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Chapter 35: Dawn of Ashes – Part Two

The team were able to find New Namek without issue because, believe it or not, it was actually on the map they had acquired from Shirken and crew. This made things relatively easier for them, and with the powerful engines on their ship they were able to blast their way through hyperspace and get to their destination quickly.

Meanwhile, on the peaceful planet, things were quiet. It seemed relatively normal, but there wasn't a single soul in sight. There were some strange looking buildings surrounded by what looked like farmland, but there was no one there to tend to it. The wind blew through and the trees lightly swayed in the breeze. Over towards a large looking group of buildings there was a spaceship. It was larger than the buildings.

This was where things were less normal. A lot of Namekians appeared to have been gathered in a group, but they were surrounded by beings wearing cloaks and brandishing swords. The Namekians were all standing around in fear, aside from a few warriors and one of the elders. None of them dared to attack though, it wasn't worth putting the young at risk in their eyes. Over by the ship there were some more cloaked figures and in front of them, a man in armour, also cloaked. Yamo Niha.

Seemingly in charge of this whole operation, Niha walked over to the group of Namekians and stood in front of the oldest looking one. He was taller than this Namekian and looked down on them. Niha drew his sword and placed it on the elder's shoulder.

"The Dragon Balls. Bring them before me," Niha ordered. The elder stood strong and remained silent. Niha clenched a fist and lowered his sword, leaning in towards the elder. "If you don't bring them to me immediately I'll start killing your people."

The elder swallowed, but did their best to remain completely composed and strong. Niha pulled back and walked past the old Namekian. He approached one of the farmers and punched them in the head, knocking them to the ground, he then placed his foot firmly on their neck. The elder winced at the sight of the harm being caused to their people. Niha looked towards the elder and saw the resilience. He shook his head, turned back to the farmer and stabbed them through the back. The farmer tried to yell out in pain, but it only came out as a pained gurgle because of Niha's foot on their neck.

Niha stepped off and walked back towards the elder, twirling the sword as he moved. The elder remained composed, albeit saddened by the sight. Niha sighed and stabbed the Namekian standing to his left. They dropped to the ground immediately. The elder moved forward, but two of the other Dark Blades turned to face him with their weapons drawn. The elder stopped and glared at Niha.

"Oops," Niha said, despite not caring about his actions. He stepped closer to the elder and held his sword up in front of him. "Smell the blood of your people."

"Yamo, that's enough!" A voice called out from over near the ship. The elder turned around and saw where the voice came from. It was another cloaked being, but this one had his hood down. He appeared very old and frail. His skin a pale grey. He was almost lifeless and his thin, shoulder length, receding white hair helped accentuate that opinion. "If you kill them all we won't be able to use the Dragon Balls, be patient."

Niha nodded and stepped to the side as this man continued forward and walked right up to the elder.

"The Namekians will not give you what you want through fear, they are quite relentless like that, but Freeza managed it once," The being said as he held his hand out for the elder. The elder glanced down and back up at the being. The smirk on his face was unsettling.

"Who are you?" The elder asked, finally speaking up.

"The great, Lord Kuyato," The frail man said, continuing to smile. "Although, as you can see, my greatness is dwindling."

The elder didn't know what to make of any of this, but Kuyato was acting rather friendly. The elder was only nervous around this being, not scared.

"Please, lend me the Dragon Balls, you'll get them back once I'm done," Kuyato asked, politely, which was even more unsettling. Just then, there was a little commotion coming from the back of the group as a younger and taller Namekian stepped up, he was clearly a warrior.

"Leave us and our planet alone!" He yelled, defensively. He even took an attacking stance. Kuyato just chuckled. This angered the Namekian and he moved forward to attack Kuyato, but Niha stepped up and knocked him to the ground, aiming his wrist cannon down at him. Kuyato put his hand out, stopping Niha from firing. Niha turned to Kuyato, looked back down to the Namekian and stepped back.

"What is your name, Warrior?" Kuyato asked. The Namekian slowly got to his feet and kept his eyes on Niha.

"Sumur," The Namekian answered.

"You know, Sumur, the Namekians are a truly ancient race, one of the first species in this grand Universe," Kuyato started. "They were always great, powerful warriors. They have amazing power and can be very useful."

Kuyato looked up to Sumur and saw the wonder and innocence in his eyes.

"I can give you true power."

"Don't listen to him, Sumur!" The elder yelled.

"You are young and have amazing potential," Kuyato said as he placed his hand on Sumur's head. There was a flash and suddenly Sumur had dropped to his knees with his hands over his eyes. He was shaking his head and the elder started to walk over.

"I can see the possibilities…" Sumur mumbled, looking up, his eyes completely black.

"No, Sumur…" The elder said, clearly saddened by seeing one of their mightiest young warriors fall to Kuyato's magic. The old being smirked and looked into Sumur's black eyes as the warrior stood up again.

"I know where the Dragon Balls are located and I can bring them to you," Sumur said. The elder dropped to his knees and some of the other Namekians were upset as well and some were angry at Sumur. Kuyato nodded to Sumur and the young Namekian blasted off to gather the Dragon Balls. Niha stepped up again.

"Well, now we can get rid of the rest of them," Niha said as he unsheathed his sword again. Kuyato placed a hand on his shoulder.

"No, we don't know which one is connected to the Dragon Balls, therefore we wait until the wish is granted," Kuyato ordered, seriously. He looked at Niha with a little bit of anger and Niha knew to back off.

Now, they would wait for the Dragon Balls to be brought before them.

On the way to Namek, our heroes had time to prepare for whatever would be awaiting them once they came out of Hyperspace. Talia was making sure her blades were ready for use, Niku was making sure all the weapons were ready and the ship was in a good enough condition to make a quick getaway if needed. Guida took a moment to talk to Talia before they made their arrival.

"Hey," Guida said, standing in her doorway. She looked up, smirked and went back to her swords. "Are you ready for this?"

She nodded once.

"I have to be, don't I?" She answered looking up and smiling weakly. Guida nodded.

"Yeah…" There was an uneasy silence, Guida looked up the hall and back down at Talia. He thought about what he would say next before saying it. "You have a grasp on energy, right?"

Talia nodded again.

"I don't know a lot," She started, putting her swords down and standing up, "I just know it's sort of always been there throughout my life."

Guida nodded as he thought on it.

"I think it's what Niha saw in me, all those years ago now," Talia said, staring at an angle towards the ground. Guida looked up at her and could see that what they were preparing for certainly had meaning to her, but it was also very difficult. "I don't know enough about myself to truly know what my power is and how I can use it."

"I know about energy, but…" Guida cleared his throat, "What you have is unlike anything I have ever seen before, but I haven't had too many experiences with what energy can really be."

Talia nodded again and kept looking to the ground. Guida could see that she needed this time to herself.

"Well, once this is over then maybe we can find out more," Guida said as he patted Talia on the shoulder. She looked up and he smiled at him and even though she didn't show it, that was quite reassuring. She smiled back and Guida left her to her thoughts.

She sat down on her bed and looked over to her swords. She took one of them in her hand and ran her fingers over the inscription and the emblem. These swords always meant a lot to her and that was because of Niha, now they had come to this, what may be their final battle with Niha. The end for this chapter in her life, and the start of a bright future. That remained to be seen.

While deep in her thoughts the ship exited Hyperspace.

Upon their arrival to the sector, the team saw the green-ish, blue planet in the distance and slowly made their approach. The three Suns in this system were off-putting at first, but this wasn't something that would deter the crew from making their descent to the planet. From what Niku had told them on the way, the Namekian people were reasonable and usually peaceful, so there wouldn't be much to worry about, especially if they were there to help. They had no idea what Niha could have done to them, so they would be quick about this. Time-wasting would be a truly bad decision now.

There was one point on the planet where a lot of life-forms were clustered, and there were some weaker levels of life located around the planet. Possibly animals or smaller groups of people perhaps. Either way, Airen took the ship down towards the surface and scouted out an open piece of land that wasn't too far away from the large group, but at a safe distance so they could go unnoticed.

The ship landed and all four of the crew gathered in the control room to look over the computer systems. They wanted to make sure that it was safe enough to go outside, but they all stood around in silence. It was as if they knew that something big was about to come their way. Guida nodded to Niku and they both looked over to see if Talia was ready. She was about to acknowledge them, but something seemed to distract her. She shook her head and unsheathed one of her blades. The emblem began to glow, but only briefly. That confused her, but she knew not to dwell on it.

Talia sheathed the blade and looked to her allies. She nodded and they were all ready to do what was needed.

"Airen, keep the ship ready for if we need a quick getaway," Guida commanded. Airen saluted and returned to his seat. The trio exited the ship and started moving towards the strongest grouping of life-forms. As soon as they step onto the land the three of them all stop. They are thrown off by the complete silence and tranquillity of the place. Niku looks at the locator on his wrist and is about to lead the way because he is the only one wearing a locator. As he prepares to take a step Talia begins to move before him, but in the same direction.

Neither Guida or Niku say anything to her, but they see a questioning look on her face. She appears to not only be confused, but perhaps even scared. She starts walking faster, Guida and Niku move to keep up with her. Talia's walking has sped up and she definitely seems eager to discover what this is. She couldn't explain it, but she was feeling something. An energy, a power, and it was remarkable. It was subtle, but it was something big and something familiar. This wasn't Niha, she was sure of that, but it wasn't dissimilar. As she keeps moving she reaches for her swords and unsheathes one of them. Niku rushes to catch up to her.

"What's going on, Talia?" He asks, grabbing onto her shoulder and turning her around. Talia holds up her sword in a defensive manner and Niku takes a step back. Talia realises what she's doing and shakes it off. Niku looks down at her sword and notices the emblem glowing. "What is happening?"

"I don't know, but I feel a power. It's huge," Talia explained, turning around and looking back in the direction of the power. "I feel like I should know this power."

"The emblem is glowing, what could that mean?" Guida asked, walking over to his allies. Talia looked to him and down at the sword again. She touched the emblem lightly. "This is something Dark Blade related?"

Talia looked back up at Guida and Niku and shrugged her shoulders. She was clearly not in the know and it didn't help getting all these questions.

"We should probably get over there, quickly," Niku suggested. They continued on their way, but the question of what was happening was still up in the air. They would know soon.

Kuyato and Niha remained with the group of Namekians and awaited Sumur's return. Niha was still rather impatient and walked around twirling one of his swords. Kuyato was resting and waiting. He was eager to get the Dragon Balls and make his wishes, but he had waited long enough, a little longer wouldn't hurt him.

Sumur soon returned with all seven Dragon Balls with him. He lands down in front of Kuyato with the Dragon Balls landing in a neat pile on the ground. Niha walks over, looking Sumur up and down, and then at the Balls. Kuyato slowly approached them, a wide and worrying grin on his face. He starts laughing to himself, quietly.

"Finally, I finally have them," Kuyato said to himself. Placing a hand on Niha's shoulder and smiling at his ally. "You did well to find this Planet, this is going to be sweet."

As Kuyato walked closer to Sumur the possessed Namekian went down to a knee and bowed his head.

"Thank you, you have performed a great task and your universe will be proud of your efforts," Kuyato placed a hand on the Namekian's head. "Summon the Dragon."

"No, don't do it Sumur!" The elder Namekian yelled, stepping forward again, but Niha quickly knocked him back to the ground. Another young warrior Namekian helped him up and kept his gaze on the others.

"Sumur, come back to us, brother," The young Namekian called out, but there was nothing left in Sumur's head. He had no love left for his species, for his family. Kuyato had taken him completely. Sumur stood up and looked to the sky.

He yelled up in Namekian, summoning forth the Dragon. The light shone from the seven balls and the sky blackened.

Still making their way to the energy, Talia, Guida and Niku noticed that something was wrong. The sky had gone dark above them and there was a new light shining in the sky ahead of them. They saw a beam of light shooting up from the ground and they knew they had to move quickly now. They rushed the rest of the way and arrived just as the Dragon, Porunga, began to take form. They were standing on a ridge that overlooked the small grouping of houses. It was down in the mini-canyon that they finally saw where the large ship had been hidden.

Talia instantly noticed the Dark Blades, with Niha among them, but that wasn't where Guida and Niku had focus. Talia looked to the two of them and then up where they were looking. She finally saw it in all of its glory. The Eternal Dragon, Porunga. They were all frozen in shock at the sight. They watched as a Namekian turned to face Niha and an old man. Talia had no idea who the old man was, but she felt like she should know him. Her senses were all over the place in that moment. This was the source of the energy.

"Namekian, my first wish, return my body to its youth, to the prime of its life," Kuyato commanded. Sumur nodded and turned to the dragon, yelling out the wish. Another light flashed as the dragon's eyes shone red. A beam of light dropped down from the sky and struck Kuyato's body. There was a lot of energy emanating from Kuyato's body and everyone was blinded by the sight. Once the light did finally drop there was basically a new man standing there. He was about 7-foot tall, long, flowing silver hair. He had defined muscles, but appeared slim, and he had a very young face.

He looked down at Niha and over to the rest of the Namekians.

"I haven't felt this good in decades," Kuyato said, laughing hysterically. "I can feel my power flowing!"

As he yelled a huge sparking red aura exploded around him and shook the entire planet. The Namekian's fell over and the trio up on the ridge had to drop down to avoid falling over the ridge. The power died down and everything was quiet. Porunga remained in the sky, awaiting the next wish.

"My next wish, re-open the portal for the Blood-Bound Dark Blades," Kuyato commanded. Sumur nodded again and spoke the wish. Porunga's eyes flashed again, but it seems as if nothing more happens around them. Kuyato looks around and then to Sumur.

"What happened?" Niha asked, stepping forward.

"The portal is open, but I wasn't specific enough, now we have to find it," Kuyato said, looking over to Niha. The master turned away and walked forward to Sumur again. "Time for the final wish."

Up on the ridge, the trio still hadn't moved, they were basically frozen with fear. Guida realised they weren't doing anything and stood up again.

"We have to stop this, now," Guida said. Niku stood up, readying his rifle, but Talia was still frozen on the ground. Guida looked down at her and she seemed to be trembling. "What's wrong, Talia?"

"He's… he's real? It's… It's…" Talia could hardly get her words out and Guida couldn't hear her properly either way. She was muttering to herself and appeared to be very scared. Guida helped her up and turned her to face him.

"Talia, what's going on?" He asked her. She finally focussed and looked Guida in the eyes.

"Niha was telling the truth… the true Master of the Dark Blades. The Destroyer of all," Talia turned around and looked down into the mini-canyon again. "Kuyato is real…"

"Who's Kuyato?" Guida asked.

"That doesn't matter now, we need to stop this before it gets out of hand," Niku called out. He had his rifle aimed down and had Sumur in his sights. Sumur was the one speaking to the Dragon so he would be the one that they should go for right now. Niku didn't wait for an order, he just fired.

Down by the balls…

"My last wish," Kuyato turned to Sumur and smiled, "Immortality."

Sumur nodded and turned back to the dragon, ready to make the wish. The words never came as a bolt of energy blasted right through Sumur's head and he fell to the ground, hard. Kuyato stepped back, surprised. He looked around to see where it came from, but noticed nothing.

"Find whoever did that, NOW!" Kuyato yelled out with power. His voice was almost enough to shake the planet and the hearts of all those Namekians. Niha readied his weapons and ordered some Dark Blades to search for the culprit. Kuyato looked down on Sumur's body and brushed it aside, using only the force of his energy. "Useless. Now I need someone else to make the wish for me."

The elder Namekian rushed forward and shouted up the Dragon quickly, making a wish. Kuyato didn't know what was being said and he was a little thrown off. He looked from the elder up to the Dragon as Porunga's eyes flashed again.

"What did you say?!" Kuyato yelled, walking towards the Namekian elder. The elder just glared at Kuyato as a massive crack sound was heard and a small wave of energy came from the balls. Kuyato shielded himself from the energy and looked down at the balls. All of them had cracked. "No…"

There was a shattering explosion and the balls were in pieces. Porunga disappeared and the clouds dissipated. Everyone stopped moving and looked up in the sky and then over to Kuyato.

He clenched his fists, his muscles tensed and he let out a low, guttural growl.

"DAMN YOU!" He screamed at the elder before lifting him up off of the air with the force of his energy and proceeded to rip his heart straight out of his body. The elder's body collapsed to the ground and Kuyato crushed the heart in the air.

The rest of the Dark Blades moved on with their job to find the shooter as the Namekian civilians started running away. Five Namekians stepped forward to block Kuyato from attacking anyone else and before the Dark Blades Master could do anything those five Namekians merged into one with a flash of light and shot straight towards Kuyato.

They are halted by Niha who flies in and knocks them back. Kuyato steps back as the fighting ensues and he starts to look around, trying to find the shooter. The thing that ruined his plan.

Up on the ridge, the trio were in cover, but a group of Dark Blades were closing in. Niku and Guida made an instant move, knowing that they shouldn't just sit back and ignore any of this. Guida jumped up, taking out his two pistols and started firing down on the warriors coming their way. Niku was up with his rifle, moving forward, but as he got closer to them he took his axe from his back and started using that. Talia managed to regain her confidence and jumped up with her swords out and her aura starting to glow.

Some of the Dark Blades warriors that were nearby and hadn't noticed what was going on were drawn to the power of yet another Dark Blade. They saw Talia, brandishing both her swords, and moved in to attack her.

"Airen, bring the ship close!" Guida called into his communicator before continuing to shoot at the warriors moving in. He had to get physical with a couple of them as they avoided the shots.

Kuyato looked up at the ridge and noticed the fighting happening and saw the ones who would have ruined his wishes, but something else caught his attention. The fleeing Namekians. Kuyato followed after them, slowly. They rushed inside their buildings, but that wasn't going to be good protection. Kuyato waved a hand and destroyed the buildings by blowing them away without killing any of the Namekians.

The survivors of this normally peaceful race looked up at Kuyato in fear as he stepped ever closer. Kuyato stopped a few feet away from them and had a smirk on his face. It looked like he wanted to say something, but to everyone's surprise he just lifted a hand, aiming it towards the Namekians and just swiped across them. There was a large explosion and all of those Namekians were wiped out in an instant. The rest of the fighting stopped as people looked towards the explosion. The fused Namekian turned around and yelled in anger, but was immediately hit by Yamo Niha, with their fight continuing.

Guida took this time to get through the Dark Blades closing around him, blasting through them and making a move right towards Yamo Niha. He hadn't forgotten their reason for coming here. Talia and Niku didn't notice this because they were too distracted by their opponents.

Niha was currently attacking down on the fused Namekian and knocking him to the ground. He was about to shoot him, but a light blast to his back knocked off his aim. Niha missed his shot and turned around only to be struck in the face by Guida. Niha fell back a little, but immediately ignited the thrusters on his back and shot right towards Guida, grabbing him by the throat and throwing him down into the ground.

He was about to turn around and go back to the Namekian, but the fused warrior was already back on his feet and knocking Niha in the ground. Niha rolled and flipped back to his feet, firing his blasters towards both of his opponents. The Namekian helped Guida to his feet and darted out of the way of the blaster fire. Guida pushed the Namekian off of him and turned back to face Niha.

"Go and help my crew," Guida said to the Namekian, not even looking his way. "This guy's mine."

Without saying another word Guida ran back towards Niha ready to engage in some real combat. The Namekian stalls for a second, but then rushes off to help out the others. Guida rushed in, but Niha used his boosters to jump up and over Guida then charged in to attack from behind. Guida turned, managing to avoid contact and grabbed on to Niha's leg. This wasn't effective as all it did was take Guida off of his feet and throw him across the ground. Niha was a little thrown off by it, but managed to get his feet down and steady himself.

Guida jumped up, but before he could move an attack came in as Niha charged in and smashed a fist into Guida's face. Guida was knocked back, landing hard on the ground. Niha jumped forward and landed with a knee into Guida's gut and then pounded another fist into his face.

Talia and Niku wanted to try and help Guida, but they were too preoccupied by their opponents. Talia was defending well with her swords, but struggling to get the best openings to make some attacks. Niku was imposing his strength and size on his opponents, but there were too many of them. The fused Namekian wasn't having too much of a bad time, but he still had a lot of enemies to get through. Talia looked through her enemies to see Niha beating Guida.

Guida could barely get back to his feet or defend himself now. Niha was too strong. All those times Talia told them that it would be far too difficult to do alone or without a plan and she was right. This wasn't going well. Guida could likely lose his life in this battle. Talia and Niku were continuing to try and break through, but no luck.

Niha put his blaster against Guida's shoulder and shot right through it. Guida let out a cry of pain and Niha took out his sword. He held the blade against Guida's throat and prepared to end it. There wasn't too much time though. Airen finally arrived with the ship and had the weapons firing down on the Dark Blades. Talia and Niku finally had their opening and started to make a move towards Niha and Guida. Talia was leading the movement, rushing forward with both her swords out.

Niha looked up to see this and immediately went on a defensive. Talia leapt towards Niha and started smashing her swords down on him, but Niha's defence was very strong. Niku started to help Guida up to his feet as they watched most of the Dark Blades be shot down. There were still a few that needed to be dealt with, the fight wasn't over.

Kuyato started to look over the bodies of his fallen warriors. He was thoroughly disappointed by how part of this day had gone. He thought everything had been going so smoothly, but things changed for the worse and he just wasn't happy. He started to walk back towards the ship, this not going unnoticed by Guida.

But something else caught Guida's attention in that moment and it was seeing that Talia had been disarmed by Niha. Guida, even though he was injured, started rushing towards them to help out. He took out his pistol and was firing towards Niha as he prepared to attack Talia. The blaster shots were enough to draw Niha's attention and the armoured warrior shot right towards Guida.

"I've had enough of you!" Niha yelled as he grabbed Guida by the throat and slammed him down into the ground, starting to choke him. They were close by the ship the Dark Blades ship now. Guida could feel his breath running out and was starting to go very faint. Niku made a move to stop this from happening and fired his rifle towards them, missing his rushed shot, but grabbed Niha's attention. Niha turned around, but as he did Guida regained some energy and kicked out at Niha, almost tripping him, but the armoured Dark Blade didn't take kindly to this.

Niha reached down, grabbed Guida by the throat again and threw him towards the large Dark Blade ship. Guida bounced off the hull and hit the ground hard. Before Niha could move in for another attack Kuyato got his attention.

"Niha, leave these fools. We need to retreat and find the portal," Kuyato commanded, stepping on the ramp up to the ship. Niha got to his feet and rushed over.

"But Master, we can finish them," Niha said, not seeing any reason to just leave.

"This is more urgent, don't question me," Kuyato replied, turning around. "We need to regain our forces and prepare to head to Earth."

Niha looked up at Kuyato.

"The boy?" Niha questioned. Kuyato turned around and smirked.

"It's about time for the Saiyan trash to know true fear," Kuyato stated, chuckling to himself and walking on to the ship. Niha looked out over to the enemies they had been facing. Talia looked over to him and he looked back at her. The armoured warrior wasted no more time and boarded the ship and the ramp started to close.

Talia and Niku stood back and watched it happen, but were surprised to see Guida rush to his feet and jump up, grabbing on to the ramp.

"Guida, what are you doing?" Talia yelled, shocked. She and Niku both started to run off, but Guida got into the ship just as the ramp closed and the ship started to head off into the sky. The power of the boosters too much for them to withstand.

"Airen, land the ship!" Niku yelled into his communicator.

"No, don't do it," another voice said back. It was Guida, using his own communicator.

"What are you doing?" Niku asked him, "You can't beat them alone."

"I'm not planning to, I need to try and slow them down though," Guida explained, "You need to do something for me."

"What? Where's this coming from?" Niku enquired, needing a bit more information to go on.

"They're planning to go to Earth once they have their army. They're after a Saiyan boy…" Guida explained. Talia heard this and looked towards Niku.

"Noca?" Talia muttered. Niku looked to her and then up at the ship.

"What shall we do then?" Niku asked.

"Head to Earth. Warn Noca and his allies," Guida explained, "Do this and maybe we'll be able to stop him."

"But…" Talia started, but was interrupted.

"Don't question me. The more time you waste, the better their chances of succeeding. Head to Earth, now. Good luck." With that, Guida's communicator disconnected and there was nothing else to be said. Talia and Niku looked to one another again and remained in silence as Kuyato's ship finally disappeared into the distance. Airen finally landed the ship near them and the duo started to walk towards it, but noticed the Namekian again. He was looking down on his fallen village. There weren't even any Namekian bodies left.

"My whole race… gone," The Namekian said, falling to his knees. Niku walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Yamo Niha and his Dark Blades have taken things from all of us. If you want to do your people proud you should join us in this fight," Niku said. The Namekian turned and looked up at the former soldier and nodded.

"You're right," The Namekian stood up and held his hand out for Niku to shake. "My name is Surto."

Niku took his hand and shook.

"I'm Niku and this is Talia," Niku motioned towards Talia and then looked towards her to see her standing there staring into the sky, in silence. She appeared to be in deep thought and Niku was unsure what to do right now. He turned and walked towards her.

"I can't believe Niha was telling the truth all that time… there was a true leader for the Dark Blades and… and his power was far too much for any of us to handle…" Talia started to explain, even getting tears in her eyes from the sheer fear she felt.

"I think we'll find a way," Niku tried to reassure her, but Talia turned and scoffed.

"You really think so? You can't sense energy. You didn't feel what I did," Talia walked past Niku, towards the ship. She boarded and went straight to the control room. Airen stood up. "Airen, sit down and set a course for Earth. And make it quick!"

Airen sat down immediately and started to punch in the controls.

"The journey will take some time… I do not have a projected time for our arrival," Airen explained. Talia sat down in what had been Guida's seat and looked ahead.

"Just go."

Niku and Surto boarded quickly, taking any supplies they thought they needed from the Dark Blades bodies and luckily Talia was waiting for them before departing. The ship lifted off of the Namekian ground and blasted out into the atmosphere. They left behind the silence of the dead planet and shot off towards Earth. Their mission to have revenge and closure with Yamo Niha had opened up a new story. This was going to prove very complicated for everyone involved, but Noca had to be warned.

Talia, Guida, Niku, and Surto will all return…

So, there you have it, the eventful end to this arc which went on longer than I had ever planned. I hope this arc hasn't been too out there for my regular readers because I know that it doesn't seem extremely Dragon Ball in tone, but I had tried to experiment with a lot of new characters and situations because I intend to do more with this in the main arcs featuring the main characters, plus some of the characters introduced in this arc will be important later.

Let me know how you felt about this finale and arc. Are you looking forward to the next arc? Let me know in a review.

I will be taking a break while I plan and write the bulk of the next arc because it will also be a longer one. In case you don't remember what the next arc will be... it is The World Martial Arts Tournament! That's right! If you thought this arc was missing a lot of that Dragon Ball charm, the next one should be full of it!

Until then!

Next Time... Arc VII: The World Martial Arts Tournament - Chapter 36: Untitled