Chapter 10: The Exciting Conclusion

Superman Prime's emotions warred within him. On the one hand, his pride and fury demanded that he end the life of that ridiculous monkey saiyan. On the other hand, he could actually feel the energy of the power Goku was gathering. It was ridiculous. Trying to land an attack had proved futile, as the saiyan would sense his power and teleport away before he landed a blow and continue gathering energy.

Fear won out. Prime turned and flew further and further away. In less than a second, he was already beyond the range of the inner planets.

"…HAA!" screamed Goku. The golden haired martial artist was right in front of him! And that massive, massive energy wave was… NO! He would not be killed like this!

Prime managed to stop his forward momentum before the beam hit him. But there was no time to accelerate away. The force of the radiant blue kamehameha wave struck him directly. The wave literally pushed him away, the concentrated force ripping and tearing at him.

He had to fight it. Or he would die. No. He had to go with it, not fight it. It was his only chance.

Prime screamed as he tried to move outwards with the flow of the energy. He was already within the leading edge of the wave, the force of the attack burning, burning holes in his flesh. It was literally ripping him apart as it exploded.

And then something happened. The universe broke apart. Or at least, that small piece of the universe containing the explosion ripped. The massive energy passed around the rip, but Superman Prime slipped into it. It wasn't a deep tear, only part of him had fallen through. He could still feel the power pounding against him, but it was only part of him, the part that remained within the rift in space-time was preserved.

And then there was only blackness.

How long Superboy Prime floated between time and space he didn't know. Perhaps where he existed, time itself had no meaning or way of passing. Had he been completely submerged in the rip he might have lain there lost within the multiverse until some multi-dimensional being happened upon him. As it were, the rip began to close naturally, and more of Prime's ruined body returned to the natural universe.

It was after that, time once again having meaning as more of his form entered the time stream, when he regained consciousness. It took a while for his body to regenerate. His lower body had been shredded down to the bone and his upper body was horribly burned. But the burns slowly receded and his flesh filled out. He should not have been able to remain aware during that process, but in his half in, half out of reality state, his consciousness was like a separate entity.

When his body was finally whole, his Kryptonian powers using the sunlight striking that part of his body that was in phase with the natural world to recharge, Prime began to move. That was when he realized he was not yet quite in sync with time. He was in the past of this universe, as relative to the explosion.

He watched events unfold as if in slow motion. The worlds turned, flying in their orbit around the stars. And then he saw them. Goku and himself, battling it out across space. He watched it all, and then he saw his chance.

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Prime burst out of the moon's surface where he had hidden himself, finally completely remerging with the universe and synching back with the time stream by force of will. He wrapped his arms around the super saiyan's chest. His suit was ripped to shreds and half of his face was still ragged, but he still lived, beyond all expectations. And now he would get his revenge.

"You thought you could kill me? ME? I don't die. I survive. I ALWAYS survive!" Prime screamed insanely. "And now I'm going to squeeze you to a pulp."

Goku felt Prime's massive strength squeezing against his body. Superman Prime had clearly lost a lot of his power, though once again back in the sun's rays it was starting to build again. Part of why Goku had not been able to detect Prime's ki energy was that it had partially been in another universe. The other reason was that, weakened as he was, the power level was not as apparent to Goku as it had been before. At the moment, Prime was only about as powerful as Superman. But in Goku's fatigued condition, the saiyan knew Prime's strength would be enough to crush his body.

"Darn!" Goku called out. "I thought I destroyed you." The saiyan glanced over at Superman as he struggled to resist Prime's crushing strength. "You had better get out of here, Kal-El."

Prime's grin was wide and evil. "I'm the real Kal-El, but that imitation should take your advice. Because after I kill you… he's next!"

Superman Prime squeezed.

Goku let out a yell, but it was not a yell of pain. It was a yell of power. He called upon his reserves, powering up once again. New muscles formed, Goku not caring about speed at the moment. He could return to a faster form when he wasn't getting crushed by a Krytponian.

In his base form, Goku could lift thousands of tons. Even before meeting Superman and training even harder, Goku trained on the Kai Otherworld wearing multi-ton weights, in addition to his weighted clothes, under gravity that was much greater than Earth's. His super saiyan form was even more powerful, granting him fifty times his natural strength without even needing to augment it with ki energy. His Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan 3 forms were also much stronger, though their increases were primarily in ki power rather than physical strength.

Yet, as strong as he was, Goku was not as physically strong as Superman. Only in his Golden Oozaru form, where most of his ki energy was converted into muscle mass, was he on par with the Man of Steel in terms of unaided strength. As a Super Saiyan 4, Goku had briefly been able to tap into that power, his physical strength rising up to rival the planet moving super hero once more. But that power was gone, and even then Superman was as far behind Superman Prime in strength as super saiyan Goku was behind Superman.

Had Prime been at full strength, there was no way Goku could have withstood the constriction of Prime's muscles. But in his weakened condition, Goku was able to bulk up enough to keep the Kryptonian from ripping him in half. But it was just a matter of time. While Goku was weakening, Superman Prime was getting stronger in the sun.

'Superman, please listen to me. I have an idea, but I need you to get out of here. Just fly to the other side of the moon until I'm ready. Trust me,' Goku sent to the other hero's mind.

Superman froze at the mental contact, then nodded. In a moment, he was flying around the moon. His instincts told him to fly over and help his friend, but he trusted Goku.

"See, the coward is fleeing!" Prime crowed in triumph, his head directly behind Goku's. "How can that be Superman? He's left you to die alone."

Goku continued to power up, adding more muscle mass to his body to counter Prime's growing strength. It was painful, but he was able to resist the force of Prime's grip.

"Powering up? What do you intend to do? Blow yourself up like that fool Guardian did?" Prime sneered as he applied more pressure.

"Blow myself up? Well, I did think about that. But… that didn't really work out so good for anyone I know. Tien, Chiaotzu, Vegeta, and even the android Cell all tried that, and they just ended up dead," Goku said with gritted teeth.

Prime hmphed in disdain.

"No, I've got a technique I've been saving up for a moment like this," Goku said, managing a grin. "Ever since I learned you Kryptonians are powered by a yellow sun."

"New technique?" Prime asked, slightly puzzled. "What new technique?"

Goku bowed his head over and touched his finger tips to his temples.

"RED SOLAR FLARE!"

A blinding red light engulfed the half of the moon Goku and Prime were on. The intensity of the light was incredible. Anyone not covering their eyes when the wave of red solar energy erupted from Goku would have gone temporarily blind. And any Kryptonian in the path of the wave would have been soaked in red sun energy.

With a yell, Goku broke Prime's grip and bashed the back of his head into the Kryptonian's shocked face. Prime was sent flying back away from Goku to land sprawling on his back.

Goku struggled back to his feet, a determined look on his face. He was exhausted. That use of ki had drained him of nearly the last of his strength. He was on the verge of collapsing back to the moon's surface, but he had no intention of letting his opponent see his current weakened condition. Goku struck a combat stance, one hand leading forward, as a cocky smirk turned the corners of his mouth.

Prime struggled to get to his own feet. That burst of red solar radiation had greatly weakened him, but only for a few moments. Despite that not having been natural red sun radiation, it had an appallingly deleterious effect on his ability to process the yellow sunlight. Not as effective as the real thing, but an incredible imitation. Seeing the Super Saiyan back on his feet, Prime was afraid. He didn't dare face Goku in his current condition.

And that was when Superman flew back around from the far side of the moon. He had seen the flash of red light and realized what had happened. He didn't know how it had happened, but he knew Prime must have been weakened. Now was his chance to take him out. He flew towards the villain, his fist cocked back.

Superboy Prime managed to fly off the surface of the moon just in time to avoid being struck by the Man of Steel. Superman's fist made yet another crater on the moon's surface. Prime headed straight towards the sun. While Goku's red solar flare had disrupted his recovery and weakened him temporarily, he was still able to use his powers.

Superman turned to pursue, but Goku telepathically asked him to stop. Superman flew over to join Goku.

"I should pursue him right now. If I can get to him before he regains his power…"

"It's too risky. He's already regaining his strength. If you don't manage beat him before he recovers enough of his powers, he could seriously hurt or kill you." Superman was about to argue, willing to take that risk if it meant saving the Earth. But Goku gave him a half smile and finished his thoughts, "Besides, I have a better idea."

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Superman Prime felt his body knitting together. The last vestiges of the red solar energy had left and his injuries from taking that concentrated blast of energy had finally healed. He was whole again. His full power was back.

It was time to go back and show them both, that poor imitation and the monkey, what true power was.

Prime sped back to the Earth's moon, a malicious grin on his face. He expected the two to be gone, but to his surprise, they were still there, standing just a few feet apart from each other on the moon's surface. There was an odd look to their stances. They were standing upright with their arms pointed across their chests in opposite directions.

"Now!" Goku called out.

Simultaneously, the pair called out "Fyuuu…." while sidestepping towards each other in precisely measured steps, bringing their arms up and around in a perfect arc towards one another until they were pointing right at each other with both arms perfectly perpendicular to their bodies. Then in a flash, they pointed their arms in the opposite direction, adding another syllable to their odd chant, "…sion!"

Prime found the sight so ridiculous he almost broke down laughing.

But the pair finished their move, arching their arms and bodies back towards each other, perfectly spaced out so that their top fingers and bottom fingers made a perfect arch between the two. They completed their fusion dance ritual with a yell of "HAAA!"

And then came the flash of blinding white and golden light followed by a massive explosion of power that engulfed the surface of the moon. When the light faded, a single distinct form stood there with an extremely cocky grin on its face. The fusion had been a success.

This new entity had hair the color of molten gold that stuck up from the head in two different directions down a neat part. His body was muscled but more toned than Goku's Super Saiyan 3 form. He wore a karate gi identical to Goku's, but instead of being primarily orange with a blue tunic beneath, it was the exact shade of Superman's blue, with matching red undershirt, boots, and wristbands. A long, flowing red cape trailed behind him. On the fused being's left shoulder was the familiar 'S' shield. Last of all, intelligent piercing blue eyes veritably glowed from within saiyan-like slanted sockets.

Superboy Prime could only stare. After a few moments, he managed to stammer out, "What—what are you?"

The voice that answered was a stereo combination, half of it was teasingly playful, the other half deadly serious. "I'm a Saiyatonian. I'm neither of the two you were fighting, but at the same time, I'm both of them. Only better. You can call me…" the fused being paused momentarily, "Kalkar-El."

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Beings of power across the universe stopped whatever they were doing to observe what had just happened. The remaining Lords of Chaos and Lords of Order looked on what had occurred and called out their objections across the cosmos, fearing this new power would forever tip the scales of power to the other side. The Spectre, the Spirit of Vengeance, and long time protector of goodness in the universe, looked on with concern.

The Presence heard the various calls and cries of the great players in this universe. 'This cannot be!' came the cry from cosmic beings throughout all the realities. The Presence sighed. It could not allow the greater powers to attempt to intervene. In answer, a message was imprinted on the minds of every concerned being of power:

This shall stand. For now. Do nothing, and all will be right.

The cosmos went silent. It was a rare thing for The Presence to take any action at all.

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"I see," Superman Prime said, his eyes blazing red. "Then I'll just kill both of you at once. Even both of you added together are no match for me!"

Prime swung his fist, expecting his opponent to dodge. He was shocked, though, to find that the saiyatonian had easily caught his fist with one hand. Superman Prime was tossed unceremoniously to the moon's surface.

"If our powers were just added together, this would be an interesting fight. Goku's power with the strength, durability, and regenerative powers of a Kryptonian would be incredible. Superman with perfected martial arts skill, the use of instant transmission, and all of Goku's techniques would be quite a match against you. But you're not facing either of them."

Prime tried to bull rush this new opponent, but Kalkar-El was too fast. The saiyatonian was in front of Prime in an instant, grabbing the villain by his shoulders and ramming a kneed into his stomach.

"You're fighting me," Kalkar-El concluded.

Superman Prime spat blood.

He couldn't believe it. They were faster than him. Stronger than him.

Prime was powerful enough to carry hundreds of planets at once if he wished to. That was thousands, hundreds of thousands of times stronger than the Man of Steel. Prime could withstand the force of multiple black holes. He could handle blasts that would turn an entire solar system to ash. But one blow from the fused being had him coughing up blood.

Kalkar-El stood smugly, his arms folded in front of him. The Kryptonian from the Prime universe didn't understand. Fusion didn't add their powers together. It multiplied them. In truth, it was a geometric improvement. Increasing the size of a being's ki by just a small fraction would double that being's power. Actually doubling the size of one's ki… that would result in exponential increases in power.

The fusion of Goku and Superman did not just add their strength together. It wasn't adding a trillion to a quintillion. It was multiplying trillions and quintillions together. The resulting physical strength was enough to ball up all the matter in the galaxy, if not the universe, and throw it across all of space. And that was without any of the other powers.

"No! I won't let it end like this!" Prime yelled. He got to his feet and flew directly towards the Earth, firing his heat ray vision towards the planet as he charged. "I will destroy this world and you won't be Superman any more! Then I will be the one. The only one!" In his insanity, Prime was confusing the idea of Superman failing to save the Earth with his own success in destroying the Man of Steel.

His beams of heat struck a forcefield that extended over the entire planet. And then Prime felt himself being flung back through the void of space by an unseen force. He turned to face Kalkar-El, unleashing his heat ray vision at him as well. The heat beams struck the fused warrior's outstretched hand with no effect.

"Yes, Superboy Prime. It ends like this. I cannot allow you to continue your rampage."

And then the tears came out. Tears of fear and shame. And he begged.

"No! Please, no! Don't kill me. Don't kill me!"

The saiyatonian gave the villain a half frown. "You deserve to die, Prime. A hundred times over, you should die for what you've done. I won't forgive you."

Superboy Prime whimpered. He struggled against the force of the telekinesis, but to no avail. The combination of Goku's power with Superman's trained and ordered Kryptonian intellect was too much to overcome.

"But I won't kill you. That's not the kind of person I am," came the twin voices.

Superboy Prime stopped struggling, but the tears were still coming.

And then the fusion of Goku and Superman raised a hand. A golden glowing aura began to surround Prime, and the Kryptonian began to scream. "What are you doing to me? This hurts! This hurts!"

"Do you remember, Prime, when we were in Lex Luthor's bank vault? I know you were watching. Goku had the kryptonite and was using ki to destroy it? It changed through the colors of the spectrum before it became black and then disintegrated. Green. Red. Blue. Purple. Even gold."

The golden energy swirled around Prime, latching on to him, pouring into his veins. The black-clad villain screamed even louder.

"It's amazing what a Kryptonian mind and a saiyan body can do with ki. We can even reproduce the effects of something we glimpsed for less than a second. Gold Kryptonite, Superboy Prime. The effects are permanent." Kalkar-El looked Prime in the eyes. "You will never use your powers to hurt anyone again."

And then Prime began to choke. Without his powers, he could not survive in space for any amount of time.

The saiyatonian instantly transported the three of them back to within the Earth's atmosphere. He appeared between a surprised Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern John Stewart, and the Flash. He set the depowered Superboy Prime down between them.

"What the—"

"Who the—"

"How the—"

The three began, but the fused being forestalled them. "Look after him. I've stripped him of his powers. Now I've got some things to take care of around the universe while I still have time."

Then he was gone, leaving the three Justice Leaguers with a crying, muttering mess of a former super-villain.

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Lex Luthor sat behind his desk, down deep in a bunker designed to keep anyone and everyone out. Especially Superman. There were fifty seven layers of security, several of which were attuned specifically to the Man of Steel's particular vulnerabilities. The final room in which Luthor sat, while being finely appointed and quite comfortable, incorporated many of those security measures—particularly those that would not kill him as well.

There was a dull crash. Then Lex Luthor watched as the twenty feet thick security wall in front of him was ripped away and tossed aside. Lex looked at his monitor as several of the security alarms were set off by the wall crashing through previous layers of defense. Lex sighed, guessing his counter-measures designed to prevent someone from simply speeding through his sensors had failed.

The bald billionaire villain looked up expecting to see his arch-nemesis walking through the smoke and debris. What he saw instead greatly surprised him. And annoyed him. His lifelong enemy and the one he had sent to kill said enemy hand joined together. Literally.

"Ah, Lex Luthor. Last one on my to-do list. We meet again, for the first time."

Even their voices were mixed together.

"My, my, what have you two gone and done to yourselves now?" Luthor asked in bored tones.

"Hehe, nothing permanent. Don't worry, you'll have Superman back to keep you in line soon enough."

"But will I" Luthor mused, "if you die right now?" He pushed a button.

The room was flooded with red light, artificial red sun radiation. Simultaneously, there were several openings in the floor out of which clumps of green kryptonite rose in patches across the entire area. And then the shooting began. Thousands of rounds of kryptonite tipped bullets were fired throughout the room.

Kalkar-El felt several of the projectiles striking him. And bouncing off. After a few seconds, he began picking the bullets out of the air with his hands and dropping them around by his feet. When the firing finally stopped, the saiyatonian looked at Lex with a smirk on his face.

"Ow," he said simply.

Then he released his ki in a carefully controlled sphere of destruction. Everything within the room, aside from Lex Luthor and his desk, were instantly consumed. Not a molecule remained.

Stunned momentarily, Lex hastily opened a drawer in his desk to remove his trump card, but the saiyatonian dematerialized over, snatched it away, then dematerialized back. It was a silver glove with black and red arcane symbols etched into its surface.

"Magic metal glove of some kind. I guess it does bad things to people," the fused hero said as he crushed it in his hands and then turned it into dust with his heat ray vision. Lex watched with his jaw hanging open. "I'm guessing that was supposed to be some impossible to destroy artifact? Where I'm concerned," he said pointing to himself, "there's no such thing as impossible."

Then there was an abrupt flash of light, and the next thing anyone knew, Goku and Superman were standing side by side together in the room. The fusion time had expired.

"That was fun!" Goku said turning towards the Man of Steel.

Kal-El smiled at the saiyan warmly. "I can't disagree. That was something incredible. It only lasted a short time but we managed to do a lot of good. It was too bad we couldn't figure out how to make the fusion dance work back on New Namek."

"Unfortunately, our body masses don't normally match. I only learned to control my mass better when I became a Super Saiyan 4 and that why we could finally make the fusion work," Goku said with a smile. "But glad I was able to help out around here. I know it doesn't bring back those I killed while I was… you know… but I hope it makes a difference."

"You're still in my office?" Luthor said to the two wearily. He affected that tone hoping it would drive them away.

"You're not to blame for what happened there, Goku. Lex is. And it is time to make him pay for all the suffering he caused in his quest for vengeance."

A new voice joined in reply. "You're right. It is time for Lex to pay."

Goku and Superman spun to see a powerful form walking through Lex's ruined bunker. The white suited man in a large green cape paused to examine the destruction. "Love what you've done with the place."

Superman's eyes narrowed. "Neron. I see that you're the one truly responsible for the events that transpired here."

"Yes, isn't it grand? All that death and destruction. And all because of you," Neron said pointing towards Goku. The saiyan flinched from the accusation. Goku had no fear of the demon, but he abhorred what he had done while acting under the influence of the black kryptonite.

Superman took a step towards the demon. "I see you chose to reveal yourself after the fusion had worn off. You know if you had appeared any earlier I would have wiped your foul presence from existence."

The demon snorted. "No doubt. Timing is everything, as they say. But I'm not here for you this time, Superman." The muscular demon strode towards Lex Luthor with ill intent. "I'm here to collect from him. He failed his contract to end Superman using Goku has his agent and now owes me his soul. The bill falls due… now." Neron turned a moment to smile darkly at the Man of Steel. "And there's nothing you can do to stop me."

Superman smiled back at the demon. "I don't need to stop you, Neron."

The demon paused in his tracks, curious. Did Superman really not care that he took the man's soul?

"You just said Luthor's contract was to 'end' Superman? It seems he has fulfilled his obligations. You have no claim on him," Superman said smugly.

"What's this?" the demon snarled. "You are standing right in front of me. If Luthor had succeeded, you wouldn't be here. His soul is mine."

"Oh, I get it!" Goku said excitedly. "When we fused together, you and I ceased to exist. We were a completely different person when we joined into one."

Neron clenched his fists. "No! That was not…"

"It was your deal, demon," the Kryptonian chided. "Whether you like it or not, Goku caused me to cease to exist. You never said I had to stay that way, I'll bet. Your conditions were met and your contract is complete."

Neron roared in fury, an aura of power enveloping him. "I will slay you right here and—"

Before he could finish his threat, the demon's flesh and clothing turned gray and he froze in place. He had turned into solid stone.

"Neron, Neron," came another deep voice, "always scheming to cheat people of their souls. When will you learn?" A figure stepped out of the shadows. He was a tall, red skinned demon with large, sharply pointed ears sticking up on either side of his light red skull and twin horns protruding from to top of his head. The demon had a small amount of black hair on the top of his head and a short goatee on his chin. He was clothed in a vibrant blue outfit that covered his body, held in the middle by a golden belt with a large disc at its center. A long white cape flowed behind him and hung bunched in a circle from his shoulders. Oddly, a ring of colorful flowers encircled his head as well.

The stone visage slowly faded away from Neron's form, returning to natural flesh. Neron transmuted himself back to his "normal" form. The demon slowly turned to regard the strange new demonic interloper. "Dabura! You disgrace of a demon! I should—"

In an instant, Dabura had Neron held by the throat. "I've given up evil, Neron, not violence. Crushing you would not be considered an evil act by anyone."

The muscular Neron glared once around the room before vanishing in a gout of flame. Dabura might have gone soft on mortals, but he had not become the Demon King of his own realm of hell because he was powerless. Collecting this contract was a lost cause and not worth the risk.

"Dabura?" Goku said thoughtfully.

"Who is this," Superman asked, still on guard.

Lex Luthor regarded the new intruder with a dark expression. "I've had enough of all of you trespassers." Luthor looked at Superman coldly. "I would say thank you for 'saving my soul', but as there is no such thing, I'm going to ask you all to leave."

Dabura turned to regard Lex Luthor equally coldly. "Silence, foolish mortal." The demon walked over to the billionaire, grabbed Lex with one arm, and traced a symbol on his forehead that blazed with fire. "You will make right the wrong you have done here. That is the price you pay for your sin." The symbol burned in Lex Luthor's eyes and then the billionaire nodded mindlessly.

"Oh, I remember now. You were in heaven and helped Bulma and Chi-chi look for Gohan!"

"What?" Superman asked Goku, looking surprised. "A demon in heaven?"

"Actually, if I remember right from the Supreme Kai, Dabura there is the Demon King. But he wasn't really all that bad." Goku turned towards the large demon. "You tried to fight Majiin Buu and lost, right?"

Dabura nodded. "That's right. I was there under the control of the wizard who was attempting to resurrect that monster. But once Babidi's spell on me was broken, I was finally free. I had come to love the beauty of the world and decided to reject all evil."

"Demons can do that?" Superman asked in surprise and suspicion.

Dabura shook his head. "Demons and devils are different where Goku and I are from, Superman. We aren't souls that are being punished for evil deeds. We are beings who are chosen to maintain the order of the Underworld. Our jobs sometimes entail evil deeds, but we aren't necessarily evil by nature. Your universe, however, is another matter. Perhaps it is possible for demons here to change their ways, but I would not expect so."

"So, Dabura, why have you come?" Goku asked.

"I was sent by King Kai," the demon said. "He wanted me to bring you something."

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The Demon King Dabura, Goku, Superman, Green Lantern, the Flash, and the Martian Manhunter stood together in a circle within a small grassy area of Metropolis Park. Kal-El of Earth Prime was now being housed in a room at Arkham Asylum, courtesy of a phone call from Batman to the Commissioner and a psychiatric evaluation the results of which were never in doubt. Once that had been arranged, the remaining heroes had rushed back to Metropolis as soon as they had word that Superman had been sighted.

"So, you're telling me that the two of you were fused into one being?" Wally West was asking after hearing the explanation. "What was that like?"

Goku and Superman looked at each other for a moment, and then answered in perfect synchronization, "Super."

"And the two of you put together wiped the floor with Super-annoying Prime," John Stewart nodded approvingly. "Sounds like quite a handy technique. I also heard reports that the two of you cleaned up quite a few messes, including the one that had most of the Green Lantern Corps tied up."

Goku and Superman simply smiled in response.

"So, now what?" the Flash asked, looking at the demon and the seven strange golden balls on the ground. "We all play catch or something?"

"Now," Goku said excitedly, "we wish everyone who was killed as a result of my being brought to this universe back to life!"

"How about we wish that all the damage that was done as a result of you being brought here is undone?" Green Lantern suggested.

Superman shook his head. "No need. Lex Luthor will be paying the bill for all the damage that was done. With interest."

Dabura nodded with a smile. "Three times the actual cost, to be exact." The demon king looked over at Goku with a smile. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, just a moment," Goku said. He walked over and clasped Superman's hand. "It was a real pleasure. Even the part fighting you was fun, even though I wish I had been in my right mind at the time. But the fusion was awesome. I really learned a lot."

Superman smiled, "Same here. I can't wait to get Bruce into one of those red sun radiation training sessions he likes to put me through. I'm going to have quite a surprise for him." The Man of Steel held out his hand, concentrating until a small ball of energy formed there.

Goku smiled broadly. He had a lot of new techniques he wanted to try as well. He didn't remember everything he had known as Kalkar-El, but what he did remember was exciting.

The folks back home were in for a surprise.

*The End*

Author's Note: This is the final chapter of the story. I will be adding an "alternate ending chapter" and additional notes sometime later. I appreciate all reviews and comments.

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