Chapter 47 - Bitten and Risen

"You haven't said anything, I assume that you reconsidering your options? Saiyans are always hard-headed, I can see that you have some intelligence in you. Smart. This planet will die in a few minutes anyways, no one can stop it. Not even me and my incredible power."

Turtles was rambling on again but Caulifla didn't hear any of it. It was not like she was ignoring him on purpose. Her ears were just ringing and her eyes were blurry as well. His eyes then shifted to the fruit that littered above him.

"My beloved fruit and I will rule this universe..."

Greatness blah blah, power blah blah, Cualifla drowned him out and looked at what she had on her hand. She didn't know when it fell to the ground, either when they barraged the tree with their ki or with the commotion of the fight earlier. However, this was her only hope.

She lifted the small red fruit to her lips and Kale did the same with a similar fruit that Caulifla gave her. She took the biggest of bites and chowed down the rest as if she was starving.

Juicy.

Savory.

Delicious.

She could feel the power of the fruit course through her veins started with her mouth. The nutrients made her stomach feel tight and her muscles even tighter. Her body and ki multiplied in power, so much so that she felt like a new person.

Looking over to Kale with a renewed clarity in her eyes, she could see that a similar transformation was gone through by her friend. The only visible exception was that she had a little more bulk and muscle than before instead of reverting fully back.

Turtles felt a little too narcissistic talking on and on about himself and how great he is. Maybe not narcissistic enough? Anyways, he wanted to see the reactions of the people he was trying to lure. He felt something off when they were looking at each other more energized than ever. Maybe his words were actually hyping them up?

The scouter on his face didn't agree with him when the number spike from its original number to numbers never before seen. It wasn't soon before the scouter couldn't take it anymore with its changing number and exploded on his face.

Turtles wanted to run. The only amazing thing that could boost their power so dramatically was the Fruit of the Tree of Might. His suspicions were confirmed when he saw the bare naked core on the ground near them. He planned his retreat by taking a couple of fruits and leave the planet to die with everyone on it.

Unfortunately for him, Caulifla stopped gawking her own body and power when she didn't hear Turtles villain monologue. Picking up as many fruits as he can, he sneakily flew out of there. If he had just left without trying to get those fruits, maybe he would have survived. Greed is a killer.

Stopped him in his tracks by grabbing the back of his neck. Her bulky muscles held him in the air like a helpless puppy. All of his fruit was dropped when Kale tightens her grip on his neck. He tried to make her let go. The air in his lungs was slowly getting wilted away.

Caulifla flew up to look at the panic within his eyes and smirked.

"Thanks for the bite. We should give you something in return." Kale threw Turtles at bottom of the trunk of his tree. Charging their ki like last time they decided it was now or never.

"Crush Cannon!"

"Resist Blast!"

Their ki collided and combined once more. This wave of attack was 10x bigger than before and all of its glory hit Turtles right in the face. His entire body was being crushed, stuck between a rock and a hard place.

"AHHHHHH"

Unlike last time when the Tree only swayed, they could visibly see the Tree giving way. Turtles felt his back loosen in its hardness and felt like he was being lifted up in the air ever so slowly. The tree and all of its roots were loosening up from the soil that it was deeply embedded in.

One last push, that was all that was needed. And that they did. Using all the power they gained from the Fruit into their blast, the Tree was finally airborne.

It slowly went higher and higher with the roots following behind like tendrils. Caulifla and Kale stopped injecting more of their power and when the end of the beam hit the Tree, it exploded in a shiny fashion.

Green and White sparkles covered the Earth restoring life and energy to everything that had it stolen. Too bad the girls couldn't see. They were beat laying on the floor inversely from each other.

"Nice job Kale. I knew I could count on you."

"Always."

In their normal close relationship, they fist bump to the hard-fought victory they had. Both of them at the same time sensed a power level higher than Turtles. Alarmed, they turned towards that direction only to be relieved when they saw three bald men.

Tien, Krillin, and Chaotzu arrived a couple of minutes after the battle and overlooked the wreckage that the fight made. They barely spotted the two girls because their power levels were so low. Flying down to them, Tien gave them both Senzu beans to restore their energy.

Feeling restoration energy on par with the Fruit of the Tree of Might's power up energy, they jumped up in amazement.

"Wow, I never knew that those little beans could give you so much energy! No wonder Goku took a few on his trip to Frieza! With those, he could beat Frieza three times over!"

"Don't be too sure. The beans may give you your full power back, but it is no use if your opponent is stronger than you."

Caulifla took that into consideration and thank Tien for his support albeit a lot late. Kale and Caulifla decided to return to Capsule Corp to rest and check on Bulma while the Z fighters helped clean the mess.

Returning to Capsule Corp, they found Bulma very intensely struggling to get something within her previous communicator machine. When Bulma saw the two girls, her eyes light up in delight!

"What took you so long! I need your help! Get that part of there and bring it closer to my new machine." They silently did what she asked when they heard the anxiousness in her voice.

After they did that, they waited a few more minutes for Bulma to do the finishing touches. Pressing the On button on her contraption, the display came alive much to Bulma's exasperation. The glee in her face was drained of all of its blood when she saw the history of the signals sent.

Chichi - Where are you? It isn't looking too good. There was someone else with Frieza just as powerful as him.

Goku - Come in Bulma, launch Plan C right now.

Goku - Bulma are you there? We need to go for Plan C.

"Caulifla go get the box over in my room! You should easily see it! We need to start Plan C!"

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'What could have happened on Earth? What is Bulma doing that she can't help us? Is the machine broken? No, it can't be, Chichi communicated with Bulma during our Outer Space trip. Is she in trouble? What could trouble her?'

Goku couldn't help but think these thoughts as he dashed towards the wreckage of the ship. He had to stop short when a purple laser cut a line in front of him telling him not to go any further.

"Now now, if we let you do that, we wouldn't be able to see the despair in your face one moment longer."

The two brothers were in the way between him and this loved ones and Vegeta. Reaching into his pocket, there were a dozen of Senzu beans packed inside. Popping one in his mouth, he gained his power back and furiously fought his way towards them. Senzu beans were of no use if they were dead. Shenron can't take away the pain of dying slowly either.

"Kaio-ken times five!"

It became Goku trying his hardest to push them down long enough to reach the ship. His panicky movements made it easier for them to stall and land blows even with the power increase. Cooler eventually had Goku back on the ground again. A few well-timed blows were enough to tire out Goku once again during his Kaio-ken times five state.

"Hahaha! Weakling. Getting so worked up over a few puny mortals."

"Yes! I love that look on your face! Let me see if the people on this ship could make the same expressions!" Frieza walked up to the ship and opened the fiery ball of metal. Goku couldn't move an inch from his position under Cooler's foot. The Senzu beans felt like a mile away from the way his arm was crackling.

Emerging from the ship was someone with Frieza. A girl. Frieza held Chichi like she was a doll. She was unconscious with some blood coming from her mouth and parts of her body. That relief that Goku felt when she was alive dissipated when he heard the screams that came from her when Frieza squeezed her arm a little.

Goku looked down and closed his eyes. Waves of helplessness came over him.

'Why did I come here? Why was I so confident in this world where every turn is danger? Where did I think everything will go my way? Why did I think I was powerful enough?'

"Don't look away now, it is the best part." Cooler lifted Goku's head and forced his eyes open. Seeing Frieza about to Death Beam her thigh unlocked something within Goku.

'Don't stop now, become stronger!'

Using all the anger he felt, he pushed it towards his conviction. Goku's hair started to flash yellow while his eyes became a crystalized blue. Cooler's foot started to burn to melt all of what he knew about Saiyans.

"AHHH!" That scream felt refreshing.

It blew Cooler away from the laying Saiyan. Slowly standing up, Frieza was mesmerized by what was before him. Golden hair, golden aura, and blue eyes. A Super Saiyan! Blinking once, he didn't know how he got beside Cooler embedded into the wall.

Giving Chichi a Senzu bean, her full consciousness came too. She saw her slightly different looking husband fueled with silent rage. The situation was about to be explained to her, but instead, the communication device in Goku's pocket came first. Answering it, they both heard Bulma's voice filled with anticipation.

"Goku! Goku are you there?! There was something on our end but it has been resolved! Caulifla is just got back with Plan C. Do we still need to go through with it?"

Goku's calm voice surprised the hysterical Bulma and was about to confirm her plans. However, he had a different idea.

"No. Go for Plan D."