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Cyblade Sliver- Okay, here's where your question gets fulfilled.

Chap. 22

Xardion watched as Cloud, Jin, Liu Kang/Dragon King, and Tenchi all charged at him. Jin attacked first, lashing out with a high kick. Xardion blocked and was ready to counter when Jin suddenly beat his wings, flying backward as Cloud lunged, sword by his side. Xardion warped backward and avoided the slice, but somehow the Dragon King traced him and fired a fireball at point-blank range, right in his face. Xardion backed away, slightly dazed.

"Tenchi, there's your opening." Liu shouted

Tenchi cried as his Light-Hawk Wings conversed onto his sword and created a single massive blade of energy. However, before he could strike, Xardion warped again, right beside him. Tenchi was thrown off in his attack as Xardion looked at him.

"Almost..."

He was suddenly cut off when another figure slammed into him. It was Blackblaze who had lunged at Xardion, catching him completely off-guard. Tenchi blinked until he realized that this was the opening he needed again.

"Go for it, Tenchi!"

Immediately, Tenchi dove at the distracted Xardion. His blade shimmering with the intense energy of the now converging Light-Hawk wings. Xardion turned only to have the energy blade sheer right through him, leaving a energy slash right across his body. Xardion staggered back in an attempt to recover, but he had backed right into Jin, who was covered in red lightning, most of it covering his fist. On instinct, Xardion raised his arms to block, but that turned out to be a mistake as Jin employed his greatest technique, The Six Gates of Hell. The unblockable fist smashed straight into Xardion, almost crushing his helmet. Xardion backed away further, unable to even see Cloud in stance, Buster Sword glowing as he charged at him. Xardion was unable to stop Cloud's powerful Omnislash attack. The shattering blows smashed against Xardion's armor as he attacked repeatedly. Cloud finally arose to deliver the final blow, but stopped as the Dragon King charged into a flaring bicycle kick. Xardion was beaten repeatedly as Xardion reeled back. The Dragon King stopped his attack and connected with intense flying kick. Xardion spun backward from the punishment, but managed to roll around in order to land on his feet. However, before he could even land, several flashes of light glittered in the distance...

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"Juubei..."

Goku summoned two balls of energy in both of his hands. Then by placing his hands together, he then forced the two globes together, compressing then into a single ball of intense energy.

"Ka!! Me!!! HA!!!! ME!!!! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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"Rage of...."

The white armored ronin crossed his blades together before spinning it around himself, creating a vortex of flames.

"INFERNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!"

With one move, Ryo slashed forward, creating a wave of fire on the ground. The, he crossed the blades together, releasing a sheer storm of pure energy.

***

"Shinryu....

Ryu began to call forth the energy buried within him as he summoned the power of this new technique. An intense white aura surrounded him and began to converse into his hands like a twister. Lightning crackled emanated out of it and a sphere of energy formed.

"HADOKENNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!"

His hand shot forward and the energy lurched out in a intense ball of energy, with more energy pouring out from behind it.

***

Energy spurted up as Blade prepared to unleash his attack. Focusing on the target, Blade unlocked all of his voltekka cells, causing his body to crackle with wild energy. His shoulders and arms all faced forward as Blade cried...

"Blastor...VOLTEKKAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

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Gigantic Guyver placed his feet into the ground as a slight support as he reached onto his chest and opened his already charged Mega-Smasher cells. His shoulders ignited as well as he flared with intense power. The cells glowed even brighter until it finally exploded out toward its target.

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X hovered into the air as his X-Buster began to absorb and gather energy. His head crystal began to flash wildly at the extreme use of energy. Using Xardion's copied energy, he began to summon it in his own version of the attack.

"Cosmic...SHOCKBEAMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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The six energy attacks were unleashed together, forming an unreal wave of incredible power. The others quickly dived into the ground as the energy swarmed straight at Xardion who was still hurt from the previous attacks and unable to avoid the incoming power wave. The wave engulfed him completely and continued on, tearing over the landscape and finally shooting straight off into space where it dissipated. The group bent down as they had finally defeated their opponent.

"We...did it."

"That was tough. My circuits are fried from using that power."

"Now what? We defeated him, so...

Zhaarrkkkk!!!

The group blinked in surprise as they looked within the smoke to see some light piercing through it. The dust instantly cleared away to see...

"Even after all of that, he's still not hurt?"

But his words fell short as a closer look revealed that Xardion was in fact hurt. His usual white glow had dimmed greatly and parts of his armor looked bent.  Also, his wings were stressed somewhat and feathers were slowly falling and fluttering around him. However, his eyes were still glowing and were beginning to intensify. As that happened, light suddenly shot out from his body, engulfing everyone and everything. The ten warriors were nearly blinded as Xardion suddenly leaped into the air, hands outstretched.

"F...I...N...A...L...ELEMENTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A new flare of light energy emerged from out of his body and smashed down straight at the ten and causing the entire area to literally lift and crumble. The light exploded even more, causing sheer ripples of power to shoot all over the place. For some time, there was nothing but light. It then began to fade away, showing the landscape to be complete wasted. Boulders and dust were scattered all over the place.

"Ughhhhh!"

Goku pushed his way out from under one of the stones. He was no longer in his SSJ4 form and his body was battered and bruised. As he looked, the others began to emerge from the dirt, all in their previous states and badly injured. Even Tenchi's Lighthawk Wings had no defense against whatever that attack was as he was in his usual Jurian gear, albeit torn.

"Hey, look."

Everyone followed Cloud's call and looked in the air to see Xardion. He was still in the air for a moment and he started to fall. His white armor and wings faded away until he was in his normal state as well. It looked as if he would crash, but rather Xardion landed feet first and slightly bent to the ground. Slowly, Xardion roused himself and held himself in fighting stance. But even he knew that he was messed up from his attack. The others looked at him strangely as he seemed to want to continue fighting.

"Enough."

The voice came from above. Flying down from the sky, Crysta reappeared, vastly different than before. She was glowing in an intense blue-white light with her armor transformed and her wings spread. Another Ultima.

"Crysta?" Xardion muttered.

Crysta turned to her mate, "Xardion. This has gone far enough." She waved her hand at the area, "Any more and this world will be completely destroyed."

Xardion was still staring ahead at the other warriors. "But...we can still fight."

Crysta sighed as she relinquished her angelic form and reverted back to her usual blue armor.

"Yes. Doesn't that say enough?"

Xardion looked at her briefly and then back at the others. He did this two more times before finally saying, "I see. You're right. I can't push myself any further like this. It isn't... needed anymore."

Xardion suddenly stumbled to the floor, but was caught by Crysta. "That's right. And they gave you the fight you wanted, right?"

"Yes...they did. This fight...is over." Crysta could tell that he was smiling beneath his armor and he finally slumped down. His armor retracted into his body, revealing his body again. Like them, his face was battered and scarred from the fighting. Crysta slowly reached for his right arm, which bore a gauntlet on it.

"Zentrex!"

The gauntlet shimmered and a flash of light emerged and shot into the sky. The energy began to form into a winged shaped and finally formed into an armored dragon. The creature roared as it landed on the ground beside them. It looked at the others with cold blue eyes before lowering its head to Crysta. Crysta lifted Xardion and placed him on the back of Zentrex.

"Take your master back."

The dragon complied as it carefully swooped into the air, holding its master on its back as it flew away toward the tower, which was a distance away.

"The battle is over."

"Huh?"

Crysta turned to them, her armor retracting as well. "Yes, warriors. This battle has served its purpose now."

"Was that what all off this was for?" Ryu said as he tried to ignore the pain in his shoulder. "Just to see us push our limits?"

Crysta smiled lightly, "Partly. But it was also for him to push past his."

"Huh?"

Crysta strode toward them, walking around the scattered debris, "Have you still not noticed the similarities between you all? You are all the bravest warriors of your worlds. Ryo. How much did you have fought in order to break through and realize the power of the Inferno? X, Goku, how many battles did it take for you to see the unlimited potential within yourself? Ryu, why do you journey to begin with?"

She finally reached them and they stood around her (barely) as she continued, "All of you seek to push past what you have to reach a new level. And your reasons are the same as well. To protect those you love. Tenchi, your power first awoke when you went to rescue your friends from Kagato. Sho, you fight to protect Mizuki and Teishiro from Chronos. Cloud, you and your friends fought to protect the entire Planet. And Liu Kang, you have battle to protect your very realm from destruction."

The warriors began to look at each other as they began to understand her words.

"Xardion is no different. Like you, he has struggled with himself, battled major evils of great power all for the sake of protecting others as well as to awaken the warrior spirit within him as you all have."

Her gaze suddenly became piercing, "You also face incredible trials to test that courage. Many of you have fought through that already. Yet, more trials await you. And you all must continue to thrive and keep going."

She looked into the sky at the retreating dragon and its master, "Xardion was unsure of himself. In our world, he has already defeated our greatest threat. A dark Ultima called Chaos. Yet, Xardion feels that there are still more evils out there and he wasn't sure he could deal with them all. He wanted...assurance. He also wanted to see just how much it would take before he yielded."

"But he didn't yield." Ryo exclaimed.

Crysta nodded, "That is my point. He didn't. He refused to give up. Does that sound familiar?"

They looked at each other again, knowing that it was indeed familiar.

Strength...of a survivor." Blade muttered.

"That is correct. In this sense, he had to learn from you as much as you to him."

I see." Cloud nodded. "So all of this was some sort of trial he put himself and us through."

"That is correct. But in truth, I had a hand in this as well." she answered.

"What do you mean?" Jin asked.

Crysta lowered her eyes slightly, "I tried this myself, but my powers are not enough. And he is reluctant to fight me in such a level. Therefore you were needed. And in order to defeat him, you have all fought together, as a team. I felt that was what he needed to see. In order to remind him that he is not alone in this." Her eyes lowered more, nearly becoming teary, "He suffers for us, but he must realize that we can help him so that he wouldn't have to."

Tenchi stepped forward and gave a light smile, "You love him very much. What now, Lady Crysta?"

Crysta looked back up at them, "You will all return to your worlds, at the periods of time that you left. For some of you, your awakened powers will sleep again in order to awaken at its proper time. Also..."

"What is it?" Sho asked.

"You will have no memory of these events or each other."

Goku blinked, "What? None at all?"

Crysta gave a light shrug, "Well, in truth, you will remember. But it will be buried in your subconscious deeply, so it will not be something you can recall by yourself. And it may be a temporary, so I am unsure if they will resurface at all or not. But the lesson itself will remain with you, in your hearts."

"I think we can accept that." X nodded. He then looked at the others and smiled, "I'd rather it that then to not remember you guys at all."

The others nodded in agreement and looked back at Crysta. Beside her, a circle of light began to form.

"Well, the time has come. This portal will lead each of you to your realms." She smiled again, "I am grateful to have met you all. Have a good journey home, all of you." Silently, she jumped into the air and her blue wings opened wide as she soar through the air toward the tower.

"Perhaps...we may meet again."

The figure disappeared into the sky, leaving the ten of them alone.

Cloud raised his Buster sword and clipped it onto his back, "Well, this is it."

"I hope we will be able to meet each other again." X commented.

"Yeah. Me too." Tenchi agreed.

"Anything's possible." Sho added.

The ten walked toward the portal, ready to enter and return to their lives, with the possibility of forgetting all that they had experienced. The fighting, the battles and the bond of new friendships that had formed in this adventure.

"So...until we meet again." Ryu said finally.

They all entered the portal...