Chapter Six:

Osiris lowered his ki down to almost undetectable levels and sat down on the hard packed earth, all that was left where a lush forest had been only hours ago. He crossed one leg over the other slightly and laid down on his back, hands resting on his chest.

It was time to do some serious thinking.

He had just helped Uubu. Given him his very blood, something he hadn't done for anyone in a long, long time. The boy probably didn't notice it yet, but his powers would grow substantially as the blood infused itself with his own. He might even gain some temporary telepathic abilities.

But Uubu's power really wasn't what he wanted to consider. He was wondering what had moved him to help a mortal in the first place. Generally, he considered them to be garbage, or food.

For the life of him, he couldn't think why he'd done it. It had actually been more impulse than anything else, but he wasn't sure where the impulse had come from. It certainly wasn't the kind of thing he would do normally.

There were enough psychics on the planet that he thought one of them might have placed the thought in his head. But he was sure he would have noticed someone intruding in his mind, no matter how slight. So that meant that it must have come from him.

That thought was almost more disturbing than thinking someone had slipped into his mind undetected. This meant that his own thoughts were turning to areas where he usually didn't go.

Running one hand lightly over his eyes, he wondered if he could be going completely nuts.

Goku jumped back and flew into the air, Morgoth's fist whizzing through the air in front of him as he left the ground, shooting up into the air and as far away from the demon as he could, desperately trying to formulate some sort of plan to fight. It was difficult, because Morgoth hadn't yet shown the full extent of his power.

"Better just try to hit hard and fast. End it quick." Goku muttered to himself.

Morgoth shot up into the sky after him, but Goku was well prepared and slipped to the side, letting the demon slide slightly past him. He slammed his fist into the monster's ribcage, then spun without pausing and kicked Morgoth square in the face, sending him flying to the side.

Goku looked coolly on as Morgoth stopped himself, the golden fire in his eyes burning. "Ka… me…" he cupped his hands at his side.

Morgoth stopped himself, a grimace of pain crossing his already unpleasant face. He quickly began to charge a blast in his hand, his palm pointing at Goku, his left hand holding his wrist.

"ha… me…"

"HA!!"

Goku's huge ray of golden light poured out of his hands, and Morgoth released a purple beam with a roar that could have destroyed the eardrums of any normal human. The two blasts met directly between the fighters and clashed, sending out whips of lightning.

Grunting in frustration and slight pain, Goku pushed more and more ki into the blast. With the full power of super saiyajin three, he sometimes felt as if his reservoir of ki was endless. But he was going to find out now exactly when it did end, and he was very worried that it wouldn't be enough.

Yet…

It almost seemed as if Morgoth was tiring…

But maybe not quick enough. Maybe not at all.

The ball of energy where the blasts met in the middle was growing. They could only pour so much energy at each other before it became too much. Goku was afraid that it would explode, and instead of one of them taking the force of the blast, the earth and air around them would take it instead.

An explosion of that magnitude could destroy the earth. An explosion like that could destroy the solar system.

But Goku didn't have to think about it for long, because Morgoth's voice, somehow heard even over the roar of their ki, came to his ears.

"You're strong, Goku. But not strong enough. I'm getting bored playing, and I'm ending our game."

Goku didn't even have time to feel frightened before he felt Morgoth's ki suddenly shoot up beyond any comprehendible level, and all the energy he and Morgoth had been pumping into the blast was suddenly pushed down on him. The explosion slammed him downward into the ground, tearing into solid rock and then burying him with it, as the entire world seemed to fill with ki.

He barely heard the demon's laugh before he passed out.

A/N: This is the shortest chapter I've ever written. Sorry about that, but the next one should be out soon. Of course, every time I say that, something happens to delay me…