Alright, guys. As the questions came in, I kept piling them in here, so that I could answer everybody. I'm trying to avoid and exact specifics, but I'll let some things go on. Anyways, let's go.

- Someone asked me, "How far do I plan to take the story?" To answer this, here's what I have to say. I've already stated that I have 2 more arcs planned, 3 if favor starts to lean towards me crafting a God of Destruction's Tournament arc including the Sonic Team. However, that's for this story. Spoiler here, so ignore the rest of the paragraph if you don't want to glean it. I'm planning to extend this story into a trilogy. We're going across the Dragonball timeline here. This story will end the same way DBZ ended, with Goku leaving to train Uub. Afterwards, Sonic Team and the Z-Fighters are going to relive GT, with a twist. After that, well, that one, I'm keeping a surprise for now. But this much I'll say, it's going to go even further past GT, and it will be a great tale, and wrapping up the entire story within it.

- Jalen johnson asked me "if I'm still planning my own original arcs for the story" and if "Future Trunks will be returning." Yes, my next 2 arcs will be original. This coming one is, what I hope, will be a greatly recieved idea, something I doubt has ever been done before, and the results of which will allow for some changes to the rest of the story line, as well, as well as reuniting some 'old family.' We will also, obviously, have a true showdown, between everyone in the Sonic Team and Z-Fighters, and all of the villains, which ought to be an epic battle. I will also feature a character that hasn't returned in this series yet, an old arch-rival of Sonic, back and more powerful than ever. God of Destruction's Tournament after that if people want it, then the finale at the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament, with Goku doing his thing, and the others going off on a mission that comes up. As for Future Trunks, well, let me just say, not in the near future. I do plan for him to have a role, a major one, just, far down the line.

- HShadic123 asked me how long do I plan on writing the story. Well, depending on how you meant that, I have a couple of answers. If you mean timeframe, then I don't know. Probably spread over at least a couple of years. In terms of content, well, as above, I said that I plan to spread this over 3 stories, with this one maybe, just maybe, halfway done. The story started off slowly, but it's going to speed up now. Less filler content from here on out.

I actually got far fewer questions than I expected for this Q&A. I don't know whether people just weren't interested enough for questions, or if they missed the footnote announcing the Q&A. Just in case, I'll answer a few questions next chapter, since if the latter is true, then you'll probably see it this time, as it's up top and not on the bottom. Anyways, this is going to be the "transitional chapter" between Resurrection F and my next arc. Revelations and some set up included. You guys ready? I sure hope so. Let's begin!


Kami's Lookout


"Take good care of them, Dende, they battled their hearts out out there" Piccolo said, setting the two hedgehogs down.

"Right, Piccolo" Dende nodded, straightening them out on the ground. Holding his hands out in front of them, a soothing orange light began to emanate out, washing over the two of them. Slowly, each cut began to close, each bruise began to fade, and their tensed up bodies began to loosen up. Their breathing eased, and their heads rolled over, relaxed.

Piccolo nodded. "Thanks Dende."

Dende looked down at the two worriedly. "Usually, whenever I heal somebody, they wake up. What if they got here too late?"

"No, they're still breathing" Piccolo said. "I think you're just underestimating the magnitude of the battle they were just in. Were you watching?"

"For a while" Dende said. "I saw you guys get rid of some of the flagships. But you're real battle? Sorry, that was in Mobian territory, and my sights don't extend there, remember?"

"That's right, huh?" Piccolo asked. "Well, I ought to get these guys back to Capsule Corp. There's also something, that we have to discuss, once Sonic wakes up."

"Yeah, what about?" Dende asked.

Piccolo frowned. "That's the thing. We don't know exactly. And the two people who could explain it, well, their lying at your feet."

"Oh" Dende realized what Piccolo was saying. "And how are the others? Gohan, Goku, Vegeta, Sonic's friends?"

"We're, well, most of us, are all ok" Piccolo said. "Tails and Knuckles, they, didn't make it."

"Oh no!" Dende exclaimed. "That's terrible."

Piccolo nodded. "Yes, Frieza's cruelty knows no bounds."

"That's rough" Dende agreed. "I only met these guys a few times, but I could tell, those three were closer than most families."

Wrapping his arms around the two bodies, Piccolo swung them back over his shoulders. "Let me get these guys back. "You're welcome to come with, and here the full story."

"I think that I'll do that. Just let me go check with Mr. Popo and see if he can hold down the fort" Dende said.


Capsule Corp…


"Those poor kids…" Chi-Chi muttered.

"If you ask me, Frieza didn't get a bad enough beating" Bulma said viciously. "Murdering those two in cold blood, that's just awful."

Trunks and Goten were in the corner, still rattled by their near death experience at Frieza's hands, but it wasn't them that were the talk of the room. Silver had laid the bodies of Tails and Knuckles out on the lawn, where they lied, perfectly still.

Gohan wiped the tears from his eyes. "They, they didn't deserve this."

Yamcha looked down at them as well. "Look on the bright side, you guys. It's better that they died with our worlds merged. We can use the Dragonballs to revive them, can't we?"

"That doesn't change how horrific it is" Tien muttered. "Considering Sonic hardly knew about the Dragonballs, much less that we could bring these two back, his reaction was rather weak, compared to what it could have been."

"Yeah, that is right" Yamcha said. "I remember how bad it was when Goku died fighting against Raditz."

Gohan looked up. "Speaking of which, where is Dad? For that matter, where's Vegeta and Silver? And I don't see Sally either."

Bulma looked down. "Silver took it really hard, Sally even harder. Those two were the only ones, besides Sonic and Shadow, of course, who really knew them. And they aren't taking it well. I didn't peg them as the drinking types."

"And I haven't seen Goku or Vegeta since we got back" Chi-Chi said. "Come to think of it, we haven't seen Lord Beerus or Whis either. Oh, you don't think that they went off training again, do you?"

"No, I can sense Goku and Vegeta both nearby" Krillin said. "They're on the roof, chatting I guess. Goku and Vegeta, they seemed to know something about what was going on, but they couldn't share."

"Hey, that's right" Gohan said. "Whis said, 'They have memories that they are lucky to keep, but they have to keep them to themselves.' What do you think that means?"

"Hell if I know" Tien said. "Goku and Vegeta have always been special. Do you really think that we have missing memories, but they were allowed to keep whatever we're missing?"

"Dunno" Gohan said. "But they aren't able to tell us if we do, so there's no way to find out."


Capsule Corp. Rooftop…


"But come on, I watched him be burnt to bits myself" Goku insisted. "How can this be?"

"That, is actually beyond my knowledge" Whis admitted.

"But come on, how could his influence even be here?" Vegeta asked. "I know that time is fluid, but shouldn't all event that were changed have gone back to normal once he was destroyed?"

"You're right, time is fluid" Whis said. "However, I don't find it possible for his influence to be here."

Goku clutched his fist, the anger coursing through him enough to bring some blue sparks up his arm. Shaking them off, he turned to Whis. "Do you have any ideas at all?"

Whis struck a thinking pose. "We can never rule out his wormhole. It was wreaking havoc long after he was destroyed."

"Yeah, but if something was modifying the events that took place…" Goku began. "Shouldn't Shiro have shown up to help?"

"You're friend in high places?" Whis asked. "Yes, I find it quite odd that he didn't show up to help, but at the same time, maybe it was because we won anyways."

"Still, I taught the little Super Saiyan" Beerus said. "Even if we could win without him, it is unlike himself to not turn up where a distortion is happening."

"Isn't that true" Vegeta nodded. "Me and Kakarot mentored him a bit as well. Could something be going wrong there?"

"Well, if there is something, then we aren't going to be able to help" Goku said. "They're beyond all of our reach, up there."

"Quite so" Whis agreed. "I a place that is even inaccessible to me. I suppose that it is truly invitees only."

Goku sensed something and looked behind him. "Looks like Piccolo's back. Maybe we can get a first person recount from Sonic."

"Yes indeed. That was quite a fierce transformation he underwent, and I have no doubt that it was unhelped" Beerus stated.

Goku hopped off the roof. "Let's go meet them."


Capsule Corp. Lawn


"So everyone made it back in one piece?" Piccolo asked. Dende touched down right beside him.

"Yeah" Goku said, descending. "How are those two."

Piccolo set them down. "More beat to hell than I've ever seen. They didn't even wake up once Dende healed them."

"Really? Dende saved me from a stomach piercing when he was just a kid" Vegeta said. "Although, it was baldy here who gave me the piercing, so maybe that explains it."

"HEY!" Krillin exclaimed vehemently.

"Settle down, bud" Goku said. "You know how Vegeta is, he's just poking fun at you, even if he won't admit it."

"Hmmph" Vegeta and Krillin both huffed.

Goku turned to Chi-Chi. "So, how are Sonic's other friends doing?"

She shook her head. "Not well, Goku. Drinking, actually."

"Drinking?" Goku asked. "Do they even have alcohol on Mobius?"

She shrugged. "But I can hardly blame the poor things" she said. "I remember how I felt both times you died, and these guys just lost two of their friends."

Goku clenched his jaw and tightened his fist. "Damn that Frieza and Nazo. If Instant Transmission were working right, I would find them and demolish them before they could react."

"Sadly, the joined worlds are probably going to make it so that you can never use long range Instant Transmission ever again" Vegeta said. "So I would just get used to not having it anymore."

A sudden grunt drew everyone's eyes down. Shadow was stirring. "Shadow?" Goku asked.

Shadow sat bolt upright, panting heavily, as if he had been holding his breath for a long time. "Where, what, who?!" he exclaimed.

"Calm down Shadow!" Goku waved his arms. "It's us!"

"Who, who are you?" Shadow asked. Then he closed his eyes. "I know you, just give me a second."

Bringing his arm out, Shadow gave himself a huge blow to the side of the head, literally knocking him up into the air for a second. Everyone looked at him, shocked, as he struggled to his feet, clutching his head.

Shaking his head, he looked at Goku. "Sorry about that. When you've had amnesia as many times as I've had, all it takes is a good smack to flip it back on or off. I must of hit my head pretty hard on those rocks."

"Well, I'm just glad that you're back with us" Goku said. "But, if all it takes is a good blow, then how come you don't lose your memory in combat."

"It either takes a massive impact, like falling to a planet or having a mountain collapse on me, or in just the right spot with the right amount of pressure" Shadow explained. "Luckily, amnesia only spreads to memories, and not skills. I can remember how to do that."

Shadow looked down at Sonic. Shaking his head, he bent down near him. "I know he wasn't in control, but I still plan to give him some grief about what he did to me."

"...He may have enough grief as it is" Goku pointed out.

Shadow's expression dropped. "Fair point…" he muttered.

Vegeta stood by Shadow. "We can revive your friends with the Dragonballs, they have that power. Since our worlds were fused, they should be within our power."

"Best news I've heard all day" Shadow said. "Sonic should be ecstatic when he wakes up."

Vegeta crossed his arms. "Yes, what was that power that your blue friend showed?"

Shadow frowned. "His Dark Form…" he muttered.

"Dark Form?" Chi-Chi asked. "Is that like his Super Form?"

"More different than you could possibly believe" Shadow chuckled. "Each time Sonic's used that form, he's gotten more out of control. First against the Metarex, then against Nazo, and now against Frieza."

"But what exactly is is?" Vegeta asked.

"Think of it like his Super Form, except instead of with balanced Chaos Energy, or, as we have had to resort to recently, purely light Chaos Energy, he only used the dark" Shadow explained. "His inhibitors goes down, and he goes instinctual, his instincts, or course, focused completely on destroying the one who pushed him to going dark. Of course, when you aren't thinking intelligently, anything that gets in your way is an enemy, part of what makes it so dangerous to try and snap him out of it."

"...Wow, sounds like that transformation you endured during your fight with Lord Slug" Piccolo said to Goku.

"Ehyeh, I mean, come on, that was a one time thing, it couldn't happen to me again" Goku exclaimed.

"Oh yes, I remember the tale, of that False Super Saiyan you told me about, Kakarot" Vegeta said. "So, it was real after all, and comparable to this one's Dark Form?"

Goku nodded. "Almost exactly the same, except Sonic took it to an extreme. More power, less control."

"Yeah" Shadow said. "That's what happens when the darkness overwhelms you."

"Darkness…" a voice beneath them said.

Everyone looked down, startled, to see Sonic conscious. "Sonic?" Shadow asked.

"Where-?" Sonic began to ask, before it all came back to him. In an instant, Sonic was up and had jumped high, landing far from the others, up on the rooftop.

"Sonic, what's wrong?" Goku asked.

Sonic stuck his hands out. "No, stay back, I'm not safe!" he cried out.

"Sonic, listen, don't wor-" Goku tried to say, but Sonic cut him off.

"No, I'm dangerous, I can't stay!" Sonic yelled, turning on the spot and vanishing in a flash of light.

Everyone was wide eyed. Shadow wasted no time in jumping up after him, and vanishing in the same spot. Second later, he reappeared, alone.

"Where'd he go?" Goku asked.

"He threw me off the trail" Shadow muttered. "I don't know when, but he got good enough that he was able to use Chaos Control towards a certain destination, but then change course during the warp. The trail leads to a dead end."

Vegeta looked down at Shadow. "How did he even use Chaos Control without an Emerald?" he asked.

Shadow shrugged. "It's kind of funny. Chaos Control used to be a huge deal for us back in the day, and now it's something that we use almost without thinking. Basically, we've used the Emeralds so much over the years, our bodies always have some. They basically learned how to produce it. That's how we can go Super without Emeralds."

"Damn, so we lost the rat" Vegeta spat.

"Don't be so hard on him, Vegeta" Goku said harshly. "After what he went through, he must feel terrible. You know Sonic. He's not the kind of person who would do a fraction of what he did, even to a tyrant like Frieza."

"Hrm" Vegeta growled, but said no more.

Goku looked at the spot where Sonic had vanished. "But where did he go?" he wondered.


?


Sonic touched down, and hit the ground running. "I can't believe, that I did that."

He sobbed as he ran. "I promised Tails, last time, that I would never go Dark again. And what do I do? As soon as he's gone, I do it again. What kind of friend am I?"

Sonic burst through the trees and fell to the ground, on all fours. "Their gone, both gone, Tails and Knuckles…" he cried.

Looking at his own hand, he punched the ground. "I just wish that I didn't have this, this, DAMN DARKNESS INSIDE OF ME!"

Sonic screamed the last part, causing the birds in the trees to scatter off in fear. Sonic fell back to all fours, sobbing, when he heard the voice. "Your wish, is my, command."

Wheeling around, Sonic gasped and got into fighting stance when he saw the nightmarish red figure before. "What, the hell, do you want?" Sonic growled venomously at Nazo.

"Only to help" Nazo said, stepping forward, causing Sonic to back up. "You said you want to be rid of the darkness, right?"

Sonic backed up a bit more, and his fur began to glow. Bursting into Super Form, the tears rolling down his cheeks now sparkled from his light. "Knowing you, it wouldn't benefit me to do whatever you have planned."

Chuckling darkly, Nazo stared right into Sonic's eyes. "You don't know how right you are" he said.

Moving at impossible speed, Nazo darted forward and grabbed Sonic by the neck. Choking, Sonic looked down at Nazo. "Do, it, reunite me, with my friends."

"Oh, I don't plan to kill you" Nazo shook his head. "Merely, rid you of the darkness."

The 7 Dark Emeralds materialized in the air around them. "And of course, I plan to do it the same way, that we removed the darkness from the Master Emerald" Nazo said.

Sonic's eyes grew wide. "No, you wouldn't!" he gasped.

"Yes, I, Would" Nazo said.

Each Emerald sparked with dark energy, and bolts of darkness leapt out from each Emerald, striking Sonic, shocking him. "AAGGHH!" Super Sonic cried in pain, reverting.

Slowly, the Emeralds ascended in the air, and as they rose higher, they began pulling something out of Sonic, up with them. Sonic was black and blue, but no in the classic way. There were two Sonics now, a pitch black one being pulled out of the real one.

The Emeralds let out one last huge spark, and both of them collapsed to the ground. Each of the Dark Emeralds vanished in a flash of dark light. Nazo stepped forward and picked up what looked like a shadowy silhouette of Sonic. "Thank you, for your cooperation" Nazo cackled.

"No, STOP!" Sonic shouted, stretching his arms for Nazo. However, Nazo was gone before he had fully extended his arm, and he had taken Dark Sonic with him.

Feeling completely drained, Sonic collapsed to the ground. "What, have I done?" he muttered, before he passed out.


Neo-Eggmanland…


"Well done, you have truly outdone yourself this time, Nazo" Eggman praised.

"Thank you, Doctor" Nazo said. "I suppose that we have gained a powerful ally today."

"Indeed we have" Eggman said. "Now, Sonic shouldn't be able to stand a chance."

"Only one problem, Doctor" Nazo said. "The Dark Sonic I acquired doesn't move. A body with no mind is what I received."

"Trivialities" Eggman dismissed. "Perhaps I can upgrade the body, like I did to that time creature. Then, not only would he be cybernetically enhanced, but also, completely under my control."

"Very well" Nazo said. "I will check on the tyrant. He will be in the regeneration room, correct?"

"Yes" Eggman said.

Nodding, Nazo disappeared in a flash of dark light, one moment, looking at the doctor, the next, staring at the shredded face of Frieza. "So, that hedgehog pulled out a stop that even I didn't know existed" he commented.

Frieza merely glared at him. "I must say, you were doing a terrific job out there, and you would have been perfect, if he hadn't gone Dark. I've fixed that, of course, but we still need a new plan of attack to get them back."

"Give me some credit" Frieza said, his voice distorted through the liquid and the pipe. "Do you not think that I already have a great idea for a new plan?"

"Oh, do you?" Nazo asked.

"Hmmph" Frieza grunted. "I have concocted a brilliant scheme. You see, my training has made me open my eyes to new possibilities, different courses of action that would disgust me in the past, but intrigue me now."

"Oh, and what if you plan?" Nazo asked.

Frieza was obviously smirking behind the mask. "Simple. A major deciding factor in their victory this time, was the fact that we had planned on the army wearing them down. However, the army was too weak to substantially weaken them. How do we fix this? Get a stronger army."

"I'm not sure I follow" Nazo said.

Frieza stared him dead in the eyes. "Once I'm out of here, it will be time to hunt down this pathetic planet's Dragonballs. I plan to summon up our army."

"I wasn't aware that the Dragonballs could create powerful beings" Nazo said.

"Oh, they can't" Frieza said. "But they can revive them. And restore planets. And we will need to do both."

"Hmm, what exactly do you mean?" Nazo asked.

"You will see, you will all soon see" Frieza said.


? (Much later)


In the outer reaches of a planet's atmosphere, a single being stood. Among the starlight and dark void, he was the only living being in sight.

Looking around in shock, the man couldn't believe the sight. "How, this seems impossible. It's back. I'm back. This shouldn't be."

The man looked down at the planet below him with a sharp glint in his eyes. "But there's no doubt about it. Somehow, it's all been restored. But what could this mean? All of that, it was no dream."

Reaching up to his forehead, he felt it, and found a headband wrapped around his head. His fingers came away, stained with blood. Raising his arms, he descended at high speed to the planet below.

"Whatever is going on, whatever this means, I must know more" he thought. "Even after all that, it's still here? No, something bigger, much bigger, is going on here. And I must get to the bottom of this."


Yes, okay. This chapter was short. Like I said, it was a transitional chapter. And yes, this ending was extremely vague. In my other story, several people guess exactly who a mystery figure was just by hair color and style. I wanted to drop a hint, but make it subtle to make it so that you had to work to guess it. Anyways, don't forget, I always appreciate reviews, and in case people missed it, the Q&A will still be open until next chapter. Good luck guessing what this next arc will be, because things are about to get heated!