22 Battle (1/2)

”How could you have possibly survived that?” Frieza asked.

”I heal fast.” Raditz deadpanned his response.

”I'm curious to see what the limits of your miraculous healing are.” Frieza casually commented.

The combatants disappeared, leaving shockwaves in their wake. The two emperors had engaged in high speed combat. The onlookers were only sporadically able to make out what was happening. A medium sized rock formation near the group watching the fight exploded. Raditz's allies had to move quickly to avoid being hit by the debris.

The Saiyan had managed to hit Frieza into the hill, which was what led to the explosion. The tyrant wasted no time in returning to the battle. He noticed that his opponent, Raditz, was becoming better at avoiding his blows. Frieza hated to admit it, but Raditz's fist had become less of an annoyance and more noticeably painful.

Raditz learned through the exchange of blows with Frieza that his Fist of the North Galaxy would be ineffective on him. His atypical alien biology made his Ki points vastly different from other species. It didn't matter to Raditz whether he could rely on his technique or not. He just wanted to use Frieza as long as possible to get stronger.

”You think you are doing well?” Frieza asked. ”Here, catch.”

Frieza held up his right arm with his index finger pointing skyward. He formed a massive yellow ball of Ki on the tip of his raised finger. With a flick of his wrist, the galactic emperor tossed the small sun like ball of energy at Raditz.

”You can have taste of what happened to Planet Vegeta.” Frieza laughed, ”By the way if that touches

the ground, consider your friends and a big chunk of the planet extinct.”

Raditz pooled his Ki to resist the imposing ball of energy bearing down on him. As the ball drew closer, the Saiyan raised his hands to hold back the energy. Raditz needed to keep ramping up his Ki to prevent Frieza's attack from vaporizing him.

The Saiyan managed to start forcing the giant attack back when he dropped down on one leg. A smoldering hole was burned through his left thigh. While he was struggling against the attack, Raditz failed to notice Frieza fire the Death Beam at his leg.

KAIO-KEN TIMES TEN!

The blazing red aura of the Kaio-Ken burned around Kakarot as he rushed at Frieza. He was angered by the sneak attack Frieza made against his brother. Kakarot used his burst of strength to force Frieza back away from the area.

Frieza was surprised that another Saiyan was strong enough to stand a chance, no matter how slim, against his second form. After getting push some distance away from Raditz, Frieza hit Kakarot with a hammer fist. The strike caused the Saiyan to get driven into the ground at a high velocity. A crater in the Namekian surface was formed around him.

The red fiery aura erupted around Kakarot once again as he exploded out of the crater back towards Frieza. The pair vanished and reappeared from place to place exchanging blows. Explosions could be heard from the collisions of strikes from the two combatants.

Raditz focused his Ki into his hands and used Ki beam to push against Frieza's attack. He continued to pour more energy into the attack until it started to move away from him. Beads of sweat formed on his head as he concentrated on using the appropriate amount of Ki to get the job done. Eventually, his blue beam of energy forced the attack out of the atmosphere and to the depths of space.

Raditz managed to push the Supernova away just in time, because Kakarot was sent crashing into the ground behind him. Kakarot seemed to be fine for the most part, but out of breath.

”You hurt?” Raditz questioned.

”Just need to catch my breath... Kaio-Ken takes a lot out me.” Kakarot huffed.

Frieza slowly lowered himself down onto a blue grass covered hill. The group stared at the tyrant, waiting to see what he was going to try next. Nappa was horrified by the power he had witnessed from Frieza. Yet, at the same time he was inspired by Raditz's ability to match the his former boss.

Not to mention, Kakarot, a low leveled Saiyan who survived one on one against Frieza.

”You monkeys actually believe you can defeat me, behold.” Frieza declared as his Ki skyrocketed.

CRACK! CRACK!

Frieza's body made sicken noises as it stretched and morphed. His head elongated, gaining four spike like protrusions. His face became more amphibious in appearance, along with his lips turning dark purple.

He was transforming into his third form.

When the transformation was over, the Earthlings could only stand there petrified. They could not conceive of anyone possessing the level of power they felt coming from Frieza. Raditz expected Frieza to be strong from knowing how the original story went, but feeling it in person was a different thing altogether. Ever since the hyper moon mutated him, Scouters have never been able to actually gauge his power, but he used Frieza as a measuring stick. He knew that his power had to have risen to at least over a million to push back the Supernova attack Frieza threw. Which meant he had waited long enough.

HAAAAH!

Raditz powered up with a deafening shout. He was drawing on the power of the Ape. Everyone could feel the oppressive Ki surging from his body. His muscle began to expand, his irises became Great Ape crimson, and his hair took on the same wild appearance as it did when he used it against Vegeta. He could feel the anger of the ape rising inside of him. The pain from the wound in his leg was all but nonexistent.

”I have never seen or heard of a monkey doing anything like that.” Frieza mused before using both hands to fire off a barrage of Death Beams.

Raditz blinked through the attacks as he closed the distance to Frieza. Once he was directly in front of his opponent, both disappeared from sight. The onlookers once again could no longer follow the action. They all could see the effects of the battle by the trail of destruction left behind.

The landscape was altered in multiple locations by the clash. In one place, a small mountain crumbled to the ground. When the fight moved over the water, tall geysers of water would erupt into the air from the pressure of the strikes.

When the clash ended, the two fighters found themselves face to face on twin plateaus. Raditz was covered in blood and clutching his right arm. Frieza looked equally as worn down by the quick, but