"Grrr. How dare you...make me lose three hearts of powers? Forget devouring the three of you again…I'm going to kill you instead!" Lucius said.
"C'mon and try it." Hope said issuing the bring it on gesture.
"Grr. Here it comes! Gum Gum Pistol!" Lucius shouted throwing the punch as Hope knocked it aside easily. "What?" he said as Hope charged and punched him.
"His punch...it didn't have the same power as the first time." MegaMan said.
"Lucius' rage is causing him to lose control of the powers he's absorbed. He can't fight as well as he used to." David said.
"It's more than that. I think, this is a side effect from losing the hearts he devoured." Al said.
"Right. Because he lost three hearts, he's lost a lot of power." Bass said. "The losing of hearts must be more taxing than his weaknesses."
"You know, I take back what I said about the "MUDA" being Dio's thing." Hope said. "In fact, you two are so alike. Same goals, same mindset…."
"You cocky little…!" Lucius said going for Texas Smash but Hope caught it.
"Same overconfident, cocky attitude." Hope smirked.
"My Smashes….they're weak." Lucius said.
"It's cause they don't belong to you. You never got One For All. Neither did I. But I do a pretty good imitation of it." Hope said. "Delaware….SMASH!" Hope said sending Lucius flying. "David, your turn for payback!"
David nods. "You know… I can't stand people like you." David said walking up to him. "Always thinking that you're better than everyone else just because you attained god-like powers. In the modern days, we call that trolling. And this new arte will put you in your place." David said as he activated it. "O guardians of the sacred land, rain down your powers on us!" David said as yellow, green, blue, and pink lights leave his body to reveal the Tapus.
Tapu Koko sent a huge lightning bolt on Lucius, followed by a distortion from Tapu Lele, then Tapu Bulu unleashing a cyclone of leaves, finalizing with Tapu Fini unleashing a tidal wave.
"May our hearts...combine!" David said as he glowed and charged at Lucius with Masakado. "Ultima Elementia!" David strikes, wrapping Lucius in an orb of light before it explodes. "These are the principles of the world…"
"Grrr! Indignation!" Lucius shouted as lightning tried to strike only to be minimal.
"What wrong? Don't know how to recite it properly?" David asked.
"You bastard!" Lucius said as the attack dealt a large amount of damage onto him. But Lucius still stood. "Hahahaha! Was that all you….got?" Lucius said before Jexi approached in Golden God Mode.
"I'm finishing this whole sad story!" Jexi shouted grabbing Lucius and flying through the roof as he was pummeling Lucius. "This is for my friends." he said punching Lucius in the stomach.
"Ow." Lucius said.
"This...is for the people of the Universes!" Jexi shouted as he punched Lucius again.
"St...stop." Lucius begged.
"And this...is for my father! Ultimate Color Fighting Elite Art! Golden God's... Spiritual Revenge!" he shouted as a large amount of energy as Lucius fell from the sky and back into the ship.
"Uuhhhh." Lucius said as he was covering his mouth. "Oh no…." he said. "Gaaaaaahhhhhh!" he shouted as hearts one after another were flying out of his mouth.
"All the hearts…" Al said looking back down to the stadium as some of the hearts flew down to them.
"Ack! Cough cough!" Sunset said getting up. "What...just happened?" she said as everyone down there was getting up as well.
"Whoa… my whole life flashed before my eyes…. And they say you see it when you do something extreme." Rainbow said.
"Does anyone else feel like there's a filled hole in their chest?" Natsu asked.
"It felt like...we were stuck in some kind of nightmare." Espio said.
"But...I think someone saved us though." Raine said.
"I never thought I'd lose my heart again…" Colette said.
"Well, we're alright now. So, maybe… Wait, what's going on up there?" Ming asked as she saw something in Flux's ship.
"Those hearts are escaping something. Wait...that thing...is Lucius!" Marie said.
"Looks like those guys actually did it." Teba said.
"I never expected less from my teacher." Zexi said.
"We were saved...because those three saved us." Kenshin said.
As the last of the hearts flew out, Lucius was weakly reaching out.
"My….power." he said before collapsing into unconsciousness.
"Well, I guess that's the end of that." David said.
"Lucius is down." Jexi said as he picked him up. "Come on, let's meet back with everyone down below."
"I'm down for that!" David said.
The three heroes along with Bass, MegaMan, Abby, Alphonse, Roll, Brook and Flux left the ship with Jexi carrying Lucius the whole way down.
"Way to go, little bro!" Blazer said approaching Jexi.
"Yes. You did well." Umbra said. "But...why save him?"
"He didn't deserve to die, even after what he did." Jexi said. "I don't take human lives."
"Now now, he did the right thing bringing him to us." Rain said.
"What's gonna happen now, master?" Umbra asked.
"Illuma! Your sword." Rain requested as Illuma gave him her rapier. He held it as he sliced off both of Lucius's arms.
"Jesus!" Hope said.
"It's so he can never take a heart again." Rain said.
After the deed was done, everyone looked at Hope.
"Look… i get it. All of this is my fault. I let Lucius out of that cell because he led me to believe he was going to help. But i was wrong. I'm willing to pay for it with anything you have for punishment. Every other Color Fighter here is right, Master Rain Bow. I'm not like your children. I never will be." Hope said.
"Hmm. It is true, you are not like my children." Rain said. "You have a bigger heart than them."
"A bigger…" Solana said.
"...heart than all of us…" Luna continued.
"...combined?" Solana asked.
"You risked your life even when the odds were slim and tried to fix your mistake. For that, you have our forgiveness. But, there is some punishment for this. So, the punishment is...you will take a fail for this year's trials and try again next year." Rain said.
"Thank you, Master." Hope said.
"But what about the rest of us? Who earned the High Master roles?" Wicana asked.
"Ah yes. We still haven't gotten to that. Two of them have already been chosen. Two new high masters are….Volt and Drake." Rain said.
"Volt?! Oh yes!" Lemon said.
"Lord Drake is high master!" Wicana said.
"You two showed courage when running to save the people and abandoned the trial. That act shows more than enough. But two other people did this at the same time. Other two high masters are….Celti and Skyler." Rain said.
"Really? Us?" Celti asked as tears were welling up as she bowed. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
"Congrats, Cel. You too, Skyler." Hope said.
"But wait! Who gets the last slot?" Barry asked.
"I think we already know who." Sectonia said.
"Is Jexi really gonna be a High Master?" Luffy said.
"If so… whats to happen with our group?" Aelita asked.
"Master Rain, before you declare a High Master….I want to say that...if you choose me...I decline." Jexi said with a smile.
"Oh, I wasn't going to choose you." Rain smiled back. "I can see Gold's ideals in you, to stick with your comrades, your friends, your family. Which is why the final spot for High Master goes to...Bianca!"
"What?" they all said as they looked to the stage where the battle royale was as she was sleeping there.
"Zzzz… whuh? Is the Battle Royale over already?" Bianca asked.
"She slept through the whole thing?!" Barry asked.
"That's not all! According to the records, the rules state that you have to stay on the platform to become High Master! Since Bianca never left the platform at all… that means she passes the trials!" Mist said.
David sweatdropped. "I'll never understand victories by default..."
Hope just smiled and broke the news. "Bianca! It's over! You're the final one in the ring! You are… the fifth and final New High Master!"
"I am? WHoa-ho! I am!" Bianca said happily. "I'm gonna be the bestest one there ever was." she said happily.
"Umbra, Blazer, I hope you two are ready for her wackiness, bros." Rainbow said.
"I think we can handle some girl." Blazer said.
"What was that, Blazer?" Mist asked.
"Please, we know I could…" Blazer said before a sphere of water was around his head.
"I think you need to cool off for a bit." Mist said.
"Yep! Everyone got a happy ending!" Flux said. "But I feel like there's something I'm forgetting." he said before an explosion went off in his ship before it vanished. "Oh...right."
"Well, it's a sunken ship now." David said. "So...what's next for you?"
"Hehehe. Everyone thinks of me as Lucius's hostage and I still have my clean record. So...once I get a much better ship...its back to business as normal! And I'll be coming for you, Jexi! And then Hopeless! And last is you, Ice Kid!" Flux said.
"I have a name, you know!" David said. "And really? Ice Kid? Couldn't you come up with something better?"
"To be honest Flux… this is what we all want and are used to." Hope said. "And we all wouldn't have it any other way. Next time we meet, we're taking you down."
"Same here." Jexi said.
"Not unless the Universal Villains win first!" Flux said.
"Do you even know where they are?" David asked. "I have a feeling the reunion's gonna take a while."
"They know where I am thanks to the homing beacon in my clothes! Plus we have a meet up. And now...to wait outside and hope some sort of flying taxi picks me up." Flux said walking out.
"He's sure making the best of things." David said.
"Well, that's what makes Flux Flux. Even though he knows he's gonna lose, he's back at it the next day." Jexi said.
"I'm still worried about that Azran Legacy, though." David said. "That thing's been gnawing at me since we first heard about it."
"It'll all work out, Dave. Besides, prophecies aren't always precise. Still, Flux could have caused some chaos with all these clones." Jexi said.
"Its a good thing we wasted them all." Rainbow siad.
"Yeah. And I think things are looking up for us." Jexi said.
Meanwhile in the ruined Dark Cruiser, as it sank into the seas of the Ocean Universe, inside were 18 tubes with clones in them. As the ship sank, the focus zoomed in on them as each of them opened their eyes.
The end.
