Chapter 49

Last time on DragonBall AF, Goshin and Appolysis' battle raged on. Now, the young Super Saiyan 4 has declared that he will now defeat the king of demons! Can he really do it after such a short battle?

"HAAAAAAAAAA!" Another wave of ki came forth from Goshin's hand and completely enveloped the blinded Appolysis. The wind began picking up forcefully as the ground seemed to be tearing apart. Goku Jr and Uubu did all they could to shield themselves from the flying debris and waited for the storm Goshin had created to pass.

A minute later, the wind stopped and the light had dissipated. Goshin had a small smirk on his face but it was quickly wiped of. "WHAT!" To his disbelief, there was Appolysis, completely unscathed inside a blue barrier. His brow was furrowed and he began gnashing his teeth in rage as the veins seemingly popped from his neck.

"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR," he growled. "You and your predictions! Now you've really pissed me off! My warm-up is OVER! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Appolysis destroyed his own barrier as his power kept increasing even more.

Warm-up? thought Goshin. Impossible. No, this isn't over yet. I still have my trump card, and I know he won't be able to break free of that.

And without warning, Appolysis came straight towards Goshin with a hard punch right in his injured shoulder. "AHHHHHHHH!" yelled Goshin in pain. Appolysis took this opportunity and grabbed Goshin by his hair and began flying straight towards the ground.

"He's gonna smash his face!" yelled Goku Jr.

"Eat dirt fool!" screamed Appolysis, and with that he slammed Goshin's face into the ground, so hard that on impact his neck snapped back and he lay still.

"GOSHIN!" screamed Goku Jr. He rose his power level and was just about to fly over to his brother's aid when he began to stir. Appolysis stood over him.

BAM He kicked him hard in the side. "Get up, I'm not finished yet." Goshin slowly worked his way back up onto his feet.

My only chance, he thought, is if I can hide somewhere. He can't sense my ki obviously. And when he least expects it, that's when I'll take charge.

"I'll give you one chance to hit me," said Appolysis. "It will probably be the last one you get in before I kill you." Goshin looked him in the eye, and quickly disappeared. "What!" exclaimed Appolysis, a little shocked.

"What is he doing?" asked Goku Jr. "Why doesn't he hit him?"

"He's got something up his sleeve," said Uubu. "And I guess we'll find out what it is soon enough."

Meanwhile, Son Goku was still racing across the demon world trying to reach the fight when he sensed the upgrade in Appolysis' power. "That jump in power! How could someone contain that much power! I'm certain there's an intense battle going on and I have to get there. That's it, I'm taking it into the air!" And Son Goku leapt into the air and started flying near top speed. But it wasn't long until he spotted something out of the ordinary.

"Is that a… person down there?" Son Goku quickly stopped and turned back to see what he had spotted.

"Thank goodness you saw me!" said the person. He was human, mid-30's and had wavy brown hair and a very stern face. "I've been wandering out here for weeks!"

"But you look human," said Son Goku. "How is it possible that you're all the way out here in this world?"

"You mean, you're not from this world?" said the man.

"No, in fact, I'm dead!" chuckled Son Goku. "But when I was alive I lived in a different universe than this one"

"That is very strange," answered the man, "but does this mean you are from our alternate universe?"

"Mmm, I guess so," he said. "I'm not really sure."

"I never thought I would see the day!" smiled the man. "Well, first you must understand the whole situation. You see, we are somewhat mirror universes. The only difference is that yours is at least 200 times bigger than our own. This is the only world in this universe which contains life. We used to live as happily as you do know. We here advanced very quickly and were able to open portals between this universe and yours so we could see how your world developed. Unfortunately, one of the scientists had a mad scheme, to invent a portal to Hell. His reasons were never known, but it released a multitude of demons that guarded Hell, the strongest being Dabura. The demons decided that they would rule over the living rather than the dead and they enslaved my ancestors. Them they begin using the portals to travel to your universe. That happened over a thousand years ago, and we humans are still enslaved to the demons."

"Wow," said Son Goku, "that explains so many things. I faced many a demon in my childhood, one by the name of Lucifer when me and my friend were trying to get these rubies. I guess that means all demons present on Earth and the other worlds in my universe came from here."

"Precisely," he answered.

"And now I understand what Kabitokai meant back when Dabura came to our world," continued Son Goku, "our two worlds are both sides of the same coin. Wow, I'm gonna have to ask him for more details once this is all done!"

"Does this mean you are going to fight Appolysis!" exclaimed the man.

"Yes," answered Son Goku, "I am."

"Take me with you," he said. "I want to see that bastard die."

"Hm, all right I guess. I can't just leave you here," replied Son Goku. "But I fly pretty fast so you're gonna have to hang on tight. By the way, what's your name?"

"Call me Jin," he answered, "and thank you. You don't know how much this means to me."

"No problem, this is what I do, help others out. Well let's go!" And with that, Son Goku took off with Jin and headed towards the fight.

Goshin was moving very fast trying to stay one step ahead of Appolysis who was searching all over for him.

"Stop hiding you little brat!" thundered the demon king. "Come fight like a man!"

Finally Goshin stopped and hid below a cliff with jagged rocks all around him. "Now for the deception," he whispered to himself. Goshin shot two ki blasts towards another canyon about a hundred yards away from him. Appolysis looked towards where the explosions were.

"That must be him!" he yelled and with that he flew towards the spot.

"Here it goes," said Goshin as he took off running towards Appolysis. The dust had still not yet cleared totally so Appolysis couldn't see very well.

"Come out, and fight," grumbled Appolysis. Just out of the corner of his eye he caught a glint. He turned and he saw Goshin's figure. "HA!" He fired a ki blast and it directly hit, but it was nothing but an after image. "WHAT!"

He turned around and there was another image of Goshin. "This must be him!" he fired another ki blast, but again, it was only an after image. "Stop hiding!" Appolysis then started releasing hundreds of ki blasts all around him, hoping at least one would hit. But Goshin dodged them all with ease and still remained unseen in the clouds of dust.

Once Appolysis stopped, another shadow ran into his view. "HAAAA!" Five ki blasts were shot, but they went right through the image. "IMPOSSIBLE!"

"Wrong," said a voice from behind him. It was Goshin, and before Appolysis could turn around, Goshin kicked Appolysis in the back of the head, knocking him of guard. Goshin quickly got in Appolysis face and applied another blow right under his eye.

"ARRRRRRRGH!" hollered Appolysis.

Goku Jr and Uubu flew in for a more up close look at the action and were surprised at what happened next. "Goshin, keep hitting him!" yelled Goku Jr. "This is your chance!" Goshin had backed off once he dealt the blow to Appolysis' face, and was seemingly waiting for him to recover from the two hits.

"I'll explain it all momentarily Goku," Goshin said to himself. "So how did that feel?" he yelled to Appolysis. "Still underestimating me?"

"I am done with idle talk!" he boomed. "This is where you meet defeat- AH!" Appolysis' muscle twitched noticeably right before he went to attack Goshin.

"Wow, even I didn't think it would take effect this quickly," snickered Goshin.

"What- what have you done!" yelled Appolysis

"You've been infected," said Goshin. "You've been infected by the living ki."

"Holy crap! I can't believe he used it!" yelled Goku Jr.

Goshin began laughing at the demon king before he explained. "If you don't understand, what that means is that in the last blow I dealt to your face, I inserted some of my own ki into your wound. My ki is in your system right now, and in due time it will destroy you from the inside. The good thing about this is that it usually takes effect a little bit quicker the stronger the enemy is. I give you 20 minutes at best to survive."

"We will see about that!" thundered Appolysis, and with that he lunged toward the Saiyan.

Amazingly, Goshin has implored his living ki once again! Now infecting Appolysis' body, it will become harder and harder for him to continue as the fight goes on. What are his chances now? And what of Son Goku, when will he arrive to the scene? And what secrets, if any, does his new companion Jin hold? Find out in the next exciting chapter of DragonBall AF!