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Chap. 20

Lookout...

Dende looked down at the planet below as the massive battle went on.

"It looks like Piccolo had the right idea. Using the first wish to free everyone was a good move."

Behind Dende, the eternal dragon, Shenron hovered in the air. Mr. Popo looked over to Dende.

"What do we do now?"

"We wait, Mr. Popo. We wait."

Flashback...

"Goku said to wait for a sign. Let's see what happens before we summon the dragon."

"Okay. It just so tense right now."

"I know the feel..."

"Dende, can you hear me?"

"Huh? Piccolo? Piccolo you're alright!"

"Dende, have you collected the dragonballs?"

"Yeah. While Goku and the others were training up here, Mr. Popo gathered the dragonballs. How did you know?"

"I would have done the same thing. Good work Dende. Is Goku still there?"

"No, he just left."

"Alright Dende. You have to do as I say. I want you to summon the dragon and make a wish."

"What kind of wish?"

"Ask Shenron to wish for the prisoners of Dr. Koji to be set free."

"Dr. Koji? Prisoners?"

"I'll explain later. For now, you have to do it."

"Alright Piccolo. Be careful."

Flashback end...

Dome...

Dr. Koji was watching the massive battle taking place outside. A devious grin was etched on his face as he saw his warriors fight. Then he had an idea...

The whole world should know about this...

In the lower area, the crowds were still waiting for the cameras to come back on.

"Ah man, this is totally bogus. We're going to miss everything!" Bulma complained

"Its times like this that I wish Baba were here."

Oolong commented, "You said it. The suspense is killing..."

Suddenly, all the screens flashed on and everyone relaxed. But the moment was brief when they saw the massive battle taking place. Everyone was completely astounding by the fierce fight between fighters.

"What's going on?"

"Aren't those all the fighters?"

"They're fighting themselves?"

"This is intense!"

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Neither World Warrior, nor Z-Warrior has ever fought in a battle such as this. They have seen battle in one form or another, but never on this scale and never with this many fighters in one place at one time.

This battle is history...

HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

RAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

ARWWWWWWOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Sonic Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wolf Fang Fist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yoga Fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tri-Beam Haaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tiger Blow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Destructo Disk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As punches, kicks and energy attacks of every variety shot forth, Kairi, Goten, Chun-Li, Trunks, Android 18, Sean, and Mirai were in the center of it, battling with the others against the Psycho warriors.

"This is insane. These guys are tough."

"Well we can't give up. We have to fight on."

Mirai was fighting off the version of Recoome when he saw a glint of metal flash near Trunks. The young Super-Sayian was unaware of the metal blade coming at him.

"Trunks, duck!"

Trunks dropped his head just as a Psycho version of Hayate came at him, sword in hand. Mirai came just in time to deflect the blade with his own. They held each other for awhile before jumping back and attacking again, their swords clashing in the air. Meanwhile, Goten was busy fighting a copy of E. Honda and was caught in a tight bear-hug.

"Ugghhhhhhhh!!!!!"

Suddenly, a blur of green slammed into Honda, causing him to drop Goten. Goten rolled to his feet and another landed next to him.

"Hey, Mr. Blanka."

The green and orange beast looked at the young Super-Sayian. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little squished."

Blanka gave a short laugh, but then returned his attention to the dark E. Honda, as well as others that were joining him.

"We'll have to talk later, little one. Right now..." Blanka's eyes suddenly glowed and he growled, "We better take care of this."

Goten powered up, "Yeah."

Meanwhile, Hercule and Dan finally made it to the battlefield. Looking over from a cliff, they saw…

"Whoa!!"

"What?!!"

They saw the furious battle as well as the fighters who were battling.

"Wha…what is this?"

"This is crazy. What's going on here?"

Elsewhere...

Rokujin stood face to face with the new Shin Sherac. He had become a Super-Sayian 2 as well as released the true power of the dark Shotokan art. Sherac was brimming with power.

"Your time…ended. Your lives...finished."

Rokujin didn't reply as he dropped back into fighting stance. Sherac looked at the warrior and charged. Rokujin was ready for the attack when he blinked in light.

"Oh, no. The fusion expired."

Unfortunately, that didn't stop the Dark SSJ2 from mowing down Ryu. Ryu was smashed backward.

"Ryu!"

Ryu slid back on the ground, hurt. As he stood up, Sherac stood over him.

"Demon Flash!"

Sherac waved his arm and a burst of energy shot out and smothered Ryu.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The blast cleared away and demolished the entire area. When the smoke from the blast cleared, Ryu was nowhere to be seen.

"Well I guess that would have been asking for too much, eh Goku?"

In the air, Goku was holding an unconscious Ryu on his shoulder. Slowly, he landed on the ground as Sherac grinned at him.

"What will you do now Goku? You know full well that you don't stand a chance against me."

Goku stared at his opponent. He may be right. I never fought anything like him before. A grin came up his face. This might be interesting.

Sherac noticed his grin, "Well, that's interesting. But then again, you are a Sayian. But don't believe for a second that I will let you live through this."

"We'll see. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!"

Goku powered up to SSJ2 level and Sherac laughed at him.

"You had better do better than that. Come, show me your Super-Sayian 3."

Goku hesitated a bit. The fusion left me a little weak. Using Super-Sayian 3 might be risky, but then again, if I can gather enough power, maybe I can beat him.

"Alright, but you asked for it."

Goku roared and burst in gold energy. Sherac watched as Goku maxed out and lightning curled around him. Goku exploded and Sherac now faced a SSJ3 Goku.

"Hmm. Strange. Vegeta managed to reach this level, yet you seem more powerful. Oh well, it makes no difference. Prepare to die!"

"It won't be the first time." With that, Goku charge at Sherac and Sherac charged back. The two met in a shockwave of energy and exchanged punches and kicks. Goku tried to hammer him in, but Sherac warped away. Goku turned to see an energy blast fly at him. He smacked it away, but was left open to Sherac's next attack.

"Gou-Shoryu!!!!"

The dark dragon fist smashed right into Goku, causing him to fly. But to Sherac's surprise, Goku recovered quickly and came back at him. Sherac waited again and Goku came close when he suddenly vanished.

"Kamehame..."

Sherac slowly turned around as Goku powered up his famed attack.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!"

An intense beam flies out straight toward Sherac. Yet, the dark Sayian doesn't even look worried. Rather he raises his hand up toward it.

"Raaahhhhhhhh!!!!!"

A dark ball flies out of his hand and collides with the kamehameha wave. A gigantic explosion erupts and Goku covered his face from the explosion. When the light stopped, Goku faced Sherac once again, who was simply walking toward him.

I don't believe it. He was able to summon the same amount of power as the kamehameha. But it hasn't weakened him in the least. I going to have to find a way to summon my full power, but I doubt he'll just stand there and let me.

Sherac suddenly began to run and Goku readied himself. But again, Sherac warped and Goku looked around for him and fell the surge of energy coming from above him.

"Tenma! Gou Zankuu!!!!!"

Goku looked up as a gigantic dark fireball came at him. Suddenly a form jumped in front of him and blue energy began to manifest itself.

"Shinkuu Hadoken!!!!!!!!"

An equally giant blue fireball shot up and smashed into the dark one. Both balls exploded in another blinding flash of light. Sherac looked down.

"Ah, Ryu. I almost forgot about you."

Sherac landed on the ground and folded his arms and Ryu whispered to Goku.

"How is it going?"

"Not good. He's got me into a corner here. Shoot, if only I could summon the power I need. But he won't let me."

Ryu stayed quiet for a moment, "How much time do you need?"

"Five minutes. But that's too long."

Ryu looked back at Sherac and an odd grin came up his face.

"We'll see."

"No you can't. You'll be killed,"

"Perhaps. Throughout my travels, I haven't truly met defeat yet. Perhaps today will be the day."

Goku looked at Ryu's eyes. He...wants to fight him? Heh.

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you were a Sayian, Ryu."

"Thanks for the complement. Perhaps the dragon will awaken."

"Huh?"

Goku didn't have a chance to ask because Ryu was charging forward and Sherac was doing the same. Sherac then jumped up and stuck his leg out in a kick, but Ryu managed to sidestep it and swing around in a roundhouse. Sherac's head snapped back briefly before smashing his fist into Ryu's chest. Ryu gasped and hopped back and Sherac warped behind him. Ryu twisted and was smacked by an ax-kick. Sherac then lashed his elbow and hit Ryu's jaw. Ryu fell back, but rolled upright again. Sherac shot through the air with his knee extended. Ryu jumped over it, but Sherac warped again. Ryu, sensing the energy displacement, barely managed to duck Sherac's attack. But it did leave him wide open. (Note: For those who have been reading this fic and played the game, you know what comes next.)

"Shoryuken!"

The fist smashed into Sherac, but something strange happened. Sherac did fly away as most people hit by the dragon punch would do, but rather he was in the same place as Ryu flew up into the sky.

"Fool."

Sherac jumped, tackled Ryu in the air rammed him into the ground, hard. Goku watched on as his friend was getting hammered.

Come on. Just hang in there. Just a few more minutes.

Ryu slowly manage to arise and Sherac came at him again. But Ryu managed to think of a plan. This will drain me a lot, but I have to risk it. Ryu folded his hands to his side.

"Denjin...."

Energy swirled and crakled in his hands. Sherac stopped his assault and smiled.

"Come on. Let's see what this can do."

Ryu held in the power for a little longer and then released it

"Hadoken!"

The lightning ball of energy came at Sherac at amazing speed. Sherac was unprepared for the speed, but managed to put a block up. But the fireball struck through his defense and left him dazed.

Now's my chance!

Ryu ran straight at Sherac and while he did, his fist shimmered and glowed in red energy. Sherac managed to break out of his dizziness just to see Ryu before him, his fist shooting straight at him.

"Shin!"

The fist ran straight into Shreac's gut, causing him to bend over, gasping for air.

"Shoryuken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sherac went flying high up into the air and began to plummet down. Ryu cupped his hands to his side again.

"Shinkuu Hadoken!!!!!"

Another fireball, this time bigger than the last one shot out and exploded on Sherac before he hit the ground. Sherac skidded on the ground and Ryu bent down in exhaustion.

"Haha. That was a good effort."

Ryu growled as Sherac arose. Sherac had a smirk on his face which suddenly turned into a frown.

"Goodbye!"

Sherac warped again and Ryu was smashed with a backhand fist. Sherac then crotched low and rammed his fist straight into Ryu's gut. Ryu double back in pain and Sherac set himself in a new stance. Ryu looked up just to see Sherac sliding to him rapidly

"Omae no korusu!"

Sherac grabbed Ryu and a white flash of light exploded. Goku felt in horror as he sensed the deadly energy do its damage and Ryu's energy disappearing. The light then disappeared and Sherac was standing over Ryu's unmoving body with his back to Goku, clearly showing the dark red symbol on his back.

"No. Ryu."

Sherac then slowly turned to Goku, who was still gathering power. Sherac then slowly made his way to Goku, taking his time to enjoy the moment.

"One down and one to go."

Sherac was a foot away from Goku when suddenly the rocks began to slowly rise. Sherac's eyes widened as he sensed the energy grow. Turning around, he saw Ryu levitate in the air, eyes still closed. Both Sherac and Goku were amazed by the power they felt, Goku mostly. He never showed this kind of power in the hyperbolic time chamber. Where did he get that power? This must be what he meant about awakening the dragon.

Sherac continued to watch as Ryu settled on the ground. Ryu's eyes snapped open and they were glowing in an intense blue. His crimson headband had a blue kanji on it and he had a swirling blue aura around him.

"So this is the true you, Ryu. I must say, very impressive. Now let's see what you can do."

"Ikuse."