Dragon Ball Z: Paradise Found

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"Your skill in the art of combat is impressive, Vegeta, but with just this level of battle power, even my brother would have made a mockery out of you, as, I've heard, he already has." Cooler stated a cold fact before charging and driving his fist into Vegeta's jaw. The king's body bent backward in a perfect arc that drove torturous resonances through the Saiyan's body.

As Vegeta vanished away, Cooler hurled his knife-edge chop with a full body turn, reading his opponent's moves flawlessly as he slashed the edge of his palm into Vegeta's throat, leaving the collapsing king of Saiyans wheezing. Cooler's vicious chop had blocked off Vegeta's airways. Cooler hopped up and spun his lower body like a windmill, whipping his stunned opponent with his leg before swiping diagonally down with his hand and breaking through Vegeta's armor while Cooler's powerful hands rended the king's flesh, forcing Vegeta's body to release a splash of blood outward.

A flurry of strictly disciplined and adamant punches and knee strikes further punished the king's resolve before Cooler drove his fist into Vegeta's gut and straightened his back out, cracking his neck left and right. Styling on his opponent, Frieza's brother raised his finger and fired a pink beam from his finger that punched right through Vegeta's armor and flesh, though hit no vitals. Vegeta stumbled back with a dazed expression while the would-be space emperor rushed forward with punches and kicks before finally vanishing and appearing behind Vegeta to slam him down to the ground with a diving punch.

"Don't presume to know a thing about the Saiyan spirit..." Vegeta growled while focusing all his effort in merely rising from his compromised position from the rubble that his body had left after Cooler pounded him into the ground hard enough to level mountain ridges in the surrounding area of the asteroid. "I'm just getting started fighting and we Saiyans grow more powerful in each battle!"

"It's true that you appear capable of handling immense punishment," Cooler admitted in a quiet moment of reflection. "This is the most irritating thing about you, Vegeta. I would have to attack you with full power to wipe you out completely and leave you no hope of putting the incredible grit of yours to work, though if I did that, I'd risk leveling this entire civilization I've just taken under my care."

"What do you care?" Vegeta wiped the blood that was coming out from his inside through his mouth from the penetrative wound in his abdomen and the multiple internal lacerations. "You'd just obliterate them once they're no longer useful to you!"

"Tsk!" Cooler's face shifted to a hint of disdain as Vegeta's remark appeared to have gotten under his skin for the first time. The self-made tyrant vanished and drove his knee into Vegeta's gut, leaving the Saiyan king dazed while Cooler's tail wrapped around his neck and Cooler spun around with his entire body, flinging Vegeta up in the air. "You scat-flinging baboon! I am nothing like my brother. When will you realize that and stop stacking both of us together?"

Frieza's brother vanished and appeared behind Vegeta while he wrapped his arms around the wounded king. Cooler spun himself and his held opponent while his tail wrapped around them as well to provide a better hold over his enemy. The duo slammed into the ground with a flying, spinning piledriver, head-first. The surface of the asteroid gave way, leaving the two of them plummeting in the darkness of the underground caverns where corrosion had done its number on the cosmic body.

While Cooler straightened his body out and stabilized his position after the hefty slam, Vegeta continued falling unconscious. The tyrant hissed in hatred as he extended his hand and saw the collapsing debris of the asteroid all hurl toward Vegeta, enveloped in hot pink psychic energy. The bone-crunching myriad of merciless thuds served as a rude awakening to the Saiyan king, but it returned him back to consciousness and served as a grim reminder that his punishment was still not over.