harmlessly pass through Goku's afterimage, causing the tyrant's eyes to widen in confusion. Goku suddenly appears behind the alien, landing a right hook to Frieza's liver. The emperor ignores Goku's attack, quickly turning around just in time to duck under his opponent's kick. He responds by slamming a thudding uppercut into the Saiyan's stomach, making him gasp in pain. Then, before Goku has a chance to escape, he wraps his tail around the martial artist's torso, stopping the shorter man from using his superior fighting skills to their full capabilities.
The tall alien hammers punch after punch into the trapped Saiyan, getting Goku back for every hit he landed. Suddenly, the martial artist's power level plummets, becoming weaker than Frieza's second form, and the damage he takes from the tyrant's punches rapidly increases.
"Ha! Done already, Super Saiyan? I haven't even--" Frieza is suddenly cut off as something slams into the back of his head, surprising him. He whirls around to meet this new enemy, only to find Goku, standing behind him.
He stares at the Saiyan in front of him, confused at what's happening. His tail's grip on the first Goku relaxes, allowing the martial artist to slip free from his grasp.
"What... how... why are there two of you?!" Frieza says, shocked.
"It's called the Multi-Form technique. One of my friends made it, and I learned it from copying him." Goku says, dismissing the clone.
Frieza turns towards him, his mouth forming a smug smile when he sees how battered his opponent is.
Goku's entire face is swollen, ugly bruises paint it a nasty purple color. Blood and broken teeth leak from his mouth, while his jaw hangs to the side, obviously broken. Despite the damage done to him, his next few words surprise Frieza.
"Even though I'm in a lot of trouble right now... this is still a whole lot of fun for me!" the Saiyan says, smiling brightly as he takes a fighting stance.
"..."
"Hahahaha!" shocked laughter bursts from Frieza's mouth as he listens to his opponent's words, finally realizing why Goku has been acting the way he has during their fight.
"You truly enjoy fighting that much? Even for a monkey, that's... surprising."
"It's fun." Goku explains. "Constantly testing myself against strong opponents, constantly growing as a fighter... it's really fun!"
"You're quite unique." Frieza admits. "It's a shame that you stand against me. I could use a warrior as powerful as you in my army."
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The joyful expression suddenly drops from Goku's face.
"I'd never join a heartless, merciless, evil guy like you. Even though this is fun... I'm here to stop you from causing more harm. If you won't leave this planet peacefully, I will kill you."
"Ha! Kill me? If you truly think that I've been trying, then you're sorely mistaken. Allow me to demonstrate the gap between us!"
The tall alien drops to the ground, beginning to power up yet again...
...until Goku slams a two-handed sledgehammer blow into the tyrant's long head, interrupting him before he can transform. Frieza hits the ground face first, caught off guard by the sudden attack. The martial artist fires a point-blank wave of Ki before the tyrant can react, completely engulfing him in a torrent of yellow Ki.
"I may like to fight, but other than you, I'm the strongest person on this planet. If you get even stronger and kill me, then I don't think that anyone else can stop you... you'll slaughter everyone. You'll kill Gohan, Krillin, Vegeta... and Raditz. Despite how much I want to fight you at your best, I can't let that happen!" Goku shouts, pouring more and more power into his attack.
Suddenly, a burnt-looking Frieza launches himself through Goku's Ki attack, grabbing the Saiyan by the neck. He brings the martial artist close to his face, before he begins to speak.
"My transformations, unlike what you'd expect, don't actually increase my power. Rather, they're self-imposed limits to control my strength." Frieza says, dangerously calm. "I was going to give you a rare honor, and allow you to witness my true form... but since you've shunned that honor, I suppose I'll just have to kill you in this form."
The tyrant squeezes Goku's neck, slowly choking the life out of the martial artist. His hands scratch desperately at the alien's arm, ineffectively trying to break the taller man's grip. As the Saiyan's face turns purple, and he begins to feel lightheaded, a plan begins to form in his mind...
Goku's hands let go of Frieza's arm, and instead move to both sides of his head. With the last of his strength, Goku shouts at the top of his lungs.
"Solar Flare!"
A bright flash of light comes from the Saiyan, blinding the tall alien. Frieza shrieks in pain, releasing Goku instinctively.
"Kaioken... times 15!" the martial artist shouts, slamming a side-kick into the tyrant's face. As Frieza is forced backwards, Goku points one of his hands down, firing dozens of Ki blasts at the ground. The blasts explode on contact, kicking up a wave of dust and smoke that conceal both fighters.
The tall alien quickly shrugs off his temporary blindness and looks around, frantically trying to locate Goku. Suddenly, a beam of energy pierces the smokescreen, slamming into the back of the tyrant's head. Frieza instantly turns around, launching a wave of Ki at the direction the blast came from...
Nothing happens for several seconds, causing Frieza to grin, thinking that he hit the annoying Saiyan...
...until another beam of Ki bounces off of the emperor's head, knocking him forward slightly.
For the next two dozen seconds, Goku continues to use the tyrant's inability to sense energy against him, constantly blasting the tall alien with Ki beams.
All good things must come to an end, however, and Frieza decides that he's tired of playing games with his opponent. He flies upwards at max speed, only stopping when he leave the cloud of dust Goku created.
He looks down, ignoring the clouds passing beneath his feet, in an attempt to locate his foe. Recalling what had previously happened, Frieza instantly stops his search and quickly turns around, firing a wave of energy at the space behind him, catching Goku before he can launch an attack. Surprised, the Saiyan is unable to dodge the blast, getting hit head-on...
The outer layer of his clothes disintegrates instantly, unable to handle the raw power contained in the blast. As for the Saiyan, he blacks out as soon as the blast engulfs him, limply falling towards the ground. Frieza isn't satisfied with just this, unfortunately, and so the tall alien launches himself at Goku's falling body, driving both legs into the Saiyan's stomach, forcing both of them down until they impact Namek's dirt...
Boom.
Goku is drilled into the ground by Frieza, hitting the planet harder than a nuclear bomb. The crater they leave is immense, and the cloud of dust that's kicked up outclasses the one Goku made by a mile. The shockwave spreads throughout the entire planet, causing Raditz and Vegeta to momentarily stop their fight, each shocked by what they're sensing. The Saiyan from Earth wakes up when he hits the ground, the only thing keeping him from screaming in pain is a lack of air.
The tyrant grins cruelly, stomping down on the martial artist to keep him from escaping.
"Any last words, Super Saiyan?" he says, mocking Goku as he points a single finger at the defeated Saiyan.
Goku stares up at Frieza, struggling to breathe due to the tyrant's foot pressing down on his broken ribs.
"I didn't think so."
A beam of light purple energy slowly builds at the tip of the emperor's finger, and his wicked smile grows even larger as he prepares to finally kill the Super Saiyan of legend...
Suddenly, all light fades from the area as Namek's sky turns a dark, stormy color. Frieza looks around, confused as the area suddenly turns dark.
"I wasn't aware that this planet had a day and night cycle..." he says curiously, launching himself into the air to get a better look.
It takes him several seconds to get out of the dust storm he created when he slammed his Saiyan adversary into the ground. Once he does, his eyes practically bulge out of his head as he sees a large, buff, green dragon in the distance.
"That... that must be the Namekians' wish granting dragon!" he says, a wide grin on his face. "They must've thought that the Super Saiyan would keep me busy, so they're making a wish with the Dragon Balls! Now's my chance!"
The tall alien starts to dash towards Porunga, the dragon connected to the Namekian Dragon Balls, but then stops, staring at the dust cloud where his defeated opponent lies.
Without any hesitation, Frieza points both of his hands at the area where Goku crashed into the ground, and unleashes a powerful beam from both hands, completely incinerating the ground for dozens of miles.
"There goes the Super Saiyan." he chuckles, before turning around to fly to Porunga...
...only to freeze midair, staring at the sky in front of him with wide, unbelieving eyes.
Floating in the air behind him is a beaten, bloodied man in tattered orange clothing. His hair is singed, almost completely burnt off, and he stares at Frieza with obvious exhaustion. A blue ball of Ki spins in his hands, which are cupped together near his waist. Before the tyrant can react, the Saiyan shouts with all his strength, and points his hands at Frieza.
"KAMEHAMEHA!"