"Brother! Oh brother! Finally, we get our prize! After these years of searching, now true
power is ours!" Nezzru gripped the blood-red gem as Rennix pulled a scrap of paper from his
pants. He read it aloud.

"When the gem turns to gold and the holder grabs the shards of a planet's past, he will then
be the strongest if his inner strength is as mighty as his will. Dammit! why do these old maps
always have to be so confusing? No matter. We'll get it eventually."

"Stop right there!"

Nezzru and Rennix spun around in surprise. Gogeta stood adjacent to them, an emotionless
stare of unrelentingness hatred on his face. Rennix stared in shock. "Who-- who are you?"

"I am that which is the spirit of those you have hurt, and slain throughout your lives with no
mercy toward them. I am here to pass judgement. Yet I shall spare your lives if you leave
everything as you found it and flee this planet."

Rennix stared hard. "Wait, I remember. Goku?"

"Gogeta. I am fusion. Fusion is me."

"Well Gogeta," started Nezzru, approaching the fused Saiyan, "we don't intend on leaving
your planet until we've accomplished what we wanted to."

Gogeta frowned. Nezzru smiled, rushing forward and kicking him in the face. When Nezzru
lowered his leg, however, he saw the Saiyan standing firm, not a mark on him.

Nezzru staggered backward. "How-- how could you just stand there? I-- I hit you as hard as I
could!"

Gogeta walked forward, ignoring Nezzru's wasteful chatter. Nezzru gazed at him as he walked
by the Zaolyn and toward Rennix, who wore a look of confusion on his face. Nezzru grabbed
Gogeta's shoulder with his right hand. "You will NOT ignore me, Saiyan!" he shouted,
powering up in his left hand.

Gogeta looked at the angry Zaolyn over his shoulder. Then a wall of ki burst up around
Gogeta. Nezzru panicked. Gogeta rammed his elbow backward, ripping through Nezzru's
body with his monstrous ki. Nezzru flew backward and slumped against the wall.

Rennix screamed. "NEZZRUUUUUUU!!!!!" He glared at the Saiyan and his expression
turned from loss to complete and utter insanity.

Rennix struck with an uncanny speed that even Gogeta had trouble keeping up with. The
two darted back and forth across the room, punching at each other with fists of fury. Rennix
blasted Gogeta into the spacecraft's wall, and immediatley began pummeling him with
energy attacks. Gogeta raised his hand, shooting Rennix away and at the same time jumping
to his feet, striking the Zaolyn head on. Rennix spurted blood and stumbled backward. The
opportunity at hand, Gogeta shouted an attack at Rennix. "Kamehame--"

His speech was cut short as the battered Rennix rushed Gogeta, throwing him through the
ceiling and into the debris of several scattered buildings. Rennix gripped the Eternity Gem in
his right hand and stared at it. What was its meaning? He focused on it, intent on its
features. "When will I learn your secrets?"

"Never!" screamed Gogeta as he pitched into Rennix. Rennix fell backwards, dropping the
gem. He watched it fall to the ground without being able to do a thing about it. It hit the
rough Earth and split into halves. Rennix yelled in an expression of loss. "NO!!"

Rennix kneeled down over the gem. He held a piece in each hand. A tear streamed down his
cheek. "No... my... my dream... gone forever... gone forever."

Gogeta watched the warrior emotionlessly. Then his eyes opened wide. The two pieces of the
stone began to glow with an eerie light. Rennix looked at each of them. Then he smiled. He
stood, turning his head toward Gogeta. His smile grew more devilish. "Yes. Yes! The map!
The shards of a planet's past! The two pieces of the gem! Hahahahahaha!! At last, I, Rennix
of the Zaolyns, possess the power of the Eternity Gem! Hahahahahaha!!"

He stood up and suddenly his key lit up brightly, and it grew stronger by the instant. The two
gem shards gleamed brightly in his hands. "Now you shall get to fight... the strongest man in
the universe!!"

Rennix's physique instantly bulged larger. He bulked up, and his mass grew immensely,
making him appear freakishly huge. He laughed at Gogeta, who now wore a look of pain on
his face. He cringed. Rennix teleported himself right in front of Gogeta, and promptly
rammed his leg into Gogeta's chest. Gogeta forced out a weak yell and fell to the ground,
clutching his stomach and breathing heavily.

Rennix laughed harshly. "You fool! Now you can see it! My power! My awesome power! Did
you ever think you could beat me? Well, I think this obliterates your chances." He pulled the
Saiyan to his feet and punched him in the chest. Gogeta stumbled backward. Rennix
continued to force him backward, hitting him mercilessly with each punch. With a giant
punch, the evil Zaolyn sent Gogeta flying to the ground.

"Now you will die," said the merciless Rennix.

"Bro... brother, help me."

Rennix turned around. Nezzru stood behind him on an injured leg with blood streaming
freely from his head. Nezzru smiled. "I see you figured out the secret of the gem. Excellent.
Now we can rule the world. Help me to gain strength."

Rennix smiled at his brother and clutched his hand. Nezzru smiled back. Then Rennix began
to squeeze. Nezzru's expression turned to confusion as he looked up at the hulking Rennix.
"Brother, stop-- you're hurting me."

Rennix laughed. "Oh, am I? Quite sorry, brother, but there is really only enough room in this
galaxy for one almighty Zaolyn. And it is not you."

Nezzru's tone was now that of fear, gazing up at the super-powerful Rennix. Rennix waved at
Nezzru with his other hand before blasting Nezzru into oblivion. Gogeta stared on with pain
in his eyes.

"How could you?! Kill your own brother?!"

Rennix turned back to Gogeta. "It was necessary. He would have eventually tried to kill me, I
just know it. Consider it a precaution."

Gogeta was filled with rage. He walked toward Rennix. Rennix welcomed it. "Do you now
decide to die in battle? Very well. So be it." The Zaolyn began striding toward Gogeta.

Gogeta ran at Rennix. Rennix flipped him up into the air, striking the Saiyan's back and
punching him multiple times in the stomach. He grabbed Gogeta's head and rammed his
own into it. He continued doing so as he spoke to Gogeta in a maniacal voice.

"Now, you, see, what, you, were, up, against, all, along!"

He threw Gogeta to the ground and floated high into the air. The Zaolyn stared down at
Gogeta. "Now, it is time for you to die."

Rennix raised his hand. A slit of light lit up in his palm. As Gogeta tried to rise to his feet,
Rennix smiled. "Say hello to my brother for me, if you happen to end up in the same place!"

Gogeta pointed his hands toward Rennix, who stood in the sky, holding the cup of death in
his hands. Gogeta forced out a word.

"Ka....."

"Prepare to die, Gogeta!"

"Me....."

"Your fate shall be enjoyed!"

"Ha....."

"Silence! It is no use to resist!"

"Me....."

"That's it! Now you're DEAD!!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

As a brilliant display of energy blew from Gogeta's hands, another blast of energy flew from
Rennix's hand. The two collided. Rennix pushed on it with all of his force. "YOU WILL
NEVER WIN!!"

Gogeta pushed back on his. "I WON'T LET YOU DESTROY EARTH!!"

The mass was huge. The two energy balls were equal in strength. Gogeta began to weaken.
Then noticed the figures to the side of him.

Piccolo. Gohan. Krillin. They screamed in unison. "KAMEHAMEHA!!!!!"

Gogeta smiled as he watched them donate their last bits of strength. His voice rang clear as
he shouted along with them. "KAMEHAMEHA!!!!!"

Rennix used all of his strength to repel the fast growing ball of energy. "NO! I AM THE
STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD! HOW CAN I LOSE?!"

The blast engulfed him as Gogeta threw his last ounces of energy into the ball. Rennix
screamed in his last moments. "NNNNNOOOOO!!!!!"

A light covered the Earth.





Goku pulled himself to his feet. He looked around. The city was destroyed. There wasn't a
single building standing intact. Goku smiled. "Earth is saved."

Vegeta stood next to him. "A powerful opponent. But not powerful enough," the Saiyan
muttered as he went over to a large crushed cement block and sat down on it. Goku gazed at
him for a moment.

"Dad! Dad!" yelled Gohan as he ran up to his father with Videl in tow. "You did it, dad!"
Goku smiled. Videl poked Gohan in the ribs. He groaned.

"Ouch." He rubbed his side tenderly.

Videl frowned. "That's not a good noise to hear from you. You'd better lay down for a while
when we get home."

Goku felt a hand on his back. He turned to see Krillin smiling. "You did it, Goku."

Goku grinned. Slowly, the sun fell beneath the amber tipped mountains. Piccolo stared at
the wreckage of South City. He sighed. "There's always tomorrow."