Round 3: Goku and Vegeta vs Saiyan and Freezer

"Ghhhk!"

A red laser suddenly punches through Goku's chest. Freezer chuckles as Vegeta's jaw drops; he whirls to look at him.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

Freezer chokes on his own response as Vegeta's fist smacks into his ugly mug, causing spittle to spray. A crazy grin crawls over his facade as he wipes his chin: "Oh my, oh my Vegeta! I'm terribly sorry, but I simply couldn't resist! He was wide- *ACK*!"

He swings his head up, crossing his eyebrows. Through his blurry vision he sees a brilliant blue glow.

"O-oh, you're approaching me, Vegeta?"

"I can't beat the shit out of you WITHOUT GOING SUPER SAIYAN BLUE! FINAL CRASH!"

...

Goku collapses to his knees, wheezing. At least this one missed all his vital organs... but his form flickers. The sheer concentration he needs to maintain the hakai is diluted enough for Saiyan to burst through, a wave of energy heralding his freedom. The Legendary Warrior lurches forwards, glowering over his opponent. His eyes glow yellow with fury... his mental block appears to still be stolidly in place despite its current decay slowly releasing his power.

"Rurrrrrgh... GUUUURGH!"

The divine saiyan barely manages to catch his breath in time to avoid the brute's stomping feet. He rolls down the incline, picking up speed as the massive saiyan charges after him. Goku gasps as he careens off a cliff... and lands an instant latter on top of a bare quarry.

"Gah!"

A sickening crunch rings out as Saiyan's foot slams down on his leg and snatches him to a stop. He flops over helplessly as he is lifted up by his collar, held immediately above the enemy's face to stare him in the eyes.

"Urgh... man, Freezer must've really gotten to you deep..."

He quickly raises a palm to Saiyan's face and starts to generate a florescent red ball of ki, only for Saiyan to reach up with his other hand and snuff it out like a match being pinched. "Oh." Goku grins sheepishly as Saiyan snarls. "Iiiiii guess you won't just let me down, huh?" He suddenly gasps as he feels himself being thrown off, only for Saiyan to snatch his broken leg at the last moment and yank him back into the ground.

"GAAAAH!"

His mouth hangs open, as he stares into the snow he's just been mashed into. Goku cries out weakly as he feels another tug at his leg. "No...". Saiyan pulls him up, slinging and swinging him around like a knapsack while screaming before utterly bludgeoning the rock before him with Goku's body.

Saiyan howls with sadistic delight and goes hog-wild with his new toy as Goku screams in pain from the impacts. The area around him is reduced to white rubble as the brutal simulacrum of whack-a-mole goes on. Vegeta turns to look.

"Kakar-!"

Freezer hops back, smirking with a hand over his mouth. "Oh Vegeta, do pay attention to the opponent in front of you. I have grown much more dangerous since that wench made the mistake of reviving me, after all~."

"Urgh, you...!"

Goku is right pissed at this point. Whether or not this guy has been broken and is really not so bad at heart, he needs to be subdued. He already knew that... but now he can feel it. In his leg. Ow.

He barely even notices it through the pain when he's pulled up from the ground once again until he notices he's in free fall. Everything feels like it's in slow motion as snow and rock dust billows around his field of view... until Saiyan's meaty hand nabs the back of his head and starts to thrust him. The battered and broken warrior screams as Saiyan rockets forwards, blistering by the side of the cliff. Goku is barely able to close his eyes in time before his captor slams his head into the rock face, shredding the cliff as he tears through it.

With one last grunt of exertion Saiyan shoves Goku through the last few meters of the rock face and yeets him off the side of the mountain. Goku whimpers as he is shot through the air, rocketing up a good ways before he starts to lag and fall into the valley under him.

Saiyan's vision goes white, an impossibly loud noise ringing through the air. Freezer and Vegeta turn to look.

"Well well well, it looks like I won't be getting a chance to kill that monkey after all!" The prince just growls, shooting the combatants a look before turning back to his own scuffle.

It takes Saiyan a good several seconds to realize that noise he hears is his own bellows of triumph. He pounds his chest, howling as he splays his stance and exudes energy from his high ground. Goku slowly cranes his head, his blue hair flickering and failing as he slams into the ice sheet. He cries under his breath, face-down.

A psychic presence fills the back of his mind...

"Goku... Goku!"

"Oh... hey Piccolo..."

"What's happening out there?! I know it's not just Freezer's power we're sensing. Everybody's worried..."

"... You got that right."

"I've already got a hunch, but... do you recognize them?"

"Yeah, actually... it's, uh, the Legendary Super Saiyan."

"I knew it... seems like you've got your hands full, huh?"

Goku strains to stay conscious, slamming his forehead against the ice. "H-he's strong...! Stronger than Broly was before..."

"Strong is an UNDERSTATEMENT, if he hasn't even transformed yet. I wish I could come, but I think I might get in the way. The others... they want to help, though."

"N-no! I'm... I'm barely surviving over here. They'd be killed..."

"I can't stop them, Goku. Don't worry, they don't plan to get involved except as a last resort. ... Try not to let things get that bad. You have a senzu bean, don't you?"

"Yeah... If things do get out of control, I'll use Instant Transmission to come to you. Stand by... uh, keep an eye on the ones who come...?"

"If you do honestly think that could happen, it must be one hell of a fight. ... Good luck, Goku."

"T-thanks, Piccolo. Tell Gohan to keep an eye out as well. ... Gotta go."

...

Saiyan touches down near the downed warrior, snarling. He takes a step forwards, staring at Goku's black hair. The more he looks at this guy, the more pissed he gets! But why...? ... Because he killed his lifelines to his past? He shakes his head to purge the doubtful thoughts from his head, before he raises his foot; Saiyan sets it back down almost immediately, though.

"What is he waiting for...? Oh, duh! He's probably never been in a real fight before, being this strong! If he's anything like me, he's probably been aching for something like this his whole life and never gotten it until now. He doesn't want it to end yet!"

He cries out as he rolls onto his back, staring Saiyan defiantly in the eye. He glances over at the skirmish between Vegeta and Freezer, before turning his attention back to the brute.

"Heeey, buddy! You see this...?" Goku struggles, grunting as he reaches into his pocket to pull out the senzu. He shows it off to Saiyan. "This is a senzu bean, a divine healing item... it's the only one I've got, so don't worry about me cheating my way through our fight, okay? But... I hope you wanted a real exciting battle!"

Saiyan's eyes widen. So that's it; why he can't just avenge his people. The saiyans are a warrior race... and he's never been to war before! Saiyan's scowl grows into an evil, wry smile as he stands back, waiting for Goku to heal himself.

As he thinks this, something hurts his head. He grimaces and winces, his memories acting up. Saiyan... are you certain these surfacing memories ought to be completely ignored through this fight? You might want to take a look at what scraps of your past you can get... before your ability to analyze them is lost once and for all.

Goku sniggers as he tosses the bean up and catches it with in mouth. He savors the fishy flavor of the item, swallowing.

...

Saiyan raises an eyebrow. Goku... he's completely healed?! That bean really does hold some sort of magic. He watches as the enemy warrior hops to his feet, testing out his newly repaired leg.

Goku raises a finger, pointing at Saiyan. "All right, you ready? I'm going all out here!"

The savage smirks, crossing his arms. The bloodlust is overwhelming, pounding in his head. While his rage is as strong as ever, it is overridden by his overwhelming desire for a struggle, a frantic fight to get his blood boiling! This fight... must not end before Goku truly suffers defeat!

The fighter spreads his stance and screams. Saiyan takes in the sight as the amiable opponent powers up... wind starts to whirl around him, and he thinks about how this must be the power which allowed Goku and Vegeta to destroy the rest of their people!

His aura flickers orange for a second before going brilliant gold, his hair standing up like spikes. Goku smirks. "This, Saiyan, is what a Super Saiyan looks like. But you know that." Saiyan nods, attempting to parse the potentially useful information while fighting off the urge to just attack, alongside the whispering memories.

He resumes his screaming... his hair explodes into a cyan wreath as a burst of holy light silhouettes him against a flame of blue. The divine warrior reborn, he crosses his arms.

"This, is a Super Saiyan Blue. In this form I can use the power of the gods themselves!"

Another nod.

"And this... is to go even further beyond!"

Goku spreads his stance once again, and forces out a terrifying howl of battlelust. The blue aura flickers to excitement, dancing wildly like an great flame. The saiyan's hair flashes white; he lurches forwards, the pain in his eyes greatly intruiging Saiyan.

The divine saiyan continues to force his power higher and higher, his muscles tensing. He can feel himself going faint from the exertion... "D-damn! I can't... I guess Ultra Instinct is out of the question, then..."

The shout reaches a crescendo as the power falls for a split second before absolutely detonating. It forms a crater around the saiyan before collapsing. Saiyan's confusion is visible as the aura swirls around Goku, falling back into him while the blue in his hair deepens. He slowly opens his eyes as a wisp of smoke trails off, the last remnants of his aura flittering away.

"And this... is the complete Super Saiyan Blue! Unless you really make me exert myself, there won't be any aura for you to track... so let's see what you got!"

Saiyan is speechless for a good five seconds before leaning back and guffawing. He snaps back, snarling in a bizarre simultaneity of giddiness and rage. The two ultimate warriors leap at each other once again, bellowing with bloodlust.

"Huuuuaaaaaaaagh!"

"ERRAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGH!"

...

Freezer ducks under his opponent's high kick, snatching Vegeta's waist with his tail and slamming him to the ground. Vegeta gasps before a three-toed foot slams onto his chest, pinning him to the floor.

"My Vegeta, I have been training since that foolish android brought me back from hell... but I must say your own progress is most impressive. Though," he points to the absolutely insane power radiating from Saiyan, still in his base form, "you are absolutely nothing compared to the Legendary Super Saiyan! His power... it is magnificent! If he would, could transform..."

Vegeta glares at his once-master, spitting upon his foot. "Fucking. Idiot! That is what I have been saying this whole time! NOBODY stands a damn chance against him! He! IS! A! MONSTER!"

The emperor's glare hardens before he forces his foot down harder. The prince under him croaks, the words he tries to get out being muffled by the pressure on him. Freezer slowly wraps his tail around his neck, caressing his favorite ex-attack dog. Ah, strangulation.

"Vegeta, Vegeta, Vegeta. I would have thought that you would have learned respect by now!" His eloquent voice belies the sadistic hatred he harbors: the pale xeno raises his finger, red energy glinting off of it.

The massive impact of the two other saiyans knocks his aim off, however. Freezer whips around as Vegeta grins. "Time to show our stuff, eh, Kakarotto...?"

"What are you mumbling on about, cretin?!"

The prince's sophisticated response can be summed up as him leaning forwards and slamming his teeth down upon Freezer's tail. The emperor shrieks and tears his appendage out of the monkey's mouth, rubbing it as the prince climbs back to his feet.

"Y-you animal! You bastard!"

"You moron!"

And Vegeta's form flickers as he ascends.

Kami's Lookout

Piccolo and Dende gaze into the distance, their divine (and ex-divine) eyes watching the fight.

"Little green..." he says, causing Dende to snicker at the nickname. "A zeni for your thoughts?"

The Guardian of Earth puts his hand to his chin, thinking. "Well... I think that even with most of Earth's Special Forces being busy keeping order, what we have should be good. Gohan and Majin Buu should be able to hold their own, if Gotenks doesn't put himself at risk by hopping into the fray. Tien, Chiatzou, and Krillin could be useful supports... especially if Krillin is able to nail him with his Destructo Disk technique. If Beerus woke up that would be a best sort of help, but it's unlikely... The only one I'm really worried about..."

"Videl?"

"D-don't tell her, but... yeah. It's incredibly dangerous for her to go anywhere near that place."

"Hmph. I won't get in her way."

"But... if she's hurt. What'll happen to Pan?"

The ex-demon looks down at the diminutive deity, snorting.

"Dragon. Balls."

"Ooooh yeah. Still."

"Yeah. We should hope it just doesn't get to that point... but if it does, it's nice to have you handy. You should... warm up those healing hands? We want Goku and Vegeta back on the battlefield as much as possible."

"Y-yeah, we do. It's too bad Korin doesn't have any more senzu ready."

Tsurumaitsuburi Range

Goku jukes around Saiyan's swings, dodging and weaving they hamhands like the professional martial artist he is. Saiyan staggers back as the blue brawler slams a fist into his cheek, to follow it up with a sharp knee to the chin.

"Gugh!"

The blow carries him into the air, but hands shoot out and clamp around his foe's neck. Goku's eyes widen as Saiyan starts to choke the life out of him: he butts his head forwards, forcing Saiyan to loosen his grip as they careen upwards. He smirks and shoots downwards... only for his right leg to be snatched out of the air.

"Oh no not again...!"

Saiyan whips around, corkscrewing into the ground as he throws Goku into it. He ragdolls the poor bloke, slamming him against the ground again and again and again. Even in his ascended form, Goku can only glance around frantically as he feels bile start to build up in his throat. After one last especially brutal slam, he's skipped across the snow, blown back; he looks up just in time to see Saiyan rocketing towards him. The blue fighter flips out of the way, quickly hopping into a stance as the bulky enemy smacks into the ice he was just on.

"Kamehameha-!"

The beam smacks into Saiyan and catches him by surprise, the wave of energy carrying him up and into the peak of a nearby mountain. Goku lets his arms drop, wheezing from the exertion before blasting up after him. Saiyan's body simply plows through the rocky peak. He flips around wildly, taking a good second to stabilize himself before picking up speed, flying backwards.

He roars something that sounds suspiciously similar to "Gigantic Cluster!" before throwing his arm forwards, a globular mass of neon green plasma being lobbed at the approaching Super Saiyan Blue. He quickly picks up speed, throwing the explosive blasts with reckless abandon as Goku weaves around them and manages to get into striking range.

"Hyagh!"

Saiyan squawks as Goku's knee rams into his chest, knocking the wind out of him for a good second before a blue light winks into existence, point-blank. His eyes widen.

"NYAGH!"

The bulky boy raises a hand- and lurches forwards, putting all his strength into a monumental, devastating slap. The sound rings across the mountain range, catching the attention of Vegeta and Freezer. Vegeta uses the distraction as an opportunity to nail the emperor with a "DIE DIE MISSILE BARRAGE!" Freezer staggers under the, er, barrage of blasts.

Goku drifts listlessly, the slap knocking him into a haze. It's all he can do to notice Saiyan wrapping his arms around his waist and... oh god no!

"PILEDRIVER!"

And thus the two saiyans plow right through the rocky shell of the earth, into the fiery depths below. Vegeta and Freezer glance over in surprise, only for both of them to attempt to sneak attack the other. Their piercing blows bounce off one another, shockwaves ripping through the area.

"Freezer... if I didn't know any better, I would say that you were getting to be a good fighter!"

The emperor wipes his chin, smirking. "Well, what can I say? That ruffian of yours appears to have... affected me with a certain enjoyment of battle~."

"Hmph, so you're only mostly worthless, then."

"Classy."

Freezer whips his tail at Vegeta, who catches it and delivers a swift horizontal chop to the tyrant's throat. The chop is parried and countered with a simple gut punch, which lands true, knocking the wind out of Vegeta long enough for Freezer to plant a kick in the divine saiyan's face.

As Vegeta starts flying away, he suddenly grabs on to Freezer's tail again, and dragging him along thanks to momentum physics, hurls him into the side of a mountain. He swings around in an arc, charging Freezer to hit him up with a barrage of ki-coated punches and embedding him deeper and deeper into the mountain before finally launching him through the other side with a roundhouse kick.

Freezer promptly exploits their new relative positioning and projects a beam of ki from his finger to slicethrough the mountain, creating an even cut centered on the hole Vegeta made in it. The fucking mountain collapses on top of the poor prince, burying him alive in rubble.

A muffled voice echoes from inside the mountain: "Do you REALLY think this can stop me!?"

Vegeta unleashes a Super Explosive Wave, blasting the mountain to pieces. He rushes at Freezer to continue his assault. He stops dead when he sees Freezer's menacing smirk; the smirk of a scumbag whose trap has gone of perfectly.

"Of course not, you meatheaded brute!"

Vegeta takes a point-blank Death Ball to the chest: the planet-destroying power smashes him backwards and his tears at armor, before exploding and sending him flying away. Freezer prepares a follow-up, using his telekinetic abilities on the surrounding rubble. He splays his arms, cackling as purple power expels into his aura. The rock whirls around and rushes in to crush Vegeta–!

"PLANET CRUSHER!"

"What in the–?!"

The Prince and the Emperor gawk at the moon-sized orb of energy above them, slowly careening towards the ground in only a short distance away. Blue sparks fly off the lowest end out of sight; it seems Kakarotto is struggling against it, and that Saiyan has continued to grow in strength in the meantime.

Freezer's attack screeches to a stop as his eyes widen. "W-w-what in god's name?!" The heat blasts out from the green star of destruction, buffeting them with thermal winds. Vegeta's stare turns wry, before he breaks out into laughter. "Do you see, Freezer?! Do you see the danger you have put the universe in by harboring that mon–!"

And then the blast touches home on the ground, and the world goes green and white.

West City

Raditz and Android Number 18 shield their eyes as they look north, squinting at the brilliant green flash. The ground shakes.

"You think they'll buy the Mr. Satan explanation again?" he asks. His tail curls around his waist involuntarily; he never had the opportunity to meet this Broly person, but from what he's heard he is a terrifying opponent.

"The fool isn't here, is he?" she snorts as she brushes her hair back. "They'll all assume he's over there."

"Hmph. I hope I'm getting paid overtime for this... I'm Capsule Corp's bodyguard, not a public defender!"

"I feel the same way... but I do live here. I'd rather not get paid for this trouble than have the place our kids live be decimated."

"... Same." He scratches the back of his head, ruffling his massive mane of scruffy hair. "If it's all the same to you, I think this riot has calmed down for now. You mind if I go off to check on Nezumi? To, uh... she's pregnant, and..."

18 smiles at him. "I don't mind. Tell Zana and Ranch to be careful."

He nods and bursts away, flying towards his home. The shockwaves have been ringing throughout the city... ever since Kakarotto arrived, things have just been getting more and more active. It's almost as though... the universe is hitting a sort of climax, eh? So many ridiculous situations in just a few decades. Any other race might be driven to distraction. At least the populace was easily swayed by laser-firing musclemen, and easily comforted by the reminder of their beloved Mr. Satan.

The saiyan rubs his chin, lost in thought as the city burns around him. How is the buffoon going to cover his ass when the truth gets out once and for all, anyways? Nappa probably has an idea... the old bastard has gotten pretty wily as of late.

Anyways... let the heroes, the Gokus and Vegetas and the world answer the big questions. He's got a family to check on.