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Epilogue

"Daddy?"

Goku blinked and found himself back in the field by Mt. Poatzu with his son Goten.

"Huh? Oh, Goten."

"Are you alright?" the child chirped.

Goku scratched the back of his head and laughed, "Yeah. I guess I must have dazed off there a bit." He then put his hand down, "So you ready to head back home? I'm starving!"

Goten smiled, "Yeah, me too."

With that, the two of them flew off home.

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'Huh?'

Ryu blinked his eyes to find himself back near the waterfall where he was before he was taken. He gazed around at the scenery, taking it in while trying to clear his head.

'I must have dozed off.' he mused. Looking around again, his eyes finally fell to the ground, where a few leaves lightly scattered away, reminding him of his earlier thoughts.

'Perhaps I should leave now. There are more challenges awaiting me.' he smiled. Grabbing his nearby duffel bag, he began to stride out of the woods.

'I'm coming, warriors. Wait for me.'

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"Hey Ryo, you okay?"

"Huh?" Ryo found himself right back in front of the mansion with his friends with him.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine."

Rowen gave a semi-suspicious look, "Are you sure?"

Ryo nodded, "Yeah. I must have dozed off there a bit."

"I guess Ryo isn't ready for college yet." Kento joked.

"Hey, that's not funny."

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'Huh?'

Liu Kang was once again within the Temple of Light. He was still in kneeling stance, right before Kitana had left.

'What happened? How long have I been here? I...I must have lost focus.' he figured as he stood up. With his mind now set and focused, he left the room in order to prepare for the next threat and for the next kombat.

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'Huh?'

D-Boy was again standing on the beach just outside of the Space Knight HQ. He lightly turned his head around as his mind began to clear.

'I dozed off? Hm, that's new.'

It took him a moment to realize that one of his hands was clenched. Raising it up and opening it, he saw...

'My crystal. It's back.'

D-Boy simply stared at the emerald crystal for a moment before absorbing it into his body. He looked back out onto the sea.

'Perhaps...this is a new beginning.'

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"Cloud?"

"Hm?" Cloud re-awoke to find himself back in the now destroyed Midgar. The rest of the Avalanche team was with him as well.

"Hey Spiky, what's the deal?" Barret barked.

"Nothing, nothing. I just dozed off." Cloud said simply.

Tifa gave him a worried look, "Are you sure?"

Cloud gave a nervous smile, "I'm fine. Don't worry." His smile faded as he looked back into the ruined city, "We have others to worry about."

"Okay."

With that, they continued into the damaged city...

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"Sho!"

Sho suddenly blinked into reality, but unfortunately, his bio-booster unit took over and spun around in a blade attack.

"Haahhh!"

But the vibro-blade was blocked by another vibro-blade; one from Guyver III.

"Calm down Fukamachi."

Sho shook his head slightly in order to clear his head fully. "Agito?" He retracted the blade and backed away, remembering his previous battle with the Zoaniods in the forest.

"Sorry about that."

The dark guyver retracted his blades as well, "What happened?"

`"I don't know." Sho answered. "My mind...must have wandered off."

A scowl formed underneath the bio-armor, "That's quite dangerous."

Sho looked down briefly and then raised his head up, "I guess we should head back now. The others are waiting for us."

"Fine." Agito answered simply.

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'Hm?'

Jin blinked as he was once again in his private dojo room in Brisbane, Australia. The punching bag swayed slightly before him.

'I must have dozed off. I guess...I've been training hard enough.'

Lowering his hood, he went out and reached for a towel to wipe the sweat away from his head, only to find none there. Shrugging it away, he stood outside on the roof, liking the winds cool him as he contemplated his mission.

'One way or another, it must end.'

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"Why you...!?"

"Huh?"

Tenchi blinked as he found himself standing just outside his house. Before him, Aieka and Ryok were still fighting each other, but they had stopped when they heard Tenchi.

"Huh? Tenchi?" they said in unison.

Tenchi scratched the back of his head, "Oh, it's nothing. I guess I was just daydreaming."

Ryoko gave a feral grin and teleported right next to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held him close, "Oh really? What about, hmm?"

Tenchi tried to pry out of the woman's grasp as Aieka stomped forward, "Miss Ryoko, remove yourself from Lord Tenchi right now!"

"Or else what?"

Spark! "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!"

The two of them began fighting again. Unfortunately for Tenchi, he was right in the middle of it.

"No, wait, stop! Waaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

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'Huh?'

X was once again in the barren wasteland caused by the last battle with Gate and Sigma.

'I dozed off? I much have been standing here for awhile.'

His eyes wandered around, taking in the desolate scenery once again, 'I guess there's no point staying here. I better get back to HQ before the others start worrying about me.'

As he began to compute his co-ordinates back to base, he gave a low sigh and just before he teleported away, he thought to himself.

'Zero. I hope you're alright, my friend.'

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Sometime later…

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City...

As the citizens flee from the scene of a battle, X was knocked back against the wall. With the Z-Saber in hand, he struggled to stand as the gigantic Maverick began to stumble toward him.

"This guy is tough. I should have brought my armor." He looked down at the saber, the only thing left of his comrade Zero, "No. This will do plenty."

The Maverick continued to advance and X got ready for his attack. But from out of nowhere, a loud cry came out, catching the Maverick's attention.

"Flare Up Now!!!!"

A massive firewave shot out from the sky and engulfed the Maverick, burning in to a cinder and creating a massive explosion. As X covered his eyes, a single form dropped into view before him. A red form...

"Zero?"

As the light cleared away, X took a better look at his savior, "No wait. I...know you..."

X began to search his memory banks, trying to match the figure before him. Red armor, twin swords, fire...wait!

"Ryo!"

The Ronin Warrior turned to him and smiled.

"It's good to see you again, X."

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Masaki Household

Sasami lifted her head as she heard the door knock lightly outside.

"I wonder who that could be?"

Lowering the fire on her meal, Sasami walked to the door and opened it. Standing outside was a young man, with spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He looked down at Sasami and bowed slightly.

"Hello. I was wondering if I could rest here for a while. I'm looking for a friend, but I think I'm a little lost."

Sasami smiled and let him in, "Oh, yeah. Sure, come in."

The young man thanked the girl and entered. As she indicated for him to sit on the couch, he looked around at the various activities he saw. First, he saw two girls doing the laundry. But one of the girls was growling at the other while the other gave a clueless expression while holding up a pair of pink clothes. Another sight he saw was a pink-haired woman jumping out of what seemed to be a closet in order to grab some device that was jumping away. She snagged it and then disappeared back into the closet. And just outside, he saw two other girls apparently fighting each other with laser beams and floating logs. The young man scratched his head.

"You guys sure are busy around here."

Sasami nodded, "Tell me about it." Her cutesy smile returned, "So, who's your friend?"

"Well, his name is..."

"Sasami, who was that at the...?" a call came from above.

Coming out from the top of the stairs, Tenchi Masaki looked down at the guest just as he had finished his sentence.

"Tenchi."

Tenchi gazed at the guest strangely, "Do I...wait..." He began to wrack his brain a bit, "I do....know you...Cloud!"

Cloud stood up and smiled, "Nice to see you again, Tenchi."

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Outside Chronos Lab...

"Raaahhhhhh!!!"

The two guyvers jumped back to avoid the acid spray from one of the Enzyme Zoaniods that were attacking them. As the two warriors looked, more began to appear.

'I don't know how I'm going to survive this.' Guyver I thought to himself, but nevertheless began opening his Mega Smasher weapon. But before he and Guyver III could fire it, a blade of light appeared and a strange lance weapon had speared right through the Zoaniod, killing it. Both Guyvers looked in the direction of the lance to see a figure flying right toward them.

"What? Another unit-G?" Guyver III exclaimed. "But how?"

Sho took a closer look, "Wait. That's not a guyver unit."

As he said that, the figure engulfed itself in a flame of light and shot downward, wiping out the Zoaniods left and right and finally shot upward, revealing itself. Beneath the armor, Sho smiled, remembering...

"That's...Tekkaman Blade!"

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Temple of Light

A single figure entered into the temple and silently looked around. As he searched, he didn't see the man whom he was looking for. Turning to one of the monks he asked a question.

"I'm looking for an old friend. Liu Kang."

The young monk lowered his head sadly, "I'm sorry. But Master Kang is dead."

The man blinked in surprise, "What?"

The monk continued,  "He was killed two days ago by demon sorcerers. Master Lao has already left to avenge him."

The young stranger glared up, "Left for where?"

The monk gave him a skeptical look, but told him anyway, "There was word of another Mortal Kombat, but unlike any of the battles before. I believe he has gone there."

"Can you take me there?"

Now the monk was surprised, "What?"

"I wish to honor him as well...by entering the tournament myself."

"I may be able to assist you."

A voice boomed out and a crack of lightning struck out from the sky to the ground. In its place stood a man. Or was he? He wore a large, circular hat and was outfitted in strange clothes. And his eyes seemed to change in random colors, each with a speck of lightning within them.

The young monk became terrified and bowed instantly, "Lord Raiden."

The stranger however, was unfazed by this as he looked at the thunder god who began to speak.

"You are not from this world, yet your soul is pure. I will help you in your request. The deadly alliance must be stopped." His gaze narrowed, "But are you truly ready for Mortal Kombat?"

The stranger nodded, "I am."

Raiden nodded in unison, "Very well. You must be prepared then, Kazama Jin."

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World martial arts tournament...

"Ladies and Gentleman. The World martial arts tournament is about to commence!"

The announce man waved his hand out toward the stands as the two fighters entered the ring.

"And in our first match, we have Goku, a former world champion and a great guy all around."

Goku waved and smiled as he entered the ring and the crowds cheered.

"And his opponent is new to the tournament, but can pack quite a punch. Ryu!"

The white-clothed warrior merely walked in and went to his end of the ring in order to face him. Goku grinned as the two faced each other and bowed.

"Alright fighters...."

Both of them took to their fighting stances and Ryu let a small smile cross his face.

"So...we finally meet again."

"Yep. I hope you're as strong as before."

The smile on Ryu's face increased, "This will be my greatest challenge."

"Begin!"

"Haaaaaaaa!!!!!"

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Planet Gemeron...

Xardion stood in the balcony of his crystal tower. His silvery hair and bluish wing flapped lightly against the wind. His face was one of contentment.

'Thank you all. Thank you for showing me your strength and helping me reassure my own. Now I know I can still go on and fight for the good of all.'

"Penny for your thoughts?"

Xardion turned to Crysta, who was coming up beside him, "Hm? Oh, nothing. I was just daydreaming."

Crysta smiled and stood in front of him, facing outward. She closed her eyes as she leant her back into him.

"Oh. What about?"

Xardion simply closed his eyes and wrapped his arms and wings around her in a warm embrace.

"Nothing that can't wait, my angel. Nothing that can't wait."