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Chap. 20

The three super-powered warriors stood in stance, surrounding the armored warrior within. They all stood still, waiting for him to make the first move. Xardion simply gazed at each of them and slowly raised his arm. They prepared for an attack, but instead his eyes shimmered and his helmet levitated and flew into his hand. Slowly, he raised it and lowered it over his head. A slight click was heard.

"Okay. I'm ready."

Xardion suddenly burst off the ground, heading straight for Goku. Goku wasn't surprised by this act and readied himself instantly. Xardion struck out with a blur of attacks, moving at rapid speed. But Goku managed to evade them all and warp back. Xardion flew to attack again, but suddenly he vanished.

Goku blinked. 'What...Instant Transmission?' He then sensed the energy behind him and turned to see Xardion hovering behind him.

"Not bad. But I'm aware of that technique."

Xardion simply shrugged, "I know. I just wanted you to be aware before..."

Goku frowned, "Before what?"

But before Goku could finish that question, Xardion had teleported again and reappeared right in front of Goku. Then with a swift punch, he sent the Super-Saiyian 4 to the ground. Xardion then lowered to the ground himself.

"I know that was a cheap shot and I'm sorry. But I had to call it off before I dealt with the others."

Xardion turned to see Liu Kang now coming at him. His clawed hands were blazing intensely as his stride became a run and then a super high leap. Xardion raised his arms in defense as Liu Kang dove on him with a flaming kick. Xardion stumbled back from the force of the blow and Liu suddenly rushed at him, his attacks in a combination sequence.

Punch, high punch, elbow, knee, high kick, roundhouse kick.

Xardion was barely able to withstand the punches, despite his armor. But the kicks were equally damaging as they floored Xardion. But Xardion teleported and was now back to his feet.

"I...never expected...such a transformation from you. I knew about your dragon metamorphosis, but this is new even to me. Incredible indeed, Liu Kang."

Liu Kang however, grinned. "You must have me confused with someone else." he said with a serpent-like voice. "I am no longer the one known as Liu Kang. You are now faced with...the Dragon King!"

Xardion blinked beneath the helmet. 'He's the Dragon King? But how?'

Xardion never go a chance to focus his thoughts as the powerful warrior lunged again. Xardion fell back and stuck his foot up. The dragon warrior hit the foot and was flipped backward. Xardion lifted himself off the floor and turned to see the warrior flip up as well. His fists began to blaze even further and he shot them forward, releasing an intense ball of fire. Xardion hopped backward and released a beam to disperse it, but the energy wasn't stopped and it continued to come. At the last second, Xardion ducked the ball and it flew overhead. Rising back up, he saw the Dragon King coming at him again, this time with a flying kick. Going on the offensive, Xardion charged at him and jumped high enough to knock the Dragon King out of his attack without getting hit himself. He then grabbed his leg and flung him to the far side.

"That was close. So I guess that leaves you, Shin Ryu."

He looked over to Ryu, still glowing in an intense light with electricity crackling around him. Xardion prepared himself, but Ryu didn't move. Suddenly he disappeared, leaving an afterimage trail behind him. Xardion instinctively raised his arm as the flying kick of Ryu hit him. Xardion staggered back, the force of the blow hurting him as Ryu now launched a heavy punch to the gut. Xardion gave a gargled sound and returned the favor with a blow of his own. However, his was nowhere near as strong as Ryu's and only stunned him. Xardion managed to flip airwards, kicking Ryu back further. Xardion soared backward, a distance away from him. Ryu didn't follow though and simply stood still as before. Xardion readied himself for another warp attack, but that didn't happen.

"Come now. Even you have to see that you can't win against of us."

Xardion turned his head to the left. Beside him, Goku stood there with his arms folded.

"You have skills, but they have now reached their limit."

To his right, Liu Kang/Dragon King also stood, arms folded as well. Xardion looked over at all three and looked down.

"My limit? Is that what you want to see? Very well!"

The three set themselves for whatever attack he was preparing. Xardion ducked down, seeming to attack, but he suddenly disappeared. All three of them looked around for him, but he was nowhere in sight. Suddenly, they felt a massive surge of energy and looked up into the sky. A bright light glowed in the skies above as Xardion summoned his energy. The three below could feel the energy he was summoning.

"He's really going to do it!"

"COSMIC SHOCKBEAM!!!!!!!!!!!"

The wave of energy shot out, only it was several times bigger than they had ever seen. The beam began to close in on them when...

"Voltekka!"

Another massive beam of energy suddenly flew out of nowhere and collided with the incoming wave, causing it to explode before it could hit the others.

'What?'

Following the direction of the counter-attack, he traced it to two figures that stood in the distance. It was Gigantic Guyver and Blastor Tekkaman Blade. Blade had his arm raised, showing that he fired a Voltekka beam from the cells in his arm.

"Forget it. It's over now."

"He's right. Even you can see that you can't stand a chance against all of us."

New voices. Xardion looked around yet again to see the remaining heroes. Ryo, still in his Inferno armor with Whiteblaze at his side. Devil Jin, with his black wings spread. Tenchi, still in his Lighthawk garbs and wielding his sword. Cloud and X were also among them as well, but like the others, their appearance were altered as well. Cloud was sparkling with electricity over his body. And on his back, a single black wing was slightly spread outward. X had changed totally, his body and head now covered in a sleek black armor. His Ultimate armor. Xardion lowered down as the warriors stood around him.

"You've used up too much of your power. You are in no condition to fight." Jin commented.

"Surrender. It's the only way." Ryo added.

Xardion's eyes swept over the fighters. "Hmm. Such energy...flows from all of you. I didn't even dream that you all had this much potential power within you."

While he was speaking, Xardion's armor began to glow once again. However, by the way he was speaking, he didn't seem to notice. His boy began to hover into the air slowly as he continued.

"Now...we fight at last. This will be it. Our final encounter."

His body glowed even more and he stretched his arms back. Four shadowy images separated and surrounded him, each glowing in different colors while the main body glowed even more intensely.

Tenchi covered his eyes from the light, "What's....going....on....?"

Guyver Gigantic shied away from the light as well, "He's....transforming again?"

Ryu commented as well, "Such power....he's been holding back this whole time."

"I had too." Xardion answered from within. "You all had to reach your true form for this fight to be complete. Now that you have, I must do the same."

The light suddenly exploded into the air, causing the entire landscape to shake and the sky to darken. A column of light formed and the light diminished enough to see Xardion again. But he had changed as well. His armor was greatly enhanced and glowed in pure white energy. Most of all, a large set of wings were spread out, seeming to fan the energy around him. Xardion looked up at them once again, his blue eyes burning with the spirit of a true warrior.

"Now...the games are over."