Disclaimer: See previous chapters.

Chap. 25

Inside of the dome, everyone felt the enormous energies as it literally shook the entire dome. People held on to their seats in terror as the fighting went on. When it stopped...

"What was that?"

I don't know. Some kind of earthquake?"

What's going on?

It was then that one of the cameras came on. On it was the image of Hercule and Dan.

"Hey, it's the champ! He's still standing."

"Isn't that Dan Hibiki? He's standing next to the champ."

They must have beaten everyone. They won the tournament.

The crowd began to chant both of their names.

HERCULE!!!! HIBIKI!!!! HERCULE!!!! HIBIKI!!!! HERCULE!!!! HIBIKI!!!!

The tournament was over. It was declared that since Hurcule and Dan were the only ones still standing, they were both the winners of the tournament. The other fighters were too exhausted and fatigued to care much about it and let it go. Colonel Guile sent a team into the dome and arrested Dr. Taris, who was still unconscious. As everyone went to their homes, the winners were approached by certain figure.

Flashback...

The frog was blown into the entrance and quickly hopped away from the battlefield. What was I thinking? As he hopped through the corridors, he passed a certain room, but managed to overhear something.

"Subject is high power class, but apparently shows the mental waves of a common frog."

Ginyu stopped. High power class? Waves of a frog? He hopped into the room and gasped at what he saw. Hey, that's my body!

The body of Ginyu was strapped in a large egg-shaped chamber. A metal headcase was wrapped around his head. Ginyu(frog) watched as two scientist continued to work.

"We will now transfer subject's mental waves and switch it with the command module."

Ginyu looked as one of the scientists came in with a small computer pod.

"By our calculations, the subject's mental wave will be transferred and replaced with the program in the module. Then the subject will be useful to use in battle."

Ginyu suddenly thought, If I can just get there...

"Transfer in 10 seconds."

Without a second thought, Ginyu hopped speedily toward the transfer mechanism. The mechanism began to glow slightly.

"Transfer in 5...4...3."

Ginyu made one final leap and stood in place of the module, knocking it down. The scientist noticed.

"Wait! Halt the..."

It was too late and Ginyu shone in bright light. At the same time, Ginyu's body glowed as well. The scientist turned off the transfer machine and checked Ginyu's body, not caring that the frog was hopping away.

"Is the subject still stable?"

Ginyu's eye's suddenly shot open.

"Better than stable, doc."

Ginyu broke his retraints and bashed out of the pod. The scientists quickly fled as he came out. Ginyu smiled.

"Captain Ginyu is back!"

Present...

"So you were a frog?"

"That's right. But now that I'm back, I don't have anything else to do. All I want is my team back. But since they're gone, I'll have to recruit some new ones. I've been watching you two during your fight and I've gotta say, you have potential."

"So you want us...to join you? In doing what?"

"Yeah. I've been thinking about that too. With my old team, I did all kinds of bad things. But that's getting old now, so I want to try something new. The last guy I fought said that helping people could be fun too. So I figure, what the heck, let's give it a try. So what do you say?"

"Hmm. I like it. We could use our incredible power to help people."

"Yeah. It would be a better way for people to see the grace of the champ."

"Good. Now we need others."

"Don't worry about that. I know someone who could help."

"Me too. I could find one or two people."

"Excellent."

Three days later...

"Stick 'em up!"

A group of robbers has just entered a diamond store. The terrified cashier nervously stuffed the money and diamonds in the lead robber's bag. The crime done, they then ran out the back door. But they stopped short when six figures stood before them.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Unafraid, one of the robbers fired a few rounds. But they were caught instantly by one of the six figures.

"What the...? Who are you guys?"

"Hehe. I'm glad you asked."

The six then jumped up in the air and did all kinds of poses.

"Hurr, haaa! Zangief!!!!!"

"Hehehe. Buu!!!!"

"Arrr!! Arrwooooooo!!!!! (Blanka!!)"

"Hiyaaa!!!! Dan!!!!"

"Hoohaaa!!!! Heeeyahhhh!!! Hercule!!!!"

"Heeeeee!!!! Captain Ginyu!!!!"

"All..."

"Of..."

"Us..."

"Together..."

"Are..."

They all combine into one final pose.

"THE NEW GINYU FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The robbers looked on in dismay at the scene before them. But that dismay was cut short when the police caught up and arrested them.

"Gotcha! Thank you, Ginyu Force."

They all split up and smiled. Mostly Capt. Ginyu.

Ya know. This is fun after all.

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Capsule Corp.

Bulma stood outside with her arms folded, looking into the sky. At that moment, Trunks came out of the building.

"Hey mom. Where's dad?"

She simply pointed up and Trunks saw what she was looking at. High in the sky, Mirai and Vegeta were sparring with each other. It ended with both of them grabbing each others hands and locked on for a few moments. They then backed away and stared at each other for awhile. The Vegeta powered down to normal.

"At least you haven't been slacking off."

Mirai powered down as well, "The same with you."

The two Sayians came down from the sky and next to the others. Mirai reached into his pocket and threw a capsule out. It exploded and revealed his time capsule.

"Are you sure you have to go so soon?" Bulma insisted.

"Afraid so. Don't worry. The next time I visit, it'll be under better circumstances."

"Alright, take care." Bulma moved over and hugged him.

Trunks looked up at him, "So...you really are a future me?"

"Yeah, kind of."

Trunks suddenly smiled, "Cool. I would like to be like you when I grow up."

Mirai smiled as well, Well in that case..." Mirai reached down to his chest and unbuckled his sword. Reaching back, he then handed it to Trunks.

"For when you get older."

Trunks took the sword, "Wow, thanks!" He hooked it on to his back, "Wait until I show Goten."

Bulma frowned, "Oh no, you won't, young man."

Mirai chuckled and then entered the time capsule, "Alright you all. Take care."

"Mirai."

Mirai looked up. Vegeta looked back.

"You've made me very proud, my son."

Mirai's eyes widened and then he smiled, "Thank you, father."

The ship's hatch closed and lifted into the air. Mirai waved as he lifted up.

"So long."

Bulma and Trunks waved back, "Bye! Goodbye!"

Mirai suddenly looked behind them and saw a silhouette against the opposite side of the building. It was Kairi. Kairi simply nodded to him. Mirai did the same.

"See you around, my friend."

The time capsule vanished.

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Rose arrived to her home in Italy. She walked upstairs and onto the balcony, taking in the sights of her home. Her gaze then dropped to the side as she went to sit on her swing. Waiting there was a set of violets and a card. Rose picked up both items and looked at the card. It read...

Thank you for all your help.

Perhaps we can meet again, lovely Rose.

There was no name on it, but Rose instantly knew who it was from. She took in the sweet scent of the flowers and smiled.

Perhaps we will...Tien.

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"Dinner's ready!"

Chi-Chi had finished cooking her meal at brought it outside. There Gohan, Videl, Goten, Sakura, Chun-Li, Android 18, Krillin, Marron, Mikoto, and Shinji were all seated around the table.

"Wow, this smells ready good."

"I'm glad you like it."

"It's good that you and your family decided to come, Krillin."

Hey, there's nothing like a good meal to get me going." He caught a glimpse of #18 staring at him, "I don't mean that your cooking is bad, but Chi-Chi is a great cook, I mean, what I meant to say is... not that you're a bad cook its just that...I mean..."

Everyone laughed at Krillin's obvious discomfort and even #18 giggled a bit. Krillin sighed and decided to take his frustration out on someone else.

"I wouldn't laugh, Gohan. In time, you'll know just how it is."

Gohan instantly turned red while Videl stayed unusually calm.

"Krillian, that's enough."

"Why? You know it's true."

"I suppose..."

Both of them turned to Videl, who just spoke.

"What was that, Videl?"

Videl stood up out of her seat. "I suppose there's no use hiding it, is there Gohan?"

Before Gohan could say another word, Videl leaned down and kissed him on the lips. She then calmly sat down. Gohan was utterly speechless and the others were in semi-shock. Chun-Li smiled and broke the ice.

"Well, now that that's settled, shall we eat?"

Chi-Chi broke out of the daze, "Shouldn't we wait for Kairi and your husband?"

"Ryu said he had something to take care off. He'll be by later."

Sakura jumped in, "And Kairi went to Capsule Corp. to see Mirai off. Speaking of which, where's Goku?"

"I don't know. He said he had something to do and that he would be a little late. Again."

Krillian put his hands on the back of his head and laughed, "Figures. I don't think it's a coincidence."

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Goku was soaring through the air, letting the wind blow through his hair. Flying lower, he looked around.

"Ah, there he is."

He landed in the middle of a desert. There awaiting him was none other than Ryu.

"Hey Goku. You came."

"Sure did. We have a score to settle."

Ryu dropped in fighting stance and smiled, "Yeah. We never did finish our fight."

Goku returned the smile and powered up to Super-Sayian 2.

"Bring it on."

With a loud cry, the two greatest warriors lunged at each other in what promises to be a most entertaining fight for both of them.

(The End)

(AN: Finished. I ended it the way I always wanted it to, with them fighting again. They'll probably go on until they get hungry and eat the entire table. Hahaha. Thank you for reading and especially for the reviews. This has been the second longest fanfic I have ever made, aside from my FFVII: Return to the Planet. But don't worry. It won't be the last." Sayonara…for now.)