The dust settled. Frieza was now bone-white and shorter. Translucent violet biogems adorned his perfect body. He smirked, anger gone.

"Is that all?" Vegeta taunted feigning being unimpressed.

He and Kakarot found themselves being held by their necks face down in the dirt.

"Kaioken!" the orange clad warrior shouted, muffled by the dirt. In his boost of power, he was able to throw the tyrant away.

Frieza chuckled. "An interesting trick, Bard- who the devil are you?" He shook his head. "Little Prince Vegeta?"

Bardock screamed. In a brilliant show of light, he transformed as well. He glared at Frieza with his icy eyes. "This is my son and grandson. You die here, Frieza."

"Oh, I don't think so." Frieza smirked, charging forward. He kicked at Bardock's head, but the man dodged each individual attempt.

"I do. This is a super saiyan, Frieza." Vegeta pointed to the man.

Frieza cringed outwardly. He raised an ivory finger, piercing the prince through the lung. "There. Now we can resume our scuffle."

Bardock grit his teeth. If they were all to survive this, he'd have to be faster. Vegeta could be revived easily, but that didn't mean he wanted to rely on it for the others.

Gohan puffed out his chest. "You know, I was always told stories of you when I was a child."

"You still are, mongrel." the tyrant insulted, folding his arms. "It'd be a shame to destroy you. So young. You should have stayed on whatever miserable moon you've been hiding on all these years."

Kakarot had a really bad idea. He would save it as a last resort. He projected his thoughts to his father.

Bardock smirked. It would be a good idea as a trump card. He could be revived, after all.

"You look like you're all power and no skill. Surrender, or you're going to get seriously hurt or die today." Gohan warned.

"I believe you're confusing yourselves for me. Such a ridiculous mistake to make…" Frieza tutted. He lifted his finger.

Kakarot swatted the beam away from his son.

The frost demon frowned. The non-super saiyan was even deflecting his attacks. Why had all of the saiyans decided to come out of every dank crack in the damn universe?

"Stop delaying the inevitable. I admit, this is interesting. However, I need to get my immortality soon, or else I will grow irate." Frieza cracked a smile.

"We already used the Dragon Balls." Bardock admitted.

Frieza's merriment ceased. "You- what? Did I hear you correctly?"

"We weren't even coming here to kill you. Vegeta killed some of our friends. So we came here to revive them. And we did." Kakarot said, tightening his stance.

"Congratulations." the white monster gave a polite clap. They could almost feel his anger in the air. "I. Am. Livid. It almost makes up for it to be able to kill you, but never before have I been so wronged in my entire life. In fact, in all of my years I have never felt like this. All of the times someone failed me, I thought I was feeling rage. No, this is boiling me." he seriously admitted. "I will make you PAY! I WILL FIND WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN HIDING AND TORTURE THOSE YOU HOLD DEAR!"

Bardock tanked a punch from the irate ruler. It was ineffective, and he swatted him away. His inner bloodlust was coaxing him into dragging this out.

"Some payment, Frieza." Bardock taunted.

Frieza went to attack Gohan, but the orange clad saiyan stopped him, red aura surrounding him. "Gohan, you need to stay down! This is getting to be a bit much. Get Vegeta to safety."

The tyrant lifted a finger. "Not if I have any- Agh!" Bardock grabbed his hand forcefully, angling the death beam up.

The man punched the lizard demon in the face so hard, his white arm almost tore off. "What's wrong, Frieza? Not used to being oppressed?"

Frieza huffed and puffed, clearly not used to exerting himself. Just a sign of how far they had pushed him. Still, his anxiety persisted. Something about this whole day was just wrong.

"You scum." Frieza spat. "I'm not even using a percent of my full power. For this form." He lowered his head, looking Bardock coldly in the eyes.

Kakarot sighed in frustration. "Would you guys stop talking and just fight?"

Frieza darted forward, and Kakarot was forced to strain his body with Kaioken levels he wasn't used to in order to keep up with the flurry.

Bardock used this time to formulate a plan. "Spirit bomb!" he shouted.

His son shot backward, giving a nod. The saiyan man tagged in, keeping Frieza on the defensive.

Which, of course, was putting it lightly. Frieza was not very skilled as a warrior. He was more of a brute, or a living weapon. Much like Bardock had been.

He decided to taunt him in order to stall for time. "This must be humiliating."

"Infuriating, more like!" Frieza whipped him hard with his tail.

Bardock grappled onto it with his own, pulling him in. Spinning, he sent his mortal enemy speeding backwards through the sky.

In his palm, he charged sky blue energy. He tossed it much faster than he had Frieza. They collided in the sky, and Bardock smirked. Toying with Frieza was fun.

The battered Frieza panted, hovering down to the pleased man. He grunted, flexing.

The white being expanded, and so did his energy. It was manageable, but cutting it close.

Frieza lashed for Bardock's legs with his tail. The saiyan jumped over the attack, springing through the air using Frieza's face as a trampoline.

Frieza went to fire a death beam at his grandson. It was more powerful, and Bardock misjudged it. He dived in front of it, receiving a wound to the knee.

"Agh!"

The space tyrant chuckled. "Do you see? Your advantage is slipping through your grasp.

So the man closed his eyes. He tugged and pulled at the energy in his core. In the heat of battle, he called upon a reliable well of energy.

He teleported behind Frieza, smashing him into the air with a precise kick. Wanting to have a bit of fun, he used his instant transmission several times to intercept him and send him in another direction.

He played pinball, and Frieza was the shiny sphere. Said tyrant screamed.

"Enough! Just die!" Frieza shrieked, charging his supernova attack.

Recognizing it, Bardock took action. He recreated a move that he had seen failing two and a half decades ago. Bardock threw his tyrant lancer up.

The blue and red blasts collided. Frieza strained, attempting to win the struggle.

Bardock shielded his eyes from the blinding light as the blast exploded in Frieza's face.

He was not expecting to be suddenly strangled by something. Bardock's vision was obscured by the debris. So he bit down. Hard.

Frieza shrieked, backing away. "My tail!"

"My neck!" Bardock replied, catching his breath.

"You just bit my tail, you filthy savage!" the frost demon shouted.

Bardock kicked him in the chest. "My planet!"

"I destroyed Vegeta because you saiyans were becoming quite troublesome. It seems I should've waited longer for all of you return." Frieza supposed, staring the infernal saiyan down.

The saiyan glared. "You probably would have been fine not destroying Planet Vegeta. I was loyal." Only the king was rebellious back then, when he recalled. "I just find it entertaining that you went to such trouble just because you were scared."

Frieza shook his head, condescendingly chuckling. "Don't give your race too much credit. I was simply being cautious. But, how do you feel knowing that it was your growth in particular that led to my decision?" He grinned wickedly.

Bardock scowled, trying to call his building rage. He charged forward, putting the lizard on the defensive.

Frieza managed to get a kick in, knocking his head backward. He used the opportunity to blast Bardock in the chest.

But he didn't relent. He could do this all day, Frieza couldn't. He simply wasn't used to exerting himself.

The saiyan decided to try a new approach. He acted as if he were charging a blast. When Frieza guarded, he darted forward, teleporting behind him.

Bardock released the charged energy at point blank. Frieza shrieked, scuffed and burned by the attack.

"I grow quickly bored of this!" the tyrant screamed. "Die already you mongrel!" He fired several death beams that the saiyan dodged.

It seemed like Frieza was finally realizing how outclassed he was. "You die here, Frieza."

"NO!" he retorted, punching Bardock in the face with his ivory hand.

"Yes!" the saiyan warrior shot back, kicking his legs out from under him.

Frieza bulked up, turning the tides. Bardock blanched as the three toed foot made contact with his scarred face.

The scarred warrior didn't even give much thought to Frieza's attacks. Even as he was pummeled in the stomach, Bardock remained still. He smirked as he saw the large energy approaching him.

"WHAT IS SO FUNNY, YOU FILTHY MONKEY?!" Frieza frenziedly screamed.

Bardock coughed up blood. He weakly raised a finger, pointing behind the tyrant.

He couldn't see Frieza's face as he turned to see the Spirit Bomb approaching him. It's blue energy mirrored his Death Ball.

"Kaioken!" Bardock shouted, flying out of the way. He narrowly avoided the sphere, but not the pain. He crashed to the dirt before his son. Bardock's body spasmed. Super saiyan must not be compatible with kaioken, he supposed.

Kakarot looked triumphantly at his father. And then the blast detonated.