Guess who's back....back again...Wolf is back...tell yer friends...Now that that is out my system it's time to get down to bidnez! Thanks to the usual suspects for their reviews, Chibi (The hell are you doin' in my closet? I didn't think you were that big a fan!! Oh and no worries I fixed his little red wagon! Thanks for lending a hand though!) and Poetess (glad to see you're working on the soul again. I'm ready for the next chapter my dear lady! Update soon!!). And welcome back to Xemindar (glad you like the fic buddy, but I am the master of cliffhangers and action sequence! I have to leave readers in suspense ne!) So with less yappin' from me, on with the show!!
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Alexial's power continued to increase at a rapid uncanny rate, forcing all that surrounded her to burn away from her bitter, venomous fury. She packed a wallop for such a little lady, and her rage seemed to amplify the already obvious. She was unstoppable. Her armor had one small ding in it, but that weakness was unreachable. There was no way in hell she going to allow either one of them a foot within her vicinity. The wheels in Vegeta's head were turning with extraordinary speed, they needed a plan quick, and no where in this plan was the words fusion. They still had 45 minutes to go. At the rate Alexial's strength continued to grow, they didn't have 45 seconds left. Goku gave a meaningful look to his counter part, wandering a glance back down at Alexial.
"You got a plan Vegeta!?"
"Give me a second Kakarot!! I don't exactly see you sprouting ideas!"
Goku gave him a sheepish grin.
"But I thought you were suppose to be the brains of this operation!?"
"That doesn't mean you can't try and come up with anything!"
Goku crossed his arms entering thought with Vegeta. He spoke in a serious tone.
"Her stone has been cracking from the pressure. If we can find a way to break it she should loose all her soul energy."
"My thoughts exactly but how do we get to her..."
"Spirit Bomb?"
Vegeta looked over at him with a dark glare. Goku gave one of those it-couldn't-hurt-to-try shrugs.
"Oh that's a great idea Kakarot...toss your hands up now and I'll go beg Alexial to lend us some power from all her stolen souls so we can KILL HER!!"
Goku froze as Vegeta bought his idea crashing back to reality hard.
"Hey don't jump on me Vegeta, it was just a thought."
"Yes a stupid one!"
Alexial began to breath heavy, halting the charging process. She gave off a grin looking up at the two plotting/arguing Sayains. She jumped with a blinding speed after them. Goku's eyes popped open as she took after them.
"Well if you got a better idea Vegeta let's hear it because here she comes now!!!"
They took off in opposite directions avoiding her every attack and move. Her body split in the blink of an eye into four, two per Sayain, attacking with an unyielding power, beating away at her opponents. They landed accurate blow after blow to them, toppling the Sayain pairing over in searing agony. Vegeta pulled back blasting rapid energy waves in their direction, missing badly as they dodged. Vegeta smiled pulling his arms together commanding the rays of energy to converge around the opposition. It exploded to no avail as they came humming out into the open, one landing an impressive right hand to his stomach while the other came from behind carving a heel to his neck. Vegeta folded over flipping into the ground broken, skipping loosely as his attackers followed in hot pursuit, grinning wildly as they moved in for the kill. Vegeta looked up to see Goku end up much like him. Goku pushed himself up first followed by Vegeta. They stood back to back breathing heavily.
"Bring it you freaks!! RAAHHHHHHH!"
Vegeta turned on his grand power followed by Goku. The two pressed their strength on, endless like times stretch. They had to turn the fight here and now, or all was lost. Goku and Vegeta, Vegeta and Goku, the last standing hope. So they took off, Goku planting a solid blow to Alexial's gut toppling one of them over in pain, grabbing his other foe by it's broken wings driving a knee to the stone. Vegeta was on point as well beating the hell out of both shadows with a surprising burst of power. Alexial was slowly gaining a respect for the two warriors. They didn't know what it meant to quit at all. But that's also what she hated about them. She hated the fact that they didn't roll over and die like other races, like other civilizations. Hell, Vegeta's ancestor had the nuts to walk in and condemn the lord of the universe for his actions , so why would he fear her? She put down the revolt, fusing the 2 back to one, smacking Vegeta aside with her massive power. Goku ended up much like him, pushing up weakly off the ground as she fused into one. She looked at them curiously.
"Why do you continue to fight under such bleak circumstance, nothing has changed since the day I first fought you...."
The Sayain Prince's eyes popped open in revelation. He slowly turned looking at the fully cracked stone. It wasn't much of a memory but he remembered that fight, it was coming to him...
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Vegeta flew at a blinding speed after Alexial. He squinted his eyes passing through cloud after cloud. Wait till I get my hands on that no good...
"What the!?!"
Vegeta was quickly hammered by two Alexial's. Vegeta caught himself as a third came down next to the first two. Vegeta gave a cocky smile.
"The multi-form technique huh? It bothers me in no way shape or form..."
He continued as a fourth one emerged.
"....and while there are more of you, you're also allot WEAKER!"
Vegeta flew up punching the first one square in the mouth. She flew back slightly in the same motion as her head. He smiled, but it was quickly wiped from his face when he realized the energy signal she was giving off. He looked around at the others, they too had similar signals. Vegeta looked around with a panicked expression.
"That's...that's impossible!"
They all powered up, raising their power levels. Vegeta was trapped. Their energy was enormous, and he had no way of telling which was the original.
NO...I will not go out like this!
Vegeta turned on his energy as well, looking at his surrounding captures.
"I am a Sayain elite! Born of royal blood! I will not be defeated by some hell spawn reject!"
Vegeta fired a blast nailing two of them off the bat. The other two slapped him hard with their chains driving him towards the planet.
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But I couldn't stay down could I? I had to press on for Trunks...to show my true strength...
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Vegeta wasted no time being the first out the blocks to start his attack with nothing short of vengeance and worth as motivation. In a spiraling motion he nailed one of the clones hard, sending her bawled over clutching her face. He turned again instantly attacking another. The clone countered floating back away from Vegeta. He grunted out loud in determination and fury. His punches reigning out like explosions, Vegeta disappeared going behind his current nemesis. He fired hard with a knee that was again blocked. Alexial's image became impatient firing rapid punches of her own at the pumped up Sayain Prince. Vegeta returned the favor matching her every shot with a mirror attack. She soon whipped her chains at Vegeta in frustration, Vegeta dodged, laying a swift boot to the gut, He spun following up with a kick to the side of the head. She gasped out in pain with the final shot from Vegeta, a viscous back hand to the opposite side of the head. She went flying towards the planet. Vegeta turned his energy back on full power chasing again.
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I was truly ceasing the day, destroying you, a legend....and carving my own at least so I thought...
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"STAND STILL SO I CAN FINISH YOU!!"
Vegeta swung hard, again missing ridiculously as Alexial's body seemingly appeared next to his fist on every punch. Vegeta had been crushing the clone until a few moments earlier. She gave him a simple smile, soon laughing with the statement "It's over...". Vegeta radiated in anger. He went into an outstanding attack firing punch after punch. Kick by damned kick, and the occasional ki blast to keep her on her toes. But the more he attacked the faster her movements became more illogical, appearing where she shouldn't have within the blink of an eye and derailing his attack with a weak kick or punch. She was toying with him, that much was slowly becoming obvious with the perturbed Sayain. Vegeta's fuel began to drop, his hope dwindling slowly, and his pride not in the shape it once was, leaving him scarred and bruised. Alexial's attacks becoming more and more intense slowly, the end of Vegeta's fight was creeping up on him.
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You're tactics were foul yes...but as always I have a trump card....The Sayain stood dusting himself off. He looked at Goku.
"Kakarot...you have my faith to defend me again..."
Goku and Alexial both watched somewhat taken aback by his calm movements. His hair blew to the side with the wind. Goku nodded setting into an attack stance. Alexial promptly began to laugh as Goku stood fatigued and heavy with battle, gazing hard at their foe.
"Come Kakarot, you don't think you can fight me alone do you?"
He grunted turning on his extraordinary strength allowing it to flow through his body. She scowled setting in.
"Fine...you die first."
Goku yelled out attack, engaging in battle once more with all he had. He wasn't going to question Vegeta's plans or motives. He knew exactly what was coming as he fought hard. It was Vegeta's time, his shot, his chance at true redemption. His chance at being a savior, a chance to end his streak of losses and take one home as a good guy. An opportunity to put to rest the demon's of self doubt and loathing for good, because sometimes it just takes a simple win. Goku laughed to himself as Alexial batted away his attacks.
"It's not like Vegeta's plans don't work...he's one for one."
Goku continued to fight. He knew Alexial was toying with him, barely avoiding every attack and punch. Vegeta gave a nod watching his rival take a staggering right to the jaw.
"If I can't break the jewel with my hands..."
Vegeta sneered floating back in the air tossing his hands to the sky at 45 degree angles. He took in a deep breath turning on his energy. It pulsed around him, giving away strong winds of electricity, cutting into the ground as it popped. He gave out a heavy grunt.
"Let's end this!!"
He slapped his wrist together lining up the blast with his opponent.
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Goku stood in against his enemy despite the heavy barrage of hands being laid to his frame. Flipping away in defensive mode. Blocking everything he could from her new more powerful assault style.
"Trying...to...buy him time again to recover!?!"
Goku side stepped her next attack, finally planting a hard foot to her back. She crushed the planet on impact. He cocked back to fire a barrage of energy waves, but wisely thought better of it. He was going to need every ounce of strength he had to win this one. He needed to stand tall for Vegeta. He was doing it for Vegeta...and everyone. Goku watched as she took off out the planets crust to attack him again. She pounded away at Goku slapping the taste out of his mouth from every feasible direction. The speed of the struggle was intense forcing mountains to fall from just the surrounding shockwaves of her punches. Goku could be heard screaming out in agony in the distance.
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"I hear you Kakarot just hang on!!"
The golden orb in front of him shook with the pitch black back ground surrounding his presence in the void, he almost had enough strength to finish the job, he need just a bit more time....
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Goku was struck to a knee on the ground forcing the earths terrain to kick up around the impact. Alexial began to laugh holding out a loose palm to Goku. His eyes lit up as a high magnitude blast ran towards him...breathing a sigh of relief as he barely escaped. Alexial smiled shooting another quick pair after him. Goku dodged every last one by the skin of his teeth. Praying none of them would hit Vegeta, in a way his prayers were answered...and then again, in the same instance, his fears were realized. Alexial shook with fury when she spotted Vegeta's glossy outline in the distance surrounded by the blackness of his own energy clouds. The memories of being torn to a shred by this attack was still fresh in her mind, and she'd be twice damned if she was going to let it happen again. So she took after him, flying hard to cut him down. Goku's eyes flashed open in pure desperation.
"VEGETA! FIRE IT NOW!!!"
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Vegeta trembled in power and fear. He had the shot, but pulling the trigger with someone with as much power as hers ( not to mention increased speed) was no easy task. The ray had the juice to possibly finish her, but she could easily deflect it as well when her guard was up. Now she was at full attention to the attack. Alexial inched closer and closer to him as sweat trickled off his body. He needed sometime of distraction...
"KameahameaHAAAAAA!!!!!!"
A heavy blue wave nailed Alexial in the back forcing her flight pattern to stray slightly. Vegeta looked up as Goku gave a nod.
"That's pay back for helping Gohan beat Cell..."
Vegeta looked back wasting not another second locking in on her jewel. It's cracks as large as those of a canyon as the light from his body coursed to the ray.
"ULTRA FLASH!!! URAH!!!!!"
The heavy white beam kicked out of his body forcing him to fly back violently from it's recoil. Alexial's eyes went big and round as it flew into her. She tossed up her hands in defense, shattering her guards and arms, penetrating her every pore and fiber; soaking into her. He felt the strength and will as it drove her back into a loosely spread position, her hands and arms off to the side limp whist she yelled out to him
"N..no!!"
The planet began to rumble violently. Goku shielded his eyes for the moment peeping best he could beyond the glaring holy lights.
"Vegeta..."
The wrath of the beam was taking it's toll on Vegeta, forcing him to bleed slightly from his mouth and old wounds, he turned on his energy more putting all he had into the final finishing shot watching her shake her head in annoyance and irritation. She was trapped, there was no over coming this one and with that she spat at the Sayain monarch.
"Vegeta you fool!!!"
Vegeta held his beam, firing it through her body as she stood in the line of fire, drowning in a wave of white energy. Goku floated down slowly next to him watching stunned. She looked at them as her body began to crack like a doll made of porcelain. She twitched trying to regain control. She yelled out once more.
"VEGETA LISTEN TO ME...IF I DIE, YOU AND KAKAROT PARISH AS WELL!!!
Vegeta gave a weak grin, causing the blood to stream slightly heavier from his lips as they curved upward.
"Then so be it...at least we'll know that our efforts were not in VAIN!!!!"
The grounds shook violently, cracking and crumbling with every fracture of Alexial's once perfect skin. Her eyes completely wide and white, as Vegeta's power peaked, overwhelming her in the final blast, crushing her very existence. The cracked stone on her chest burst into pieces, shooting the souls and energy of anyone she'd ever stolen from in her entire life time, filling the air like haunting ghost. She could only smile, laughing as the cracks finally engulfed her body.
"Foolish...s...sayains. With no o....ne to hold the realm together...all goes back to normal...."
Goku looked at Alexial as her feet slowly began to waste away, turning into dust in the light of the energy, blowing away with the winds gusty resolve.
"That's what we came to do isn't it?"
She laughed maniacally.
"Y...You're missing the point....my mother never intended on Alexia to exist in this world without me..."
Vegeta could only look up as more of their opponent faded away.
"What..."
"Those gloves, are resistant to times compression...however s...he wasn't about to allow my stronger sibling to have the ability...to reign on high..."
She began to laugh heavily as her abdomen blew away into the winds. She continued.
"And now as I die, no one can hold the state of this realm together! You will both become swallowed in times heartless flow!"
Vegeta and Goku's eyes fluctuated in disbelief and fear as the last of her faded away like the grains of sand in an hour glass , the blast going with her.
"Vegeta...does she mean that...?"
"No she must be bluffing Kakarot..."
The world was silent as the souls disappeared like the Dragonballs after a finished wish...Alexial's power was no more. The tyrant was dead now, and her world was still and motionless. The cold air was as stale as before. Nothing was changing.
"Kakarot?"
They looked at each other quietly as blinding light came from the world over shooting across the planet, providing a long over due surge of heat.
"What's going on!!?"
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Bulma's body cracked along with the others slowly....shooting light from within. They slowly made their exits from times chilly grip, fading with the angelic light.
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Kabito Kai gleamed along with the others, shooting a radiance from inside, causing a chain reaction within other world, the warmth took over spreading across the cloudy world and the great snake way.
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Hell had never experienced something so heavenly. A pure gleam engulfed Bobidi and the others, pushing into the ground forcing the world around them to crumble.
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The Elder of New Namek stood in his frozen stance. Surrounded by his people and soon they to were surrounded by the glow of victory....they faded away.
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Every imaginable place in universes known and some not filled with light, blazing with something of God's grace before finally exploding.
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Vegeta and Goku set into defensive stances as the light over took them, filling the entire Universe, purifying the worlds of Alexial's evil. The warm lights felt good against his tired frozen skin, nothing had felt warmer in his life besides Bulma's sweet embrace and with that the light faded and again; time was in a pale bluish stupor. As Vegeta and Goku opened their eyes, they quickly realized they were the only two inhabitance of the once filled grave yard of Alexial's defeat. The two Sayains looked around as the cold air returned, chilling them both once more.
"Vegeta...is it over?"
He looked around turning in an unbelieving stance before shooting a stare back at Goku.
"I...I think so Kakarot. But are we trapped here?"
They could hear the wind blowing heavily, feeling its bitter clinch. It was unsettling none the less, but what was more so was the sudden halt of it. Goku and Vegeta looked around for a moment.
"What now Vegeta...?"
"We figure out...."
Vegeta's response was cut short by a loud shattering sound. They both looked up to the sky with a startled expression. The sky was splitting, spreading with enormous cracks. The damage proliferated with intense speed to the horizon, returning only to a violent shutter of the grounds on which they stood, forcing the two to loose footing almost instantly.
"Whh...aat!?" Goku jumped into the air as the planetary structure rocked. Vegeta followed, positing his back to his Sayain counter part. The world was collapsing around them. The sky falling to the ground piece by piece, descending ruin revealing a hole of swirling colors, a deep captivating image of mystical luminosity. Vegeta turned on his energy.
"I won't let time beat me without a fight!"
Goku looked hard at Vegeta as he fired an energy wave into the crumbling grounds smashing it to oblivion. Goku could only look at him in surprise. Never before had he seen Vegeta like this, his determination to make it back to Bulma was intense, as he evaded one falling piece after another. The fight was one of seeming futility, for it wasn't a mere opponent they stood against, it was times reversal, a plane of existence collapsing under the final will of a defeated goddess. But he still fought, praying for something to happen, a rip in the void possibly? Something... anything!! A grand miracle equaling to Alexial's defeat mayhaps? Goku pushed Vegeta aside as more of the sky fell between them. He snapped out of it looking at Goku before pulling off into the distance with him, flying at a high speed away from the rapidly collapsing scenery. Vegeta turned firing a blast of energy slowing the times breaking up only slightly before watching the stream swallow it alive. His eyes narrowed to a point before following behind Goku again. The sweat was pouring off the two soldiers, tired from all their efforts, exhaustion and strain from the level 3 technique. Goku then changed back falling to the ground.
"Kakarot!?!"
Vegeta swooped down grabbing him by his belt, soaring strong. Goku picked his head up turning back on his power to level 1. He flew hard just behind him. Vegeta looked down at the mighty Sayain.
"Kakarot how could you run out of power at a time like this!?!"
He blinked looking ahead of them.
"I...had been fighting at that level for hours, the strain from all that energy wore me down Vegeta, not to mention defending your hide. But after that blast, it's amazing that you're still holding on..."
Vegeta ran a loose hand across his forehead while thinking 'now you know how it feels'.
"Save your praise Kakarot, I think it's because of the fact I haven't been fighting as long. Not to mention my tail grew back..."
Vegeta reverted to his lowest level lagging next to Goku. They looked at each other before both stopping at the view in front of them. Time began flowing heavy just ahead, forcing the two to fly off to the right only to be met by another wall. They looked hard at one another as all four corners closed in on them. They posted back to back turning on their energy.
"NYAHH!!"
"KAMEAHAMEAHA!!!"
Goku fire a Kameahameaha with each hand, and Vegeta had a strong blast of his own in a similar fashion, pressing the walls of destruction away. Vegeta fell to a knee first, breathing heavily under his body's strain. He could feel the veins bulging in his arms while his power dropped. He could feel Goku's breaking away slowly as the flushing stream of time became heavier and heavier. Vegeta turned his head back to his long time rival. Still slightly in awe at the fight he had. While Vegeta knew it was over, the strength of Goku's power fluctuate from fading to one of a grand display of heart...
"Kakarot...?"
Goku turned to him barely still holding on...
"Hang in there Vegeta!! We can beat this thing!!"
"No, listen..."
Goku stopped with his minor pep talk giving him a nod to continue.
"I...I know that I always put allot of strain on you with us being the last 2 Sayains alive. I felt it was your obligation to your people to be something...something that you couldn't possibly understand...I'm sorry Kakarot..."
Goku looked over at him with a shocked look now as Vegeta's beam continued to grow weaker.
"...I should have taught you instead of expecting you to know. I just always hoped you'd have that burning pride that I had, but no you were different. You followed your heart, and that has made you the mighty Sayain you are. I've been wanting to tell you something since we fought Buu almost 5 years ago, and if we should die I just wanted to let you know...you have my respect Kakarot..."
Goku's eyes closed. He had Vegeta's respect, he'd always had a feeling by some of his actions, but never had he heard him say it aloud, and that meant allot to him.
"I'm sorry I wasn't a better subject highness."
The two shot heavy glances at each other as they reverted back to normal. They were out of power and the waves rose high falling upon them drowning away into and endless sea of dark color. The flowing time seemed to rise to endless highest enshrouding everything in black, containing the proud valiant soldiers within....
*announcer guy*
Time finally set it's deep casting shadow upon the universe's mightiest heroes, entombing them forever. Vegeta and Goku, proud Sayain Warriors....
END OF PART XXXVI
That was a doozie to write! Nice and long for you kiddies! Make sure you review!
Trunks, Bra, Bulma, Everyone....Good-bye...
