Goku stared at his opponent as a shrill wind whipped threw the canyon, the large fluffy white clouds in the sky moving with the wind.

Then Goku flew forward at Sun Wukong, his Super Saiyan Four aura blazing with gold and red. The Monkey King brought this staff around and struck Goku in the back, causing Goku to slam into the grass in front of the Monkey King.

"You attack without thinking. You cannot defeat me with blind luck alone." Sun Wukong said with a shrill, yet wise sounding voice.

Sun Wukong than brought his weapon down again, but this time Goku had used instant transmission to teleport behind him, the word "Kamehameha!" on his lipps as he fired a 10x Warp Kamehameha.

Sun Wukong was inhumanly fast. He flipped around, and swiftly batted the red energy beam headed his way with his staff. The attack sailed off into the sky harmlessly.

"Tricks you may have, but I've had thousands of years in practice when it comes to trickery." Sun Wukong said.

"You have been lucky so far, but I will find an opening in your defences." Goku said, taking a fighting stance.

"Luck had nothing to do with it. You my lad, am dealing with skill." Sun Wukong said just as Goku rushed forward, his right arm glowing with golden energy.

Swiftly Sun Wukong blocked Goku's dragon-fist with his staff, the furious energy of the attack seemingly useless against the Monkey King's ancient weapon.

Goku did not let up however, and rushed forward. Sun Wukong ducked beneath a hard right punch from Goku, then brought his staff up and slammed it into Goku's stomach, causing the Super Saiyan Four to open his mouth in shock and pain.

Goku then rolled away on the ground, then swiftly got back to his feet.

"Your good at predicting my moves, I'll give you that, Lets see you handle this." Goku said as energy began to glow in both his hands.

Just as the sun passed overhead, bathing the beutiful green grass and white mountains of the valley in its light, did Goku begin unleashing a flurry of energy blasts at his opponent.

Hundreds of blue energy blasts left Goku's hands at a rapid rate and flew towards Sun Wukong. The Monkey King dodged about a dozen of the blasts by a display of quick reflexes, ducking, jumping and dodging the blasts.

Then he brought his staff around, spinning it quickly in front of himself like a shield. Goku found all his attacks rendered useless by Sun Wukong's weapon.

"The number of attacks you send against your opponent is useless if you cannot hit him." Sun Wukong said as he gripped his weapon tightly.

"There is a weakness in your defenses, I will find it." Goku said before rising into the air. Suddenly Goku disappeared again, only to reappear somewhere behind his opponent.

"Kamehameha!" Goku yelled, firing another of the attacks at his adversary. Just as Sun Wukong was about to block, Goku vanished again, this time appearing above his opponent with another Kamehameha already charged and fired.

While Sun Wukong managed to block Goku's first attack, the second hit true, yet had no effect.

"What? I put all my power into that second attack!" Goku said in frustration.

"Your attack is useless unless it has the strength to harm ones foes. You underestimate me Goku." Sun Wukong said, then suddenly was knocked off his feet and into the air by some invisible force. Sun Wukong made a surprised monkey noise as this happened.

"My attack had more than enough to effect you, but I figured you would be more vurnable to a delayed attack." Goku said with a smile.

Sun Wukong quickly recovered, hovering down to the ground with his staff gripped tightly.

"So you can plan ahead and strategise. You may indeed be the worthy opponent I thought you were. But one strike does not win the battle." Sun Wukong said.

Wasting no words Goku rushed forward.

"Power Pole...extend." Sun Wukong said calmly. Suddenly the monkey king's staff grew longer and longer. Goku was forced to fly upwards to avoid it. No matter how high he flew however, the staff showed no signs of ceasing its magical growth.

So Goku flew to the right rather than upwards, finding the staff begin to shrink and return to its normal length. Then Goku heard Sun Wukong take to the air, stopping only when he was hovering a short distance away from Goku.

Sun Wukong gripped his weapon tightly, a small grin was on his face.

"Didn't expect that did you Goku? A true warrior knows how to adapt to changing circumstances." Sun Wukong stated.

"Are you saying I've lost my warrior instinct? Is that what all this is about?" Goku asked.

"Yes. Because of your ordeals in the demon world you began to doubt yourself. The loss of your loved ones harmed you greatly, but your guilt at not being able to prevent their demise is what truely harmed you. A small sliver of darkness was allowed to enter, and although that evil is now gone, your doubt still remains. I am here to help you remove that doubt, for unless you do, Dystopicles will win this war." Sun Wukong said.

"I have tried to stop doubting myself. I've told myself that I can't win if I don't trust myself one hundred percent." Goku said, doubt in his cat-like Super Saiyan Four eyes.

"You cannot try to stop doubt, you either fail to do so, or you succeed. If you truly wish to regain your fighting ability..than you must know why you doubt. You must recognize it..and you must accept it." Sun Wukong said, moving his weapon so that part of it was swung over his right shoulder.

Goku said nothing for a moment, then rushed forward at Sun Wukong, who swiftly dodged Goku's punch by flying slightly backwards away from it. The Monkey King then dodged another ten or so attacks from Goku, either ducking, flying out of the way, or blocking with his weapon.

"You wish to know the truth of your doubt? The truth is, it was not only your enemies to blame for the death of your loved ones...but yourself as well. Yes Goku..you are to blame. You killed your wife and son by your failure to act in time." Sun Wukong stated.

Hearing those words Goku flew into a rage. His attacks became fueled by anger as he attempted to strike his opponent with punch after punch. As before each attack was dodged, parried, or blocked outright by the monkey king.

"How dare you say that! I had nothing to do with Chi-Chi's death, and there was nothing I could have done to stop Dystopicles from killing Gohan!" Goku said with a dark tone in his voice.

"Your wife would not have died, had you not left with Shenron. Every action has a reaction. When you left, your wife fell into a deep depression. It was her despair that Krysis sensed when he targeted her. As for your son, had you refused to allow him to assist Goten, he would likely be still alive right now." Sun Wukong said calmly.

"If Gohan hadn't helped Goten against the sixth demon king Goten would have died." Goku said, his fists held tightly in anger.

"No..your younger son would have won in the end. The reason Gohan died was because you believed in him, but doubted your younger son. Once again someone died because of your own poor judgement." Sun Wukong said.

Goku had heard enough. He rushed forward, his strength increased to the limit of what the Super Saiyan Four form was capable of. He slammed a hard right punch into Sun Wukong's staff. The weapon flew out of the surprised Monkey King's hands. Goku then brought his left fist forward and slammed Sun Wukong in the jaw with a haymaker.

Goku then slammed fist after fist into the Monkey King's gut, Sun Wukong spitting out blood each time from his mouth.

"Had enough yet?" Goku said darkly as red energy gathered in his right hand.

"Kamehameha 10x!" Goku yelled, firing his attack point blank at Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong's eyes widened in surprise as the attack struck him, but rather than his form disitegrating, Sun Wukong suddenly turned into a single silver hair, which was swiftly destroyed by Goku's attack.

Suddenly Goku was thrown to the ground as Sun Wukong appeared behind him, his staff in the king's left hand as he struck Goku with a fierce whirlwind kick to Goku's back.

"You cannot fight against the truth, refusing to believe it in the hope it will cease being the truth. The truth is the truth, no matter how much we wish it to be otherwise. The only way you will overcome your doubt and regain that which you lost is if you accept this." Sun Wukong said as he crossed his arms.

"A substitution technique..impressive." Goku said as he got back to his feet.

"With only a hair I can create a nearly perfect clone of myself. When the clone is destroyed or I deactivate the technique, I learn and gain all that my clone had." Sun Wukong said with a toothy grin.

"You could get alot of training done in a very short time with that technique." Goku said, impressed.

"Indeed, though nothing beats real experience. Now Goku...let us continue." Sun Wukong said, taking a fighting stance for the first time in the fight.

Meanwhile..on the mystery planet.

Vegeta continued to watch Goku threw the pool of water. The Grand Kai and Kohryu stood behind him as the Saiyan Prince watched Goku's battle with the monkey king.

"I've never seen or heard of this Sun Wukong." Vegeta said.

"He is an ancient warrior whose legends exist on many versions of Earth. Your friend's earth name comes from him, indeed, Goku's early adventures as a child were very similiar to Sun Wukong's own." Kohryu said, crossing his arms over his blue robe.

"How can Kakorot defeat someone who was the source of Saiyan power?" Vegeta asked.

"If we are to have a future free from fear, evil, and tyranny, than Goku will find a way." The Grand kai said, setting his boom-box onto the ground by his feet.

Goku was like a red comet as he soared towards Sun Wukong, who appeared like an orange comet. When the two fighters collided there was a huge explosion, visibility quickly cleared to reveal Goku and Sun Wukong trading melee attacks. Goku would punch, Sun Wukong would block, Sun Wukong would punch, and Goku would block. The two continued this dance for a couple minutes before the two flew away from each other, hovering in place over the valley below, each facing the other.

"Your attacks are filled with determination. Your very hopes are contained within your attacks. But hope alone is not enough." Sun Wukong said, pointing his right palm at Goku.

Suddenly a blue symbol in some ancient language appeared on Sun Wukong's palm, and then a bolt of lightning emerged and slammed into Goku, forcing the saiyan into a nearby white mountain.

Goku flew into and out the other side of the mountain, then used all he had to stop his flight.

"What was that?" Goku thought aloud to himself.

"Magic. Long ago I was not the hero and champion of order I am now. Once I was as primal as the great apes, unrestrained and chaotic. In those early years I learned magic from many a master, as well as speech. To contend with me is to fight against all of my powers." Sun Wukong said once again, aiming his palm at Goku again.

This time a fierce wind suddenly appeared, and Goku had to use all the strength in his Super-Saiyan Four body to fight against it. Just when he thought he would be blow away, Sun Wukong unleashed another attack, this time in the form of a freezing wind.

Goku yelled, forming two spheres of red energy in both hands.

Just when Sun Wukong unleashed another lightning bolt, Goku fired his 10x Kamehameha. The two attacks slammed into each other and created an explosion. During this time Sun Wukong flew with his power pole in hand at Goku, who was forced to dodge the magical weapon.

"Once you used a similiar...if inferior weapon to my own Goku. You should know what my staff is capable of." Sun Wukong said as he swung his weapon around and down to the right at Goku, who was barely able to dodge it.

Goku rushed forward, aiming a flying kick at his opponent which was easily blocked by the Monkey King's staff.

"Power Pole...extend." Sun Wukong said calmly as his weapon grew out towards Goku, who was caught on the business-end of the weapon.

Goku yelled as the pole continued to get longer and longer, until he was in orbit over a blue, white and green Earth-like planet. Only then did the Monkey King's weapon stop growing.

Goku fought to breathe, knowing he could not live, let alone fight, at this altitude. Quickly he raised two fingers to his forehead, and teleported behind Sun Wukong, who was standing on top of a white mountain, then fired a quick Kamehameha while his opponent's back was turned.

Once again, instead of the monkey king, Goku found he had only destroyed a single hair.

"Your not really here at all are you Sun Wukong? Your somewhere else on this planet creating copies of yourself. Come face me yourself, or are you scared?" Goku asked.

Suddenly Sun Wukong flew down and landed in front of Goku, his feet firmly planted on the white stone. With nothing but blue sky above them and a shrill mountain wind between them, the two fighters looked at each other before any spoke a word.

Goku, hero and legend, he was both once the hope of the universe, and a force of good, though not the source. He believed in courage, honor and justice..but always showed his enemies mercy if he thought there was anything that could be redeemed. Since he was a child, he had both a playful, cheerful side, and a grim, serious, determined and wise side.

Demon Kings, Galactic Tyrants, Legends, machines and even gods, Goku had defeated many evil forces who tried to rule with a sword of injustice. Father, hero, gentlemen, that was who he was.

Goku stared at his opponent.

Sun Wukong, warrior, hero, force of nature. The Monkey King had himself changed much over the years. In the beginning, he had been a creature of chaos, not knowing how to speak, not following any rules and doing as he pleased. But gradually, he learned of civilization, of friendship, of companionship, order, and even love. Just as it was not hate that had turned Goku into who he was today, but love, love had changed the monkey king as well.

Despite their similarities, now the two were opponents, fighters locked in a struggle for dominance.

"You are indeed a worthy opponent Goku." Sun Wukong said, his red colored weapon gripped tightly in his right hand, his red armor an impressive sight against the white of the mountain.

"Thankyou, so are you." Goku said, his red and gold aura surrounding his red furred Super Saiyan Four body.

"Lets see how you handle this attack." Sun Wukong said as he spun his staff in a circle in front of himself.

"Twelve spheres of the zodiac!" Sun Wukong said as twelve fiery orbs appeared in front of him, then quickly soared outwards at Goku, he swiftly dodged each attack before he charged forward, his right arm engulfed in golden energy.

Goku plowed threw several more orbs of fire before slamming into Sun Wukong himself.

"Dragon Fist!" Goku yelled as the golden shenron-like dragon coiled around the monkey king, whose eyes widened in surprise at the strength of this attack.

Sun Wukong let out an excited, monkey-like cry as the head of the golden shenron came down on him. Then there was a small explosion, then nothing as the smoke cleared.

"Another clone? When are you going to fight me for real?" Goku said, crossing his red furred arms over his chest.

"I have been fighting you for real. My attacks haven't been fake." Sun Wukong said with a slight smile.

"You know what I mean you smart ass." Goku said with a grin of his own.

"You want to fight me at my best? How Saiyan of you." Sun Wukong said with an even bigger grin than Goku's.

"Can you blame me? Fighting strong opponents is what I live for." Goku said.

Suddenly Sun Wukong was serious.

"I will fight you, but only at fifty-percent of my true power." Sun Wukong said with a serious tone.

"Why only half?" Goku asked, sounding abit dissapointed.

Sun Wukong pointed to the metal head band on his forehead.

"This mystical object restrains my full power, but it also keeps my wise, controled side in charge. If I were to remove it, I would revert to a chaotic uncontrollable beast." Sun Wukong stated.

"I see...that kind of reminds me of Broly now that I think of it." Goku said with a thoughtful tone.

"Do you think that is a coincedance? Anyway..here it comes..half my true power." Sun Wukong said, then began to yell as an orange aura shaped like clouds spun around the monkey-king's form.

Goku noticed an immediate increase in his opponent's power.

"I was barely able to keep up with him as a full power Super Saiyan Four..and he was only using one percent of his power. Super Saiyan Four just isn't going to cut it now that he has ascended to half his true power." Goku thought as he clutched both his fists, his red and gold aura flaring wildly as Goku prepared to attempt reaching Super Saiyan Five.

"Come Goku..show me your best." Sun Wukong said as he finished his power-up.

Goku began to yell as his gold and red aura changed to a flaming white aura, which grew upwards as its brightness increased. Goku felt his muscles expand, his hair grow down to his waist.

Goku's red fur on his arms changed to a shining silver color, even as his hair became white as snow, shining like platinum in the light of the planet's sun.

Finally, Goku's cat-like eyes glowed, then changed to appear as orbs of red flame.

"Let us see how you handle a Super Saiyan Five." Goku said with a slight smile, having completed his transformation.

Sun Wukong was rarely impressed, but Goku had managed to do so.

"It has been awile since I've fought someone as strong and skilled as you. Let us make this a battle to remember Goku." Sun Wukong said with a toothy smile.

"My thoughts exactly." Goku said, then rushed forward and attempted to land a punch to the monkey king's jaw.

On the planet where Vegeta continued to wait and watch Goku..

The Grand Kai laughed.

Kohryu turned his attention to the Kai.

"Does something amuse you?" Kohryu asked.

"Only a Saiyan would exchange compliments and punches at the same time." Grand Kai said with a smile.

Vegeta smiled slightly at those words as he continued to watch Goku fight, staring into the pool of water.

In orbit over Earth...

Dystopicles dodged about a hundred red energy blasts from Krysis, then flew forward and grabbed ahold of the former crimson tyrant.

"Let me go you freak!" Krysis yelled

"Not yet." Dystopicles said calmly as he flew towards the Earth's atmosphere.

Krysis yelled as the flames of re-entry burned away at his skin. The burning pain ended only after Dystopicles slammed Krysis into a mountain.

Dystopicles then flew backwards and away from the mountain, then pointed his right palm at Krysis, who while had afew burn marks on his normally tan skin, looked relatively fine.

The Devil King fired a sphere of violet-black energy at the mountain. Krysis attempted to stop the incoming attack with a red blast of his own, but it was no use, as the sphere descended upon him and within seconds he, and the grey mountain he stood on, went up in a colossal explosion of orange fire.

"And yet another champion of goodness falls by my hand. When will you all understand that my might cannot be matched? You struggle futilely into the abyss." Dystopicles said, gripping his white and black scythe in his left hand, holding the weapon over his left shoulder.

"We will never give up until you are defeated demon." Rafiel, the white armored Seraph said, his blonde hair swaying in the cold gust of wind that blew threw the area.

"For all that is holy, we will defeat you." Yumiel, the purple-robed samurai-like Seraph said with conviction in his voice, his short black hair also moving with the wind, but less noticably.

"This valley will be the spot of your destruction." Armael, the dark-skinned golden armored Seraph said.

All three angelic warriors had conviction in both their voices and in their eyes.

Dystopicles laughed.

"We shall see fools...we shall see." Dystopicles said, a grin on his black face, his snake-like yellow eyes gazing at the three that dared to oppose him.

"This entire war was planned by me since shortly after time began. You really think you can stop the forbidden prophecy? There is more to it then just my ascension fools." Dystopicles said.

Even as the wind blew a cloud of dust from the remains of the mountain across the valley, Goku battled Sun Wukong on a distant world.

In heaven, on the Grand kai's world, Piccolo monitored the events on Earth with King Kai.

"Wherever you are Goku..I hope you are ready soon. The Earth, no, the universe needs you and Vegeta." Piccolo thought silently to himself.