What-If 13

**[What-If 13] GT Goku (Super Saiyan 4) VS Golden Frieza** is the thirteenth Episode of the What-If Series, it was published on October 23, 2019.

## Plot

One year after the defeat of Baby, Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero meet in Hell and form an alliance. In order to have their revenge, they together build a new Android, Hell Fighter 17. They plan to make the new 17 fuse with the old one back on Earth, in order to become "Super 17". After connecting the two, a rift between Hell and Earth is opened, letting any villain trapped there able to escape.
The two allied scientists then leave a message for Goku, telling him how his old enemies Frieza and Cell have been resurrected, and unless he comes to Hell in order to fight the two, the Earth will be destroyed. Hoping the two have gotten stronger and seeing this as a worthy challenge, Goku makes his way towards the rift which brings to Hell.

Goku excitedly flies into the rift towards Hell, entering the dark realm. Here, he meets Dr. Myuu and Gero, alongside their creation, Hell Fighter 17. The two scientists claim how, despite them both having failed in the past, they will succeed today, using their ultimate Android, which will make universal conquest a reality.
Goku asks them if it's a fight they want, with the allied scientists simply answering that they have no time to play with him, and that he'll remain trapped in Hell forever, immediately teleporting to Earth, thus closing the rift. The Saiyan angrily calls them liars, thinking everything was a trap since the beginning so he won't stand in their way, quickly realizing how he cannot use Instant Transmission to escape from Hell.

At that moment Goku senses a menacing energy, finding a purple substance attached to a wall, commenting how it is not the place from which he felt the Ki. Goku then senses the energy again, this time finding the place from it originates, discovering a revived Frieza. The tyrant greets his nemesis, remarking he has waited for long for this very moment.
Goku asks of Cell, with Frieza answering how he's more than enough to deal with him. He then belittles Goku's smaller size, with the Saiyan retorting that his height does not matter, as he's stronger than ever, with Frieza answering he's not the only one to have grown stronger. Goku remarks how he cannot feel his Ki, which either means he has learned to suppress it or he's bluffing, with Goku betting on the first. Frieza dismisses this, a behavior typical of Saiyans, concluding how Goku will gets what's coming to him, immediately rushing towards the Saiyan and attacking.
Frieza quickly manages to force a stalemate, surrounding Goku with a Death Saucer and by ramming towards him at full speed, forcing the Saiyan to briefly ascend to Super Saiyan 3, destroying the Ki disc and pushing Frieza away.

After quickly recovering from the counterattack, Frieza decides to "try a little harder", restarting his assault. As the battle goes on, Goku powers up to a Super Saiyan in order to unleash a Bending Kamehameha, which distracts the tyrant long enough for Goku to rush towards him and hit him with a Ki sphere, sending him flying away, commenting how Frieza really became stronger.
The tyrant turns to Goku, smiling, complimenting him for the good hit, deciding to showing something in return: his Golden Form. After transforming, Frieza launches a Death Ball towards Goku, the latter remarking how Frieza wasn't all talk, promptly ascending to Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan 3. As the gigantic Ki sphere inevitably approaches Goku, the Saiyan shockingly realizes that Frieza's power is overcoming Super Saiyan 3. Amazed by his foe's increase in strength, Goku powers down to his base form, letting the Death Ball engulf him, immediately powering up to Super Saiyan 4 and absorbing the Death Ball.
Frieza lands, remarking that if he knew of Goku's "pitiful trick" he would've put much more power in that attack. Goku tauntingly says Frieza that he should know Saiyans always have a trick up their sleeve, the tyrant answering that there's no end to all the possible power-ups they can achieve, concluding how he'll eradicate all of them that are still alive. Goku smugly replies that he has no time there, and that he must face this "Super 17" as soon as possible, thus they should skip the warm-ups, confessing to Frieza that he's the last one he expected to push him this far, promptly attacking with a Ki technique.
Frieza emerges from this attack unscathed, claiming how Goku has no chances of winning, immediately counterattacking.

As their battle continues, Goku rips off Frieza's tail before teleporting away, noticing the large gap in power between him and Frieza, alongside sensing something terrifying on Earth, revealing how the Z-Fighters are fighting Super 17 on their own, and are no match for the Android. Goku says how he must head there otherwise everyone is going to get killed but, judging on what he's sensing, the true threat here is Frieza. The tyrant regenerates his tail, telling Goku how he'll take his time in torturing him, promptly bombarding the area around Goku with a barrage of Ki attacks, obscuring his Ki sense, thus letting Frieza approach him unimpeded.
After being close enough, Frieza slices the Saiyan's eyes, leaving him blinded. Goku disdains Frieza's dirty move, before kneeing down, realizing that he's completely at Frieza's mercy. As the latter gets closer to him, reading a Ki technique to finally kill the Saiyan, Goku, pushed by a sense of danger, subconsciously activates the Kaio-ken, pummeling Frieza. Goku further pushes the Kaio-ken to times 20 to do more damage, but to no avail. After deactivating the technique, Goku claims how he could have used it to his advantage if only he had more practice with it, but in this state, it'll only destroy his body.
Frieza asks Goku if he thinks trapping him in Hell was a good idea, with him exclaiming how he has become too strong for him and all other Saiyans, adding how he can go further beyond if he wants to. Thus Frieza ascends to his Fifth Form, generating a massive burst of wind, quickly moving beside him and merely pushing him to the ground with his sheer brute strength. After throwing Goku towards the ground, Frieza powers down to his Golden Form, shooting a Death Beam and cutting Goku's left arm right clean off, which the Saiyan regains after eating the two Senzu Beans he hid in his left wristband.

Goku thinks how he may close the gap in power by exploiting Zenkais, with Frieza rebutting how that won't help him get close to his power. As the battle turns more and more desperate for Goku, unable to find any weakness in Frieza's Golden Form, he is brought to the ground once again, with the tyrant explaining how he had all the time he needed in order to get used to his form, thus nullifying any weaknesses he once had. Getting up from the ground, Goku comments that he can inflict more damage but still cannot overcome Frieza's power, with the latter mocking the Saiyan, telling him that he's simply returning the favor from Namek.
The tyrant tells Goku he was initially worried, and confesses to him that he has come to realize that if Saiyans are left unchecked, there's no telling what immeasurable power they can achieve, swearing that he will exterminate them all. Despite this, Goku immediately counterattacks, with Frieza effortlessly pummeling him. As he readies a Kamehameha, Goku notices a different Ki from Frieza's, subsequently being impaled by Golden Cell's Death Beam, who intruded in the battle.
Severely injured, Goku falls down, followed by the two allied villains. After landing beside Goku, Frieza and Cell explain their plan for revenge: after Goku was weakened by the two, and in order for him to be unable to reach the afterlife and train, he would be absorbed by Cell and forced forever into an eternal limbo. Meanwhile, back on Earth, a victorious Super 17 muses that if Goku had been there, he could have posed a real challenge. He then congratulates Vegeta for catching him off guard with his Super Saiyan 3 transformation. The latter curses Goku for not coming to their aid and, as he succumbs to his wounds, he thinks that they may have matched up to the Android with his Super Saiyan 4 transformation.

In his last moments, Goku senses Vegeta's Ki vanishing. As Goku fears the worst has happened on Earth, Cell approaches him and extends his tail. Right before Goku is absorbed, Frieza says how this marks their victory once and for all. Cell absorbs Goku, evolving further, achieving the Super Saiyan 4 transformation. The Bio-Android claims how the training he has been through together with his Golden Form prove more than enough to keep Goku in check, concluding that there's no escape for him.

## Power Scaling

This What-If has been featured in the Power Scaling video.

## Music

* Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension OST - Telling The Story;
* Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension OST - Endless Rivalry;
* Saiyan Enigma - Golden Frieza's Theme;
* Saiyan Enigma - Super Saiyan 5 Broly's Theme;
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 OST - Death Battle;
* Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle OST - Omega Shenron Boss Battle;
* Dragon Ball Z: Budokai OST - Like A Burning Wind;
* JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven OST - Dio's Theme;
* Dragon Ball GT OST - Super Saiyan 4 Theme.

## Trivia

* This What-If is considered by Hyourinjutsu as the "darkest timeline".