I promised the finale of the fight within a week and here it is! The climax, the final big bang kind of thing! I won't talk too much; I just hope everyone remembers some of the little details that have happened earlier in the story for this part. Please enjoy!
Chapter 36: The Face of Change
Vegito floated dauntingly a few feet in the air above Ru with his arms crossed. Vegito's expression read pure disgust towards Gohan's other worldly counterpart.
Ru rubbed the temples of his head as his shoulders shook slightly from pent up laughter, "One thing I'll admit about your kind… you show great amounts of determination. You're horribly lacking in vision though."
"You're the one who's taken things way too far Ru…" a bolt of static jumped across Vegito's arms as he tensed slightly.
"I see it in your eyes that you're doing this because you care for Gohan… but can't you see this is the best thing that could have ever possibly happened to him? Your son can join me and become a god to quell all evils across the megaverse! Never again would he fear, never again would he hurt, never again would he feel sorrow…" Vegito made no motions as Ru spoke, "Isn't that what any parent would want for their child?"
The air was still and silent for a moment while Vegito continued to stare Ru down. Ru seemed to be waiting for Vegito to reply when instead a fist crashed against his jaw. The sound of impact echoed across the infinite expanse of the void as Ru was hurled over the ethereal surface of the dimensional stream.
Quickly regaining control of his flight, Ru rubbed his jaw and stared angrily down at Vegito, "Don't be a fool!"
"What sort of parent would wish an eternity of being fused with the likes of you upon their own child?" Vegito snorted as he slowly floated across the glowing stream closer to Ru, "Your chances are up boy, I'm sick of hearing your voice rant in your delirious rancor. You have one of two options available to you. One is you run… turn around and run like the despicable spec of filth that you are, or two… you stick around and let me take my fill of beating you into a pulp again and again until you're too traumatized to reform your body anymore. Personally I hope you choose option two…"
Ru grit his teeth feeling slightly intimidated as he watched Vegito float closer. His eyes shifted from Vegito to Gohan's limp form. Gohan hadn't woken back up yet and was only guarded by the namek and the weak Kais.
A grin crossed Ru's lips, "Fine, let's see if you really have what it takes… old man…" Ru snickered as he powered up, pushing his power level to its max and hardening his scale like skin.
Vegito smirked noticing Ru's posture, "I should have probably warned you… I feel quite rested right now…" Vegito tensed his muscles and yelled as his power gathered around him. His hair spiked and became gold before extending down his back. Once his features hardened he charged into Ru at full speed.
With widened eyes Ru tried to turn to see keep track of Vegito. The fused saiyan was fast enough to disappear from his sight. The next glimpse Ru caught of Vegito was his fist landing in his abdomen. Taken by surprise from the powerful blow, Ru's saliva was expelled from his mouth as it hung open in shock and the rest of his body was thrown back.
Not about to give him a chance, Vegito swung around and kicked Ru across the face. After sending the xescap flying, Vegito immediately flared his ki and took off in pursuit. Ru was kept adrift by a string of assaults from Vegito's fists.
"That's it… pick him apart…" Piccolo cheered through a hushed voice. Piccolo's hand remained over the hole in Gohan's abdomen where he continued to siphon more of his own power to try and close the wound.
"It would appear that fully powered Vegito is more than a match for Ru," The Supreme Kai observed as the two battled across the empty space before them.
"Indeed… but no matter, we should move Gohan away from this realm quickly lest we give Ru the chance to merge with him once again…" The Sovereign Kai looked over to Phips, "Prepare a dimensional gate."
"Wait…" Piccolo stated sternly, "Something's not right…"
Phips canceled out the rift forming in his hands, "And do tell to what level of not right might you be referring?" The glace from the side at Piccolo's eyes clearly told Phips to shut up before he started. Phips chuckled to himself and stepped away while saluting.
"It's Gohan… something has happened… I can sense something… different about him…" Piccolo tried focusing but the panic of the situation was interfering with his ability to rationalize.
Vegito pulled back his fist ready to throw a fierce punch. Energy gathered in his hand which he threw like a lightning strike. As his fist reached Ru however, the xescap's body transformed to energy allowing Vegito's fist to pass harmlessly through him.
While still in energy form, Ru wrapped his body around Vegito and tried to suffocate the saiyan. Vegito hardly flinched under the constricting squeeze and by simply powering up was able to force Ru off of him. Ru solidified and slid to a stop a short distance away from Vegito.
Ru's eyes darted back and forth between Vegito and Gohan. Once his concentration settled on the current threat he grinned and licked his lips, "I won't give up so easily… I've tasted perfection and I refuse to stop now until I have it."
"Such idiocy…" Vegito muttered uninterested in whatever Ru had to say and charged in to attack again. Vegito threw another punch to Ru's abdomen which this time was blocked. Ru twisted his body around and with an extended palm blasted Vegito away from him. Vegito immediately stopped himself and scoffed at Ru's defense, "You call that an attack? I think it almost tickled."
"You two together are quite strong aren't you?" Ru's discerning eyes climbed up and down Vegito's form, "If Gohan and I had managed to complete our merger it would be laughable at how insignificant you would become."
"I hardly see how that's important right now as it's never going to happen," Vegito's steel defense remained up and ready.
"It just excites me is all…" Ru chuckled to himself, "I see how powerful you have become from your pathetic excuse of a fusion and it thrills me to no end with the knowledge that my own fusion will by far overshadow yours."
"Irrelevant, you'd need something greater than the power to annoy me before you should be considering those kinds of options," Vegito wasted no more time before lunging again.
Ru prepared a defense, but using instant transmission Vegito disappeared from in front of Ru only to appear again from the side with his leg outstretched kicking him in the side of the head. Ru stumbled but was greeted from the opposite side by Vegito's fist as he slammed him down. Ru's face made contact with the dimensional surface they were standing upon which sent a shock wave of sparks into the dark. Ru pushed himself up but Vegito's boot immediately slammed Ru's head back down. Transforming back into energy, Ru maneuvered behind Vegito and solidified with his arm around Vegito's neck in a headlock. Vegito reached behind his back with his left arm grabbing onto Ru's head and held him still while he slammed his right fist into Ru's face.
With his arms weakening, Ru let go of Vegito's head and slowly slipped off. Vegito turned quickly extending his leg to deliver a swift strike to Ru's neck. Vegito hit air as Ru burst his energy and vanished into superspeed. Vegito teleported out of the way as Ru approached from behind. Ru couldn't decipher Vegito's angle of approach and used his energy to push himself across the unfathomable dimensional axis. Vegito sensed Ru move positions and compensated moving into strike Ru from incomprehensible angles.
Moving quickly to put his arm up to block, Ru missed the mark by only millimeters allowing Vegito's knee to crash into his face. Vegito followed up with several punches to the chest and face. Ru flipped himself around to counter but Vegito quickly gathered energy into his hand and blasted Ru back into third dimensional space.
Once Ru regained control of his momentum he was quick to flip himself around and gather massive amounts of energy into his hands forming a ball in front of him and quickly splitting it open. The tear began to pull energies from across the multiple universes, "SORYAA!" A beam exploded outward from within the ball.
Vegito saw the power approaching and held out his hand also forming an energy ball, "Big Bang… KAMEHAMEHA!" In a similar effect Vegito's energy ball tore open releasing a Kamehameha beam from within a Big Bang Attack.
Ru concentrated on allowing the particles within the void further fuel his beam while Vegito's beam on its own was still slowly gaining momentum over Ru's attack. The void was alit from the two great beams struggling over the saiyan's home universe.
Phips was bounced backward by the repelling force of the blast. He bounced on his head then onto his back before rolling into the Supreme Kai who was using his arm to shield his eyes from the intense light, "Do you really feel comfortable with all those fireworks going off over the realm you hold dominion over?"
Shin blinked at Phips a few times before looking back up to the blast and gulping.
Ru noticed his beam being pushed back down toward him. Going over his last mental image of Vegito, carefully he made his move as the beam engulfed his position. Vegito's eyes widened noticing Ru wasn't caught in the path of the beam. He cancelled out the beam and turned around in time to see Ru's arm in energy form ensnare his torso while pinning his arms at his sides.
"You think this can hold me?" Vegito flexed his arms already starting to tear through Ru's hold.
"It only has to for a moment…" Ru charged his energy in and jolted Vegito through his hold on him. Vegito looked discomforted but not exceptionally effected by the attack.
"That's not going to work!" Vegito pushed harder on Ru's lasso like arm, almost stretching it out enough to escape.
"The technique you used to fuse your bodies has one great weakness!" Ru shouted as he channeled energy into his other hand. Vegito grit his teeth and pushed harder against his binds, "You know what the weakness is? You should… You've been flaunting it in front of me since this battle started!" Ru's energy cackled in his hand before dividing it into two separate beams and latched it onto Vegito's earrings.
Shin's eyes widened watching Ru's attack, "Oh no… that should be impossible!"
The Potara earrings on Vegito's ears began to glow as Ru kept pouring in with more energy. The binding kept Vegito from escaping and soon Vegito was almost screaming from the burning sensation coming from the earrings. The Earrings gave off a shockwave filling the air with strange symbols as they cracked and disintegrated away. Vegito himself began to glow and expand in Ru's grasp.
The Supreme Kai lowered his arm again and hitched his breath in disbelief. Ru had succeeded in separating Goku and Vegeta, "But… but… Once a being is fused by the Potara earrings the merger should be permanent!"
Shaking his head, The Sovereign Kai commented, "Perhaps within your dimension it's permanent, however this is the void. The strange energies of the void make many things possible… Even that which we consider forever is nothing in the presence of the infinite void. Not to mention their opponent is very astute in these techniques. I can only hope those two can manage to hold on…"
Shin clenched his jaw tight as he looked from the Sovereign Kai back to the fight, "Come on Goku, Vegeta… you can't let us down now…"
Goku looked down at himself realizing he was alone in his body again. With a great heave, Ru tossed both the saiyans across the surface expanse of the dimensional stream. Both Goku and Vegeta were able to flip themselves upright before dragging too far.
"What do you think Vegeta? Do we still stand a chance?" Goku grumbled assuming a ready stance.
"In a way I'm rather thankful to him for finding a way for that merger to not be permanent… But as far as fighting him goes let me put it this way… we don't have a choice…" Vegeta's ki flared indicating he had no intention of backing off now.
"Wouldn't have it any other way!" With the memory of the pain Ru caused to Gohan fresh in his mind Goku powered up alongside of Vegeta.
"Fools!" Ru waved his hand in front of him causing the unstable energy Goku and Vegeta stood on to erupt.
Vegeta and Goku appeared high above after bursting into a dodge. Ru snapped into reality behind Goku immediately kicking him across the chest. Vegeta saw the attack and launched to counter with his fist outstretched landing in Ru's palm which allowed the xescap to flip Vegeta around and elbow him in the gut. Ru flipped himself around landing both feet on Vegeta's face and kicking off, launching the saiyan prince back to the ground and used the same momentum to throw himself back towards Goku.
Seeing Ru approach, Goku put up an arm to block the attack this time. Ru's ki flared a sinister red color before he pushed up his speed and launched a rush attack against Goku throwing rounds of fast cuts, swipes, and kicks at every opening. Goku tried keeping up, but it quickly became apparent to him that Ru was faster than he was.
Once he regained his balance, Vegeta lunged himself back into the fray to assist Goku. With his fists both clenched together he brought his hands down hard onto Ru's back sending the scaled boy crashing into the ground.
"We have to stick together… if he separates us he'll be able to pick us apart!" Goku urged through clenched teeth.
Piccolo's eyes narrowed as he kept up with everyone's movements. In a battle like this, the smallest slip could cost dearly.
"Uhhh…" A groan stole Piccolo's attention away from the fight.
"You're awake, Gohan!" Piccolo shook his old pupil gently as Gohan slowly opened his eyes.
"Piccolo…" Gohan's voice was weak and raspy, "What… What's going on?"
"Goku and Vegeta are still fighting Ru, but are you alright Gohan?" Piccolo asked first out of concern.
Gohan put a hand to his head and shook violently, "Something's wrong… I feel weird…"
"What is it Gohan? What's wrong?" Piccolo probed hoping to find something that was within his power to help with.
"I don't know…" Gohan tried pushing himself up, "Dad… Vegeta… Someone has to help… them…" Gohan almost collapsed before he was able to stand.
The Sovereign Kai looked Gohan over, "This is strange… Gohan is considerably weak after his ordeal… Yet Ru is still pressing on… What is happening here?"
Ru charged into Goku following an unpredictable path and sequence of attacks, yet Goku was able to dodge out of the way before a hit could be landed. Ru turned around to face Goku, but an orange clad knee slammed into his stomach at the same moment Vegeta landed both knees on Ru's back. The two had Ru squashed between them and kicked him aside as they pushed off.
Together, Goku held his hands at his side as Vegeta gathered energy in his hands extended out at either side of him. Releasing a Kamehameha and Final Flash at the same time, the two attacks attracted each other and swirled together as they homed in on Ru and made contact. The darkness of the void was revoked as the light from the combined attack reflected off all the nearby dimensional streams.
"HAAAAA!" The smoke from the attack was blown away as Ru powered up within the epicenter of the attack, "I won't stop now! I've come this close, everything is in reach… you can't stop me… I'll never stop!" With another great burst of ki, Ru hurled himself back up at the saiyans, catching both of their necks in super speed climb and tossed them to the ground firing a barrage of ki blasts after them.
Gohan looked away from the battle as he took a deep breath and tried to collect his thoughts, "Piccolo?" Gohan whispered at an inaudible pitch so only the namek could hear him.
Piccolo leaned down to Gohan, "What is it?"
"I just… I wanted to ask you… what do you think of all this?" Gohan looked away for a moment before clarifying his question, "The whole Harmoney thing… is it really something so bad?"
Piccolo closed his eyes and nodded as he thought, "Gohan… There was a time in my life where I'm sure I would have given anything for that kind of power myself…" Piccolo replied quietly respecting Gohan's apparent desire for the others to not hear their conversation, "Looking back on it now… if I could go back in time and grant my past self that kind of power… I'd never do it… Even now I think I'd be better off never accepting that kind of… temptation…"
Gohan's expression didn't change much, "What do you mean Mister Piccolo?"
"Power corrupts… you know that Gohan… I know you've felt it… You can't have ultimate uncontested power and remain a being of purity. If this universe has a lesson to teach us Gohan… it's balance. There must be good… and there must be evil. For every force, there must be an opposite." Piccolo sighed as he delicately gathered his thoughts, "The kind of power Ru wishes for is unnatural to the order of any universe. Attaining a power beyond all else, to never be matched by any other being in infinity… would destroy ours and every other world."
Gohan closed his eyes and motioned his head down, "I know you're right Piccolo… thank you…"
"Are you alright though?" Piccolo pushed the issue again.
"I don't know…" Gohan put his hands to his temple, "I have the worst headache I think I've ever had… all of my thoughts are jumbled… I can't think straight… And there's this thumping sound that's driving me crazy!"
A loud explosion rang out nearby. Ru floated with his hand extended outward still after launching his last attack. From behind him he heard the high pitched screech of a teleport but couldn't turn around in time before Goku's arm encircled him and caught him in a headlock.
Blood trailed down the side of Goku's head, and most of his orange gi was tattered and blown off from the previous attacks, "Got him!"
Through the smoke Vegeta burst into the sky. His muscles bulged and expanded as he pushed his energies into a punch that he dove into Ru's stomach as Goku held him still. Ru's face elongated, his eyes widened as blood was expelled from his mouth from the force of the blow. Vegeta pulled his fist back and punched again, this time driving his fist completely through Ru not realizing Ru's abdomen had transformed into energy. His punch contacted Goku instead and threw the other saiyan off of Ru. Without Goku holding him down, Ru smirked and smashed his fist along the side of Vegeta's neck.
Vegeta's pupils diminished as Ru's attack struck a nerve in his throat that seemed to cut his blood pressure. Vegeta's hair retracted in length and became black as he fell from the sky, "And so we reach the limits of your abilities. The force of your efforts is admirable; however you are nothing in the way of providence!"
Ru flew back and dropped his elbow into Goku. Goku was tiring, his third level of super saiyan was taking its toll on his body as Ru continued to pummel him with an onslaught of flurry attacks. With a kick across the face, Goku was flung down the surface.
Goku caught himself and tried catching his breath. Looking up at Ru he noticed the twisted smile still plastered on his youthful features, "That's not right… he just keeps going… Where does he get this kind of endurance?" Shaking the wariness from his head Goku solidified his stance, "I won't let you have him… I won't let you take my son from me!"
"They're about to lose…" The Sovereign Kai spoke plainly, "Goku and Vegeta have lost this fight, we must leave this place immediately."
Shin nodded reluctantly, "We can't allow Ru another chance at merger with Gohan. He's too weak to hold him off a second time."
Gohan took in deep breaths through his teeth as he blankly stared at the battle in front of him.
"What is it Gohan? What's causing the noise in your head? You have to be strong right now," Piccolo's voice was calm yet stern as he masked his own sense of helplessness in the situation.
"Phips, prepare a rift jump, now!" The Sovereign Kai ordered.
"You want to risk leading Ru to the Sovereign world, or should we try running to some random dimension in the infinite abyss?" Phips rubbed his hands together awaiting the word.
"No!" Gohan grunted stubbornly.
All eyes turned to Gohan as he stiffly pushed himself to his feet, "Gohan I'm sorry, but you have no say in this, we are getting you away from this place!" The Sovereign Kai spoke with as much authority as he could muster.
Gohan stared at his hands as he flexed his ligaments. A bewildered expression crossed his face as he seemed to be studying himself.
"He's delirious… Phips, do it now!" The Kai barked.
"Phips, don't!" Gohan shouted sounded just as commanding as the Kai. Phips turned his head from Gohan to the Kai and back, completely dumbfounded as to what he should do, "Something is different… something is very different…"
Thoughts started running through Piccolo's mind that perhaps Gohan's mental state wasn't secure enough to currently process what was happening. He was about to side with the Kai in his decision to remove Gohan from Ru's proximity. As he took a step closer to Gohan though, he too noticed a difference in Gohan he'd failed to notice before, "Gohan… You're…"
Gohan tensed his muscles and took in a deep breath. He held the breath in for a moment before exhaling. Visible in his breath was an energy; a soft golden glow that gently faded as it escaped the moistness of Gohan's lungs. The Kais along with Phips took a step back, eyes wide in shock and not quite yet believing what they saw. Gohan looked up at the multitude of universes surrounding him, "My heart…"
Goku pushed himself to his limit. He held onto Ru's shoulder as he slammed his fist across Ru's face repeatedly. Ru recoiled from the punch, but quickly restored his posture and continued to glare Goku down with the same devious smirk, "That's enough…"
Not able to put up a defense in time, Ru's fist materialized into Goku's forehead flinging his body back only a meter before Ru quickly latched on to Goku's ankle. Ru pulled on Goku's foot, sliding his body back toward him before brutally ramming his elbow down into Goku's chest and flung the man fiercely to the ground. Goku hit the surface with Ru close behind him. Ru's knees dug into Goku's back sending jolts of energy through Goku's body as the two nearly cracked the universe they were fighting upon open. Goku screamed as more blood flew from his lips.
Ru jumped off and noticed Goku still climbing back onto his feet, "You never give up do you?"
Goku took in a deep breath, his tired features softening for a moment into a grin, "Not a chance… never… I never learned how to give in…"
Ru looked down for a moment; a forlorn look crossed his face, "That reminds me… It's a shame I can't allow you to get in the way… I guess that's what I'm sorry about…" An energy ball began to gather in Ru's hands. He moved his arm up, pointing the ball at Goku as the ball began to split open in the front.
"RUUU!" Ru stopped as he heard the unmistakable shout of his counterpart close by. He slowly turned and saw the boy limping toward him, "That's enough Ru! Stop this now!"
It was almost impossible not for Ru to laugh as he watched Gohan almost pathetically stagger toward him, "You can't possibly be considering struggling still… Look at yourself! You barely have the energy to sustain remaining conscious!"
Shaking the weariness out of his head, Gohan continued to approach Ru, "I don't have to put up a struggle anymore Ru…"
"What does he think he's doing?" Shin watched completely baffled by Gohan's decision to face Ru again.
"He doesn't know what he's doing, we must retrieve him immediately!" The Sovereign Kai began to run towards Gohan however a green arm stopped him.
"No… He knows what he's doing… Just give him a moment," Piccolo watched Gohan intently.
A skeptical look crossed Ru's face, "What, that's it? Are you possibly going to agree to our merger now?"
"Never…" Gohan shook his head.
"Then what are you ever planning to do?" Ru chuckled finding his own bafflement at Gohan's antics amusing.
"I don't have to fight you anymore… because you've already lost…" Gohan stated simply.
"I've lost?" Ru looked around and laughed some more, "All of the warriors present are nearly crippled except for me, and I've lost?"
Gohan nodded, "You lost a while ago… your pride just hasn't allowed you to acknowledge it…"
The smile faded from Ru's face, "Stop playing games with me, what's this about?"
"It's not a game… it's over… it's already over for you…" Gohan spoke as if his statement was an obvious fact.
The tone of Gohan's voice put Ru ill at ease for some reason, "Explain yourself!"
Gohan nodded, "We're in the void you see… So many things can happen in the void… impossible things… that which couldn't happen anywhere else…"
"And?" Ru yelled sounding frustrated with Gohan's logic.
Gohan smirked tiredly, "It was in this infinite realm that we merged… and it was in this void that we were separated."
"WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?" Ru was starting to lose his temper.
Gohan pointed accusingly at Ru, "You did it to yourself… You merged… with a dead person…"
Ru's eyes widened, "What?"
"You knew I was dead…" Gohan put his hand to his chest, "But right now Ru… my heart is beating…"
Ru took a step back, "No… no no no no… what you're saying…"
"You lost Ru…" Gohan said again, almost emotionlessly, "You're dead…"
Ru's body trembled as he slowly moved his eyes upward. Slightly above his head floated a luminescent golden ring, "That can't be… I… I can't die…I can never die!"
"You've probably noticed in the past couple minutes, your body feels more durable than ever before. You keep pushing your muscles and they don't argue back, there's no fatigue from going all out. There's really only one state of being that your body goes through that allows you that kind of ability," the way Gohan spoke sent shivers down even Phips's spine
"Stop it!" Ru warned baring his teeth.
"Death…"
Goku and the others watched in shock as Ru seemed to break down from the sight of the halo above his head, "I CAN'T DIE!"
"I'm sorry…" Gohan spoke quietly… "Really… I didn't want for it to end this way…" Through Gohan's emotionless mask his eyes began grow moist.
"This is a trick… You're playing with my head… You're in such a hopeless situation that you're trying to trick me!" Ru started shouting trying to overcome his plight.
"No tricks," Gohan rubbed his face and took in a deep breath, "I just wish… I could have made you understand what I understand instead of things turning out like this. I know what you were trying to tell me before and it's all true… I could have turned out just like you if things that had happened to you had happened in my life. But… don't you see that you could have also been different. You could have done so many other things… You could have done so much good with your life!" Gohan looked down disdainfully, "But I didn't get the chance to tell you…"
"No… I can't…" Ru grasped his head, shaking violently, "NO IT WILL NOT END THIS WAY!" Ru's ki flared as he dug into his powers, "You were dead when we merged before, so it will still work if we merge again even if I'm dead!" Ru threw himself across the ocean of energy toward Gohan.
Phips panicked as Ru flew blindingly fast toward he and Gohan. Gohan very calmly reached down and pushed Phips out of the way while reaching into Phips's pocket.
"I will have you still!" Ru's eyes, solid black eyes, were blood shot in fear and anger as he hurdled across space toward Gohan.
Ru stretched out his arms ready to tackle Gohan's limp form over. As Ru's arms circled around him, Gohan thrust his palm forward and slapped it upon Ru's forehead. Ru's ki immediately faded and infinity became suddenly still and incredibly silent. Everyone watched unmoving as the two counterparts stared into each other's eyes.
"What…?" Ru croaked not sure what was happening. He only knew he was suddenly overcome with this immense sensation of dread. It was overpowering.
Gohan removed his hand from Ru's forehead. Once he backed his hand off a few inches Ru was able to make out a stamp in Gohan's hand, one of a spiritual symbol that translated to "Hell".
Gohan said nothing as he slowly backed away from Ru. The look on his face was solemn, almost disappointed.
From the dimension beneath Ru's feet, a swirling pattern of light manifested on its structure. The light solidified and formed a pillar which began to engulf Ru's body. The tormenting memories replayed through Ru's mind, but surprisingly he didn't find them as bothersome as before. After each memory he watched his own reaction from the outside.
Ru clenched his eyes shut and looked down, "This… This is how it was meant to end…"
"Goodbye Ru…" Gohan smiled sadly as Ru began to sink into the light.
A light chuckle escaped Ru's mouth as a similar soft smile crossed Ru's face, "If things had been different… I think I would have liked being more like you…" The light closed and with its passing Ru was gone.
End Chapter
Thank you everyone for sticking through the story this long. I'm so glad that we finally got here… it feels good to see things reaching its peak. I sure hope everyone found this to be a fitting way to end the fight. Even in Dragon Ball I've never been a fan of conflicts being resolved on a basis of pure strength. I knew off the bat that I wanted to delve deeper than that, so this is what I came up with. All we have left is a little bit of wrapping up, so I hope you come back next week for the last chapter of ZAT: The Immortal Saiyan. Please let me know what you think.