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Chap. 10

In the sky, Dende sensed the massive energies around him. Wow, I never know there were so many powerful people on this planet. He managed to lock onto one particular energy. Hey, that's Goku! But who is that he's fighting? It's feels as strong as him. I've got to see this.

Elsewhere, Mirai Trunks was flying at full speed toward another location. But he had a look of worry on his face. Vegeta's life force is low. And there's a tremendous dark energy. I have to hurry. Trunks turned Super-Sayian and burst off even faster.

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Gotenks stood ready to fight while Akuma merely waited. Gotenks then charged and let his fist fly, but Akuma merely caught his arm and hurled him away. Gotenks got up, only to see Akuma powering up in the arms. Akuma then shot his arms out repeatedly, sending massive bolts of energy at Gotenks. Gotenks danced around, dodging the fireballs. He then zanzokened in the air as Akuma landed on the ground.

"I can do that too. Shining Beam Shower."

Gotenks let out a swarm of energy beam, striking the ground hard. Gotenks continued his barrage for a long while and then stopped. There were several craters on the ground, but no Akuma. Gotenks laughed.

"Ha. I guess I overdid it a little. Oh well."

A sudden fireball hit Gotenks in the back and Gotenks fell down. Rubbing his head, he saw Akuma warp at him and hit him with a Shoryuken. Gotenks was hurled back at the sudden force.

"Aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!"

Gotenks landed hard on the ground and slowly arose. Akuma began to stride toward him slowly.

"So you want to play rough, huh. Super Sayian!"

Gotenks raised his arms and a column of energy surrounded him. Akuma stood in the energy winds and Gotenks was transformed, as a Super-Sayian

"Now let's see what you got."

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Meanwhile, Ryu and Goku were still battling furiously. And they were still evenly matched. Goku thought to himself, Whoa, this guy's too much. I'm fighting beyond a Super-Sayian and we're still evenly matched.

Ryu re-examined his opponent, He doesn't show any signs of wearing down. In fact, it seems he's getting stronger. This one is truly a worthy opponent.

Goku suddenly vanished and reappeared beside Ryu at the same time, but Ryu detected the change and a swirl of wind was heard.

"Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu-Kyaku!!!!!"

Goku was repeatedly hit by the spinning attack and spun around in the air. He managed to land on his feet, but wobbly. Ryu landed on the floor afterwards.

"I've never seen teleporting like that."

"Cool, huh? It's my Instant Transmission."

"Yes, it is. I wasn't able to trace you."

"Really? Then you must have really good instincts if you were able to hit me like. I felt like I was caught in a storm."

"Thank you. Now let's continue."

"Of course."

Goku charged and Ryu waited and their battle resumed again.

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Dome...

"I don't believe this. They still haven't fixed these cameras yet?" Chi-Chi yelled.

Bulma looked over at her, "Don't worry, Chi-Chi. I'm sure they fix it soon."

"I'm not too sure."

The response came from Master Roshi. Everyone looked at him questionably.

"Doesn't it seem strange that the cameras shut down the right after the time Trunks left? I think the really big trouble is about to come."

Chi-Chi cried, "Well then what are we doing here? My Goku, Gohan and Goten are out there. We have to help them."

"No. We don't know enough to say what is going on. Besides, Goku and the others have been in tight spots before. Whatever is going on, they can handle it. Best thing to do right now is to stay put and wait."

"I...guess you're right."

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"Have the fighters all been brought in?"

"Almost all of them sir. Rail #42 has been destroyed, though."

"42? That's the one Meta-Akuma is fighting at. No matter, he will deal with whatever it is."

"Also, Fighters 14 and 15 are still engaged in battle as well as 81 and 1."

"#81 and #1 are no consequence. But #14 and #15...He's not going to be happy to learn that those two are fighting each other. Still, this may work to our advantage. Have Doctrine Dark keep an eye on them."

"Yes, sir."

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Gotenks continues his battle with as he tries to hammer in Akuma. But Akuma was either blocking his attacks or simply warping away from them. Gotenks was getting annoyed, but a grin came up his face.

"Let's see you deal with this, jerk." He starts to wave his hands around, "Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack!!"

Gotenks opened his mouth and spit out five ghastly versions of himself. Each one had a goofy expression on their face.

"Line up!"

The ghosts obeyed and were in single file.

"Attack!"

All of the ghost flew at Akuma, but he stood there, not moving. Akuma then raised his hand and a purple aura flowed around him.

"Kongou Kouretsu Zan!"

Akuma smashed his fist into the ground, creating a massive explosion that blew away all of the ghosts. Gotenks blocked the wave, but it still hurled him to the ground. When the explosion died down, Akuma began to once again stride toward him. Gotenks jumped up and laughed, "Ha! I tricked you! I made you waste all of your power! Hahahahaha!!"

Akuma continued walking and a red aura grew around him. Gotenks cringed, Okay so maybe it didn't work. "Alright, I guess I'll have to show you my greatest technique. It'll get you for sure."

Gotenks crouched and began to power up. Electricity began to flow around him and his hair began to spike up. His power grew and grew and grew and suddenly…

He split up.

Goten and Trunks appeared side by side in the came crouched position. They looked at each other.

"Uh, oh!"

Akuma grinned.

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Ken awoke in a dark chamber. The last thing he remembered was being locked up in the monorail. He tried to get out, but a gas was injected and it knocked him out. Standing up, he looked around. No windows or doors. What's going on?

"Ken Masters."

A slide opened in the wall and a dark figure came out. He was the same cloaked fighter he'd seen when the tournament started.

"What's going on?"

The dark figure said nothing.

"Who are you?"

"You don't need to know. You'll do find for a warm-up though."

Ken glared at him, "You want to fight me?"

"Yes. But don't worry. Your pain won't be half a great as you friend, Ryu."

"Is that so? Well, we'll see about that."

Ken stood in fighting stance and attacked. But the dark figure simply teleported behind him. He then pushed his cloak back, but kept his face hooded.

"As I said, warm-up."

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Ryu and Goku were still battling each other. The fight was beginning to take a toll on them as their clothes were starting to get shredded. But neither one would back down. Ryu was about to charge when Goku's head suddenly snapped.

"Wait a minute, Ryu."

Ryu stopped his charge and instantly learned why. They felt the powerful energies in the air around them. Also, they noticed that their monorails were gone.

"Something is wrong. I guess what Rose said was true after all."

Ryu snapped his head to him, "You spoke to her? About what?"

Goku looked at him, "You know Rose?"

Ryu nodded, "Yes. And if she is here, that usually means something is wrong."

Goku began to explain the situation and what Rose had warned them about. Ryu nodded.

"I see."

It was then that Goku looked in the air and saw a figure coming toward them.

"Hey, it's Dende."

Dende landed beside Goku, "Hi Goku. Sorry to come to you like this, but we have big trouble." He then went on to explain his terrible feeling about the tournament and the arrival of Mirai Trunks. Goku shook his head.

"I guess it's going to be one of those days."

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Goten and Trunks backed away as Akuma continued to come toward them. Without the fusion, they don't stand a chance against him. If only they didn't waste time…

"So Trunks, you have a plan?"

"Uhhh. I don't think so. We're in big trouble, Goten."

Suddenly, they felt a power come toward them. It came full speed and exploded right before Akuma. Goten and Trunk covered their eyes and when the light faded, they looked to see…another Super-Sayian?

"Hey, is Vegeta okay?"

The two boys shook off their earlier shock and ran to Vegeta. He was still out, but breathing.

"Yeah, he's just knocked out."

"Good, now listen to me. Take Vegeta and get him out of here. I'll deal with this" he added as he looked at Akuma.

"Who…are you?"

"My name…" He looked at Trunks, "My name is Mirai. Now get out of here."

(Note: Just so you don't get confused, Mirai is the name that's going to be used for Future Trunks, so you can tell him and his younger counterpart apart.)

Trunks grabbed Vegeta and lifted him up, but Goten pointed, "What about them?" He was pointing to the unconscious Kairi, Sean, Chun-Li, and #18.

Mirai looked at the others. Damn, this might be harder than I thought. "Okay, get them all out of here. I'll hold him off for as long as I can. Now hurry!"

As Goten and Trunks got to work, Mirai looked at his foe. He's powerful alright. I'm going to have to take it to the next level. Mirai suddenly screamed and powered up. His hair spiked up and he exploded in a ball of energy. Goten and Trunks looked at him as he did and were shocked, especially Trunks. He's as strong as my dad too? Mirai had changed into a Super-Sayian 2!

Mirai now get ready to try his strength against Akuma. Is the seasoned Sayian ready to match blows with the demon warrior? And what about the other fighters? What fate awaits them? Find out all this and more in the next chapter.