Saiyan?"
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“Wrong!” Bradock didn't seem to feel the wounds. He gathered his strength and released her with a dull scream. The force of the energy threw the mass of the attackers back a dozen meters.Bradock had sweat on his forehead, his chest rising and falling in rapid succession.
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"Then you're a traitor too. Kill all three!" Freezer ordered the Saiyans, who were just getting up again and preparing to storm again. Her movements were a little more hesitant than before, which gave the three in the ring a short break.
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“Here, take!” Master Kaio held out a peach to Bradock. When he was replaced by Sonou, he had taken over his backpack and was still carrying it.
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"They're really good," encouraged Gokou. "I could use one too."
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"Then I don't want to be like that," Master Kaio smiled, as if they were at a picnic and not in the middle of a fight. Bradock looked puzzled at the two of them, who were taking a bite of their peaches with relish. He hastily followed suit, and indeed, this first good, real meal since his death was like a piece of heaven. In no time he had devoured his peach.<br />
This fruit was really tough. New strength flowed through him, the lost energy came back and he felt strong enough again to tear up trees, no mountains.
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"We take care of the Saiyans," said Master Kaio to Gokou. "I'll leave Freezer to you."
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Bradock wanted to protest, but by then Gokou had already hissed past him and jumped over the newly rolling Saiyan wave. He sat up in front of Freezer and looked at him with narrow eyes.
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"Wouldn't you prefer to give up, Freezer? I don't want too much to break here unnecessarily."
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“Don't act like that!” Freezer spat poison into bile. "My loyal Saiyans make minced meat out of your master and that bastard Bradock, do you think I haven't learned anything? Cell told me some of his tricks."
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"A little late, isn't it?" Gokou teased. "After all, Trunks processed you into fricassee with ease ..."
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Freezer froze and his eyes glowed ominously.His aura flickered and exploded just like Gokous had before.
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"Don't get reckless," Master Kaio sent to him, "he has really become stronger."
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"Don't I?" Gokou replied. He didn't want to go to extremes to lull Freezer into safety and to induce him to be careless, so he let some of his true power shine through, so that all the lakes around began to steam and sparks danced in his aura, stopped the transformation back to Super Saiyan.
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"You must have softened in paradise," Freezer scoffed. He raised a forefinger and a small ball of energy appeared, growing larger and larger. "I would really like to see you as a little soul flame, Son Gokou. Do you think I could wipe you out if I trample you long enough in the dust?"
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"I don't know, but you're welcome to try," Gokou replied.
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In the meantime the Saiyans were back at the ring, above all the king."Stop it, your Majesty," Bradock implored as he jumped into the ring and pounced on the lower Saiyan.
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Master Kaio used his divine powers and built a barrier around the attackers. Furious, they kicked and pounded the invisible wall that made it impossible for them to move forward or to retreat.
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Only the king was so far ahead of them that he was no longer caught.
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Obeying Blind Freezer's orders, he threw himself at Bradock, who, fit again, dodged without attempting to counterattack. "What are you waiting for?" Gasped Master Kaio, the barrier costing a lot of strength. "Defend yourself!"
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"He's my king," Bradock ducked, parried a blow and went back into defensive position. "I swore my allegiance to him back then ..."
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The memory flashed briefly in his mind ...
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“You can rise.” The king's calm voice echoed in the throne room.Bradock raised his head. The Saiyan there on the throne was only a little older than himself and yet an authority emanated from him that no one dared to oppose.
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They were alone in the throne room, the young King Vegeta had sent all the warriors out. Now he jumped from the throne and stretched.
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"I hate all this paperwork," he said, motioning Bradock to come closer. "With all the slimes that surround me, you are one of the few warriors who openly speak their minds."
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"That's how we agreed it was back then, my King."
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"Then just call me by name. Ever since we met in the training camp and you gave me my first broken nose ..."
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"Back then you were the prince and I was young and stupid," sighed Bradock and ran his hand through his hair.
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"Well, we're still not that old and if my father hadn't messed with Freezer, he could still sit on that throne."<br />
Silence fell over the two men who were pondering their thoughts. Heavy thoughts.
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"Out with it," said King Vegeta. "Did I do something wrong?"
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"The contract with Freezer saved us."
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"At the moment, but that also made us his slaves. Should I have refused and pounced on him like my father?"
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"None of us are strong enough to stand up to him, my King. Not yet."
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The King looked at Bradock for a long time and nodded. "Not yet. There is this rumor that we Saiyans are getting stronger from generation to generation. We both should definitely make sure that there is a stronger generation after us."
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"Do you have someone in mind already, Majesty?"
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The king winked at Bradock. "Let yourself be surprised. In any case, we must also provide you with the right partner. I would like to introduce you to a warrior of the first rank among my relatives ..."<br />
"Let it go, Your Highness, if I may be so direct. Even among us warriors of the third class there is blood that gives rise to hope."
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"Well, then I'll leave it to you to make the right choice. Just don't take too much time with it. Freezer will do everything to thin out our people, because that's the only way we won't be a threat to him anymore. Tomorrow the first planet can be waiting for cleaning ... "
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"You're not happy with it, are you?"
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"Many primitive spirits among our warriors will have fun. But you and I, we know that these weaklings on the Freezers will let us go, will not get us a step further.
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"Freezer knows that too."
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The king sighed and nodded. "You can bet on that. I really hope I haven't sealed the doom of my people with it ..."
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"Whatever will happen, your Majesty, there is nothing we can do about it. And no matter where Freezer sends me, I will always do the best in your interests for our people."<br />
King Vegeta stepped in front of Bradock and put a hand on his shoulder. "I appreciate that, my friend ..."
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"... and therefore I cannot attack him, that would be treason." Again Bradock evaded, but the king persevered.
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"That you Saiyans always have to think so single-tracked," sighed Meiser Kaio. "If you knock him out and take his earring off, that would be the best for him and your people, wouldn't it? He doesn't need a submissive subject who doesn't dare to do anything, but a friend."
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Bradock swallowed. The blue tap with the feelers had spoken a true word. “Very well.” He dived under the king's next blow and smacked his fist on his chin with all his might. For a moment King Vegeta's eyes widened and his dull gaze became clear. Then they veiled themselves and he collapsed unconscious.Bradock tore his earring off with one move and trampled on it. "Done."
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"Congratulations," groaned the Kaio. "Now you can help me keep the other 98 at bay until Gokou finishes."
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At the moment he was busy keeping an eye on the still growing energy ball. Freezer wouldn't go that far, would it?
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Freezer himself was far too angry at the moment to be able to think clearly. The one to whom he owed his most humiliating defeat, the one who had just led him by the nose in a silly disguise, stood in front of him as if on the platter. He wouldn't do things by halves as he did on Namek, no, it went straight to the point.
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“Since you've made the effort to get so far as to be destroyed by me,” he hissed, “I don't want to disappoint you. Go to hell, Son Gokou!” With that he shot the huge ball of energy.
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"It's going to be close," thought Gokou and looked behind him.A few hundred meters away he could feel souls in one of the many sulfur lakes. If he just dodged the ball like that, they'd get a full hit. Damn it!
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The ball was already approaching. Gokou threw up his arms and pressed his hands against the ball as if to push it away from him. Not from bad parents, this attack, really not. Similar to the force that Cell had used against Gohan at the time, only not quite as strong. But in its current form, Gokou was simply not up to this amount of energy. It rolled over him, no matter how hard he tried to resist. He gave more strength, more, but he had just hesitated too long. Freezer laughed loudly and shot even more energy at the ball to let it grow even further and then Gokou was right in the middle and screamed ...
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"No! Kakerott!" Bradock saw how Gokou was swallowed up by the ball of energy, heard the scream and a dam broke inside him. Anger, irrepressible anger at Freezer awoke, an anger such as the otherwise more level-headed Bradock had never known.His aura changed from blue to flaming red and then to sun gold and his hair changed from black to blonde. The dark eyes turned gray, then jade green, and his whole face grew harder and colder. “You will atone for that, Freezer!” His scream and above all the energy that was discharged not only swept away the barrier of the Kaio, but also knocked the Saiyans off their feet.
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The kaio plopped onto its four letters and