Chapter 12: A Test Of Love

Upstairs, Turles was searching all over the place for Goku. Either he doesn't know that his minions has been defeated or he doesn't care they were defeated. His focus is still on finding Goku and killing him.
He soon found what he's looking for in the West Wing. Goku was sitting on a bench looking down sadly. A red cloak on him. The rose itself is down to its last two pedals.
"There you are, Kakarot." said Turles evilly as he made a ring KI called Kill Driver. Goku looks up sadly but made no attempt to defend himself. Instead he just looked away.
Not wasting time, Turles fires his Kill Driver at Goku's back making him roar in pain. With an evil smirk, Turles charges and pushes Goku out the nearby window, smashing it, sending the two on the balcony.
Outside, Goku tries to get up but Turles kicked him like mad. Soon, Goku finds himself near the edge as Turles walks up.
"What's the matter, Kakarot? Why don't ya fight back?" mocked Turles. He chuckles evilly as he said, "What? Are you too soft-hearted to do so? Coward!"
Goku sighs as he thought, 'What's the use in fighting back? Without Serena, I am useless. I may as well let him killed me.'
"Normally I just use this attack in many occasions. But in your case, Super Saiyan 4, they can make an exception!" said Turles held his hand at Goku who just laid there. He is about to use his ki blast when...
"No!"
Goku's eyes widen in surprise. He looks down and saw something that gave him hope: it's Serena on the motorcycle, the Mario Bros, and her friends are next to it.
"Serena!" said Goku happily.
"Turles! Don't do it!" yelled Sora.
"He's defenseless, leave him alone!" Roxas agreed.
Turles was about to fire but suddenly without warning Goku grabbed his hand and kicks him away with the villain still holding it. Shocked that Goku has suddenly regains his strength, he recovers enough as he faces an angry Goku growling fiercely at him.
'Turles invaded my home and tried to kill me. Now it's payback.' thought Goku as he gets ready to do battle.

On the bridge, Serena got out of the motorcycle saying to Mario and Luigi, "My friends and I are going up there. Luigi, you stay with uncle Mario."
"Right, Serena." said Luigi nodding as Serena, Cloud, Link, Sora, Roxas and Ash runs to the doors, getting them open.
"Be careful, you six!" called out Mario in concern.

On the roof, Turles fires blast to blast at Goku but the Saiyan hero kept dodging. Turles slipped at one time. Goku saw a chance and he lunged at him roaring.

On the stairs, Serena and her friends run up them, hoping to get to the roof and help Goku before something happens. Her friends got their weapons out.
"If Turles kills Goku, I'm going to kill that creep myself!" snarled Cloud angrily.
"Me too but first I will break every bone in his body!" agreed Link.

On the roof, Turles managed to kick Goku off of him. After getting back up, he sees something that he presumed was Goku and shot the Kill Driver at it, destroying it. But to his annoyance, it was only a gargoyle he just blasted at.
"Come on and fight, you Saiyan coward!" exclaimed Turles as he walked around looking for Goku. "Tell me, Kakarot, were you in love with her?! What makes you think she would want a freak like you, when she could have someone like me?!"
Goku was hiding in the shadows. Hearing enough of what the evil Saiyan is saying, he snuck behind Turles. Before he could pounce, Turles quickly turned and fires a KI Blast at him making him dodged. Turles went back to firing KI blasts that Goku kept on dodging.
"It's over, Kakarot! Serena is MINE!!!!" Turles roared furiously.
Enraged at this, Goku snapped at him sounding like he's saying 'mine' and knocks him back, making Turles fall in the progress. Soon the Super Saiyan 4 grabs Turles by the neck and held him over the mansion's edge. Turles looked down and gulped. If Goku dropped him, he will be send to his doom in seconds.
"Hey, come on! I didn't mean to do this!" yelped Turles in a cowardly way. "I was only doing this because I was jealous, honest! Don't kill me! I'd do anything!!!"
Lighting flashes, showing Goku with his furious look. He looks angry enough to actually let Turles fall. But then his look of fury turned to a look of compassion.
'No. I woulda killed him if I was my old self but I am not like that anymore. I am not a killer.' thought Goku. Instead of letting him go, he set Turles down on the roof gently. Then he growled in his face, "Get out and never come back, Turles."
With that, he let his enemy go.
A voice rang out like an angel, "Goku!"
Goku turned and sees something on the balcony: Serena and her friends looking at him.
"Serena?" said Goku smiling. Forgetting Turles, he climbs up the side of the roof and headed towards the balcony.
Turles looks down and is furious. Then he sees something in his hand that made him smirked.
'I am not done yet.' thought the evil Saiyan evilly.

Once Goku got almost to the balcony, he said softly, "Serena?"
Serena held out her hand and Goku takes it to allow Serena to pull him up.
Goku smiles as he said, "You came back. Cloud, Link, Sora, Roxas, Ash. You too."
Serena smiles, soon the two looked each other in the eyes passionately. The others looked on smiling, happy for the two.
Suddenly, Goku roars as if something has ripped through his back and into him. Serena and her friends gasped in horror then looked past him. Sure enough, there is Turles with a look of insanity on his face plunging a knife deep in Goku's back.
"You shouldn't have let me lived, Kakarot!" yelled Turles madly.
Suddenly Goku whacks at Turles making him lose his balance. He waves his arms and try to gain balance, but it was no use.
"NO! NO! IT CAN'T BE!!!!!" yelled Turles as he finally fell off. Goku would have fell too if Serena and her friends hasn't caught him in time.
Turles, the one that no one is said to be better than, fell screaming unable to stop his fate. With one scream "KAKAROT!!!!!" and soon he disappeared. The evil Saiyan is gone forever.

Cloud, Link, Sora, Roxas and Ash looked as they saw Turles falling to his death while Serena has gotten the now fatally wounded Goku over the railing of the balcony.
"Man, that fall would kill him." remarked Ash.
"Tell me about it." agreed Cloud, not sorry for Turles' death.
"At least we won't hear about him bragging about himself anymore." said Sora with a smile.
"You go, Sora." said Roxas putting his arm around him as he smiles at Sora. Then Link tapped them on the shoulder and he and the others looked sad as they see Serena standing over the fatally wounded Goku.
Naruto, Luffy, Crash and Sonic came to the window in concern. They looked shocked as they saw their fallen master, Goku. Crash, Sonic, Naruto and Luffy's eyes widen as far as they can be.
As Serena laid Goku on his back on the balcony, she put her hand on his face gently. Goku opens his eyes halfway and smiles as he saw Serena.
"You...you came back." Goku struggled to say.
"Of course, I did. My friends and I did." Serena said, trying to keep from crying. "I wouldn't want them to..."
"Aw man, Turles got ya good." groaned Link noting the fatal wound.
Serena cries and said sadly, "It's all my fault! If only I would have got here sooner, you wouldn't suffer like this!"
"Perhaps...perhaps...perhaps it's for the best." said Goku, gasping with pain.
"Come on, don't say that. You would be all right." Ash said, tears in his eyes. Cloud, Link, Sora and Roxas are crying too.
"They're right. We're together now. Everything will be all right." said Serena as Goku coughed a bit.
"One good thing though..." said Goku weakly as he smiles and put his hand on Serena's cheek. "At least...I get...to see you...one more time."
Serena smiles as a tear rolled down her face. Suddenly she feels Goku's hand dropping and sees Goku laid down as he closes his eyes.
Serena and her friends gasped shocked. They couldn't believe what has happened. Sora, Roxas and Ash cried as Cloud and Link confronted them.
"No. No, please! Don't leave me, Goku!" said Serena. Her eyes were filled to the brim with tears. Then she buried her face in Goku's hairy chest and sobbed. "I love you."
After Serena said this, back inside the West Wing, the last pedal from the rose fell onto the table. Luffy, Naruto, Crash and Sonic watched this happened and sighs sadly. The four looked away as Luffy bowed his head, Naruto's eyes are filled with tears and he puts his paws over his eyes. Crash shed a tear while Sonic puts his hand on his shoulder, trying to comfort him like a friend.
They didn't want to believe it but it's true. Not only did they lose their master and friend, they lost their only hope of becoming normal again.