A/N: A true epilogue, might as well, it is the very last thing I will write for this alternate universe, I think you'll like this.

A/N: Thanks SSJ_ChibiGoten, for proof reading my story again, but alas, now it has come to a close. I guess that forces you out of the job, hehe.

Epilogue

Many pairs of eyes watched as Arthain flew away, the most important pairs residing within the council chamber on the flag ship Arganon. Vegeta had seated himself at his usual place at the head of the table with Gohan sitting to Vegeta's right with his mate. To Gohan's right sat Bardock. Trunks sat to Vegeta's left and beside him was Goten and Vil'Tani. Brolly and Landyn leaned against the wall behind Vegeta while the elder gods, the five that had survived, were seated around the other side of the table. They watched Arthain fly away on the viewing screen with differing thoughts in each of their heads.

"Aren't we going to chase him down and finish him?!" Landyn snarled out in anger.

Vegeta leaned back to look him in the eyes, "I was told not to. I would have disobeyed but… the Dai Kaioshin isn't someone you want to cross." Vegeta replied.

Landyn looked up and glared at the elder supreme god, "Explain! Why the hell can't we kill him? He killed my mate and took my arm!" Landyn snapped.

The Dai Kaioshin smiled benevolently, "Because there has been enough death already. If you are looking to inflict pain on him don't bother. He is already in more agony then you could ever give him."

"I doubt that! You saw him laughing! We all did!"

Dai Kaioshin smiled faintly, "I forgot you were too clouded with anger and rage to see clearly. Didn't you see his face? His expression? But most importantly, did you see his eyes? He's dead on the inside. You couldn't hurt him if you tried." he said.

Landyn grumbled and opened his mouth to protest but Vegeta held up at hand silencing him, "Let it go Landyn. He's gone now, and he didn't try to kill anyone as he left. Remember he was completely insane when he committed all those acts of violence, and what he did to you… It was war, or at least classified in the same category. Neither side can be held accountable for the losses incurred. Both sides lost so leave it." Vegeta said firmly.

"What do you mean we lost?" Landyn asked, his anger suddenly gone.

Vegeta sighed and looked back, "This battle was not about winning, it was about surviving. We survived, for the most part. No one wins in a conflict. Neither side is willing to give up until they've lost more then they are able to handle. We lost, he lost, but we survived and that is what matters." Vegeta answered, "Now no more about killing him. Does anyone know what the hell he was wearing? I've never seen clothing like that."

The others saiyans nodded in agreement. The Dai Kaioshin just smiled and shook his head, "No, you haven't, because I've never seen their like before either…." The elder supreme god trailed off as he fell into contemplation.

Gohan sighed and rubbed a hand across Videl's back, "Alright, enough of this. I think it would be proper to hold a general council of every ruler/leader. This is the first time we have had everyone together in known history. This could be a good opportunity to form some additional contacts and alliances." Gohan suggested.

Vegeta smiled, "That has some interesting possibilities." Vegeta said and turned to look at the elder gods. "I don't suppose you would mind setting up some sort of council room? Preferably bigger then this one." Vegeta turned to Videl, "I'm sorry Videl but do you think you could survive without your mate for a day? I know you've just lost your daughter but you'll have plenty of time to mourn later." Vegeta said as he attempted to comfort Videl.

Videl smiled sadly at Vegeta, "I suppose I can. I've done my crying, for now…" She replied.

Vegeta nodded and turned to the gods, "So… What will it be? If not I'll do it the hard way."

"I don't see any reason as to why not." Thus began the Inter-Quadrant Coalition and its first meeting. When the elder gods left the ship to construct the council hall they had found it already constructed and a smug Alihvan floating before it. The structure was huge. A massive spherical structure made up the central part of the building and would be where the council sessions would be held. Jutting out from the central structure were multiple platforms and buildings. These served as docking points and consisted of multiple restaurants, stores and rooms to rest. Those parts of the building weren't operational as there were no workers but it would be by the next meeting. Alihvan just shrugged when they gave her a questioning look and beckoned them to enter. The other leaders didn't need to be contacted because Alihvan had also taken care of that as well. It didn't take long for the leaders to seat themselves in the main council room. Vegeta presided over the council as he attempted to establish influence in every quadrant. Gohan sat beside him offering his advice and speaking up from time to time. By the end of the session they had gotten what they had wanted and had given nothing in return.

Several laws and rules passed during the session. There would be one council session pure year unless there was something substantial happening that required immediate attention. One person would be elected to preside over the meeting and naturally Vegeta was chosen to preside over the first and was elected for the second as well. Trade agreements and alliances were created but much to the dismay of the other quadrants every race in the north quadrant was position firmly behind Vegeta and to get to them they forced the others to go through him. One thing was passed that everyone agreed upon. Should another incident like what had just come to pass come again, a danger that threatened the existence of everything, they would all join forces to defeat it no matter the diplomatic relations.

Another law that was passed, and this one by the supreme elder god himself, was an order to leave Arthain alone. The Dai Kaioshin gave his reasons, some worthwhile and some not, but in the end he finished with saying that anyone who actively sought out Arthain with an intent to harm him for no reason other then what had occurred during the battle would be answering to him personally.

When Vegeta and Gohan returned to the ship later that day they both had equally smug looks upon their faces. After that the races went back to their respective planets to recover from the battle. The Elder God's returned to their place above the universe and began to actively monitor the universe. That this incident was able to reach the proportions that it had showed them that they needed to start doing their jobs.

Everyone moved on with their lives. Gohan and Videl never got over the death of their daughter and loved Eyan to death. The little guy hardly had a time to himself, but being a good natured boy he didn't mind. He rather enjoyed all of the attention. Chichi didn't need to receive word Kakkarot's death, she had felt it in her heart and through her bond. She would have emotionally collapsed had Goten and Vil'Tani not been there to support her. The thought of grand kids already on their way helped bring her back into the light of the world.

Another year passed and another council session finished. Trunks, Goten and Vil'Tani graduated from the academy but Trunks was still as melancholy as he was at the end of the fight with the super beings. Trunks sighed as he stared up at the ceiling from his position on his back in his bed. He still thought of Alihvan often. They hadn't been together for more then a month but she had left her mark upon him. He had found and lost the perfect women, he wouldn't be able to love another. Riho and Cain had gotten together during the last year. Arsenic was still deciding who he wanted to be with. The girls had swarmed him since he was now both an elite and a normal saiyan.

Another sigh escaped from Trunks lips as he rolled over and tried to go to sleep. Sleep had been hard to come by with Alihvan haunting his every dream. When the door to his room opened he began grouchy. He wasn't in any mood to deal with his father or mother at the moment.

"Go away! I just want to sleep!" Trunks snapped without bothering to turn around to see who it was who had entered.

A loud exaggerated sniff was heard behind him when suddenly a voice spoke that made his eyes snap open, "What! You want me to leave! Fine… I suppose I can do that…" Alihvan said sorrowfully and silently approached the bed as she made her footsteps sound as if she was leaving.

Trunks bolted and turned around, "WAIT!" He shouted only to find her at the edge of his bed.

She smiled down at him, "Wait? Go? Which one do you want me to do Trunks? Better make up your mind!" She said teasingly.

Trunks blushed, "I want you to stay…" Trunks blinked for a moment, "What… I… You were a huge blue glowing being before. Why do you look like you did before you accepted the crystal? Is it gone now?" Trunks asked.

Alihvan smiled and shook her head, "Yes I was a big glowing being but that doesn't mean anything. I can be anyone or anything, any size or any gender. It's rather hard to walk through this room if I was thirty feet tall so I decided to take my mortal form." She said with a whimsical smile, "As for the crystal…" She lifted her shirt over her head and pointed at the spot between her breasts which had a rather distinct glow radiating from it, "It's still here, right where it was placed… My Trunks you're blushing. Never seen a topless girl before?" She asked innocently causing Trunks to blush even more.

Alihvan laughed and caressed Trunks' face. "It's rather lonely being an Implementor… so… I was kind of wandering… Well if it's alright with you I wouldn't mind having a companion to be by my side as I take care of the universe." She said tentatively. Trunks stared up at her in surprise at the request, Alihvan shrugged, "If you don't I'll under…" She wasn't able to finish because she suddenly found herself pulled down into a passionate kiss.

Alihvan was startled at first but she soon relaxed and gave into her desires. There was another reason to her offer. She did love Trunks, but she was new and she needed help. It would be several million years before she would have been able to efficiently handle the universe by herself. When that time comes it'll be just that much easier to manage it with Trunks by her side and as the ruler of the most powerful race in the quadrant, her chosen race.

What occurred in that room that night went beyond the ability of mortal words to describe as both Alihvan and Trunks got what they both desired more then anything else: Someone to love, and someone to return the love with equal fever. That wasn't the only miracle that happened that night.

Gohan and Videl were sitting in their living room playing with Eyan when their front door slowly opened up. The two looked up and was about to scold the interloper when their words died in their throat. An 8 year old Pan stood in front of them waving shyly. She retained her memories and her powers but she had been given the body she should have had. There were slight modifications to it so it was able to handle the excessively large amounts of life force in it.

"High mom, dad… I'm back… Alihvan said that since she was now in charge things should go her way and I guess that way involved me being alive." Pan said quietly.

Gohan and Videl, with Eyan in her arms, rushed forward to embrace their daughter. Tears of joy were spilled that night as many families were rejoined. Kakkarot returned to Chichi much to her delight and Alysa came back for Landyn.

Alihvan had said she was going to heal the universe, and the meant healing 'all' the damage caused by the battle, including bringing back to life those who had perished. Much to Brolly's delight Karie returned as well. Alihvan hadn't been able to bring her back but she had been able to reconstruct her with the memories she had had before her untimely death. With help from the Implementor of her reality they were able to create Karie's spirit anew and place it within a new body for her.

Although joy was experienced across the universe one person wasn't celebrating. He merely stared up at the night sky and wondered if he would ever find happiness.

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A year later (2 after the great battle)…

Arthain sighed as he stared at the fire in the pit he had constructed. He had felt hollow and empty after the fight and it hadn't changed with the years. If anything it grew deeper and more intense. The fire crackled as a log crumbled sending sparks and ash scattering across the night sky. It eased him to look into a real fire. It filled him with warmth he would never feel again.

He had been hiding for the past couple years. He had no desire to contact any civilization, and they were content to ignore him if he left them alone. The little races were moving alone quite fine. Alihvan it seemed had been a good choice for an Implementor. It hadn't come as much of a surprise to him when he felt Trunks join her although he had a hunch it surprised many others.

Arthain smiled ruefully as he imaged Vegeta brimming with pride and boasting that it was 'his' son that had mated with the Implementor and, in doing so, become one himself. Arthain also had the feeling that Alihvan, and the gods, had forgiven him for his actions. He came to that conclusion based on the fact that he would be dead now, or fighting for his life, if they hadn't.

Arthain stood and cleared a small patch of ground to sleep upon. He looked at his arm and shook his head ruefully again. Things may have gone differently if he hadn't been so afraid to show his hidden secrets. Fitting in was always the hardest thing for him to do; now it didn't matter though.

"Computer, bed please, on the patch of cleared ground one foot, 3 inches in front of me." Arthain spoke softly to his left arm.

A small hole in his arm appeared as a small spherical shaped organic computer rose from his arm. The top and bottom halves separated a little revealing highly sophisticated internal parts. A beam of light appeared from the computer and pierced the ground. A few seconds later the computer had finished and returned into his arm. Arthain smiled sadly and approached the bed that had been created. It wasn't much more then two really thick blankets piled together but it was better then a cold hard ground. One of the special components of his computer was the ability change the atomic structure of all but the smallest atoms.

The most complex and high technological devices of this universe paled in comparison to what was common in his reality, even during the time of the ancient saiyans. His home had been the center of technological advancements, a place that no longer existed because they sought to explore that which should have been left unexplored.

Arthain sighed again; there wasn't any point on dwelling on the past. The present and future were bleak enough without adding the past to it as well. Arthain stripped down to just his shorts and boxers and slid inside the blankets and tried to get some rest. He sighed yet again; he had forgotten a pillow like he had every previous night. Also like the other nights he just fished around for a large rock and used that to rest his head upon. His head was, after all, harder then a rock now that he was a saiyan.

He was starting to drift asleep when a shadow passed between him and the fire. Faster then few could see he whipped around and prepared for an attack but was stopped dead in his tracks. She stood before him wearing a loose fitting white sleeveless shirt and baggy brown pants. A blue bandana was wound around her head and she wore a pair of studded earrings. Gracing her right hand was a fingerless leather glove with a matching leather bracer on the same arm. The woman possessed green eyes and spikey yellow hair.

"You're rather hard to find love…" Aerie said softly as she sat down in front of him. "It took nearly a year to track you down, but I don't mind, because now I've found you."

Arthain was still speechless. He had never, even in his wildest dreams, thought that he would ever see her again.

Aerie frowned and looked at the discarded clothing. She picked up the pants and fingered the material. "You've been wearing some odd clothing Arthain. I've never seen anything like these, although I like where they are." Aerie said as she smiled at Arthain, "You always did look better in the nude then fully clothed."

Arthain stared at her and tears began to trickle down his face, "Aerie… I… I'm sorry." He said.

Aerie looked at him curiously, "Why?" Aerie asked when her face lit up, "Oh! I see now, it's because you couldn't 'save' me right? Don't worry about that. You did your best. It's my fault that I took the crystal. I won't try that again." She said with a little laugh before she looked at him again, "That's not it? Hmm… was it because you felt naughty thoughts about another woman while I was gone?" She asked suspiciously.

Arthain shook his head, "No… for lying to you… to everyone." Arthain said sadly. He couldn't live this lie any longer.

Aerie looked at him in curiosity, "Lying? What are you talking about?" She asked curiously, "Don't tell me you were lying about loving me when we mated." She said in a dangerous tone.

Arthain laughed bitterly, "No… that was the truth. I loved you beyond the ability for words to express, and still do. I wouldn't be feeling this alone and empty if I didn't." Arthain said sadly.

Aerie smiled brightly, "Then I don't see how it matters all that much to me." She said with happiness evident in her voice.

"You may not think that after what I tell you…" He said sadly.

That got her attention and she began to look at him with worry, "You didn't… betray me did you?" She asked quietly.

He shook his head, "I couldn't if I tried. I'd kill myself before I willing slept with another woman. Please… just… hear me out and don't do anything rash until you hear everything." Arthain said quietly.

Aerie nodded and sat in a more comfortable position as she waited for the story. Arthain cleared his throat, "I can… show you what I mean but… I'll only be able to hold it for a few seconds but… it'll be enough to show you." Arthain said and stood up, conscious of Aerie's gaze following him.

Arthain grimaced in determination as he forced his body to return to its original shape, if only for a moment. Aerie's eyes widened in surprise, surprise that turned to shock as Arthain's body shifted and morphed.

The hair receded to stand only an inch off the top of his head. His eyes changed colors and possessed and iris unlike any other species in the universe. Brown/green eyes with black pupils stared out from a race that was entirely human, yet inhuman. Veins were popping out all over his face and body. His entire right arm consisted of organic metal while his right was something so alien that it couldn't possibly be natural. Like Arthain said he was only able to keep it for a second before his body reverted back to what it had been, a saiyan.

Arthain slowly sat down and sighed in melancholy, "As you can see, I'm not a saiyan. I never was. You, and everyone else, thought that I was a saiyan that had been drugged and captured by aliens… I wasn't. I am… or was… a human. I'm a product of a genetic experiment gone wrong due to my species imminent evolution. Due to the genetic manipulation that my body had undergone I lost my humanity and became… something else. I became nothing. My body changes and adapts depending on the environment I am in. Because of that I was the perfect person to send on explorations to uncharted areas of space. I always performed better then anyone thought possible so when… well let's make this shorter. The people I was working for found a way to make holes between realities, like the saiyan race was able to do. I was sent through it, along with several others, the people you found. We crashed on your planet when the rift we came through destabilized destroying my reality and crippling my ship. I said earlier that my body adapts to the environment… and boy I was surprised when I found myself evolving right there in the middle of the ship. I turned into a saiyan and can no longer become anything else because I've changed into the ultimate species. I faked amnesia when you found me… It was rather… easy to fake it because I honestly knew nothing of this reality at the time. That, in part, led you to take the crystal. I was always one step ahead of you, but it wasn't your fault that you couldn't get stronger. My body simply adapted to protect itself, to stay the strongest. That part of me no longer exists. If I wish to get stronger now I have to earn it. When you transformed my body realized how futile it was to try to stay one step ahead of everything and just stopped trying… Anyways I am sorry… for not telling the truth sooner. It's just that I thought that perhaps I could start over… and live the life I had always wanted. A happy one with someone to love and children to care for…" Arthain trailed off quietly.

Aerie was staring at Arthain in surprise. She wouldn't have believed a word of what he had just said if he hadn't changed before her very eyes. Aerie shook her head slowly as she pressed a hand to her temple, "So… let me get this straight… You're not a saiyan? You're some weird genetic experiment gone wrong that had a case of bad luck and landed on the saiyan planet?" She asked incredulously.

Arthain nodded slowly, "Like I said I'm sorry."

Aerie "I know I heard you…" Aerie said. Suddenly Arthain found himself bowled over as Aerie pounced on him.

"Well you're MY failed genetic experiment!" Aerie said and laughed naughtily.

Arthain's eyes widened in surprise, "You mean you don't… care?" Arthain asked.

Aerie snorted, "Of course not. You said it yourself all those years ago. It's not what's on the outside that counts, it's what's on the inside, and on the inside you're just a sweet, sensitive, caring person who has had to live through hell with no relief. Well no longer, relief is here!" Aerie said happily and kissed him soundly.

Arthain smiled as he felt a warm feeling develop in the pit of his stomach and inside his heart. Aerie tapped her chin thoughtfully as she contemplated something. She looked down at Arthain and smiled again, "I think our bond was broken when I died. I don't suppose it would be too much trouble to form it again?" Aerie asked as she arched an eyebrow, "Like I mean I'm dieing to know if you're still as good as you were all those years ago." She said with a wicked smile on her face.

Arthain laughed and kissed her, "Why don't we find out?" Arthain said as a wicked smile creased his face as well.

Aerie's laugh tinkled through the night sky as Arthain rolled her over and positioned himself on top of her. The two smiled at one another lovingly a moment before they kissed each other passionately. That night one man attained the dream he had wished all his life and never let it go, not even in death.

The universe never encountered another threat like the one it had just experienced. Trunks and Alihvan saw to it that all the species of the universe were kept safe. That wasn't to say wars never broke out, but nothing ever occurred that threatened to endanger everything, or even the existence of any species. Alihvan kept an eye on everything from her place in the sky while Trunks watched from his throne.

Many adventures would happen in the future, both grand and small. After all, Trunks and Alihvan needed things to watch and enjoy. But those are stories for another time… and perhaps another writer.

… The End

There, how was that? Suitable enough? I liked it… especially since Arthain IS me… Got any questions, see any plot holes that you would like explained, or just need an explanation for something a little vague just let me know in a review (and give your e-mail) and I'll answer them.

Alright, for my next story, it's going to be completely original but I'm not going to post it unitl after next Christmas because ti is a Christmas present for my parents.  They should be the first to read it, but that's just my opinion but wait… that's all that matters, hehe.  Anyways I may do a little side thing, like very few updates, probably only happen when I grow bored of everything else at the same time.  This one is a Gohan story, here are a overview of the two, very vague overview.

1) Gohan (after Buu saga) is sent to the past when he attempts to go super when in mystic form. The resulting unleashing of power rips a rift in space and time (much like what Buu did when Vegetto was whooping his ass.) and is pushed, by some mysterious force (me, but I won't have any direct part in the story, I can only affect events indirectly), into the past for a specific purpose, to fix to Multi-verse. (Major A/U because Gohan and Videl never became lovers, they were friends. It'll be a Gohan/OC story.)

2) Write a completely original story. I'd have to make a new account on Fiction Press (I think anyways) to post it. It'll be on a world of my choosing with heroes/villains that I create. One thing about this… It's not about good triumphing over evil, its evil triumphing over good. You'll read a story from the OPPOSITE perspective. You'll read from the side of evil. The main character will be named Arthain, and it's not me, I just like the name so I'll be using it as the main character.

For both I would have to go through a major planning and development phase before I begin because in the Gohan one I would have to have a really major deep plot to prevent it from being majorly cheesy. That's the reason I want to write that one, because I've only read 1 non-cheesy Gohan is sent into the past story and that's Contradicting Mission and I want to contribute another. I've already started the Gohan outline (waiting for my proof reader to finish proof reading chapter 22) and my god… It'll be more original then THIS story! Lol! Only 2 main characters will be from the series/movies and the rest are original. I was only going to do it for a single little purpose but I figure you people need a good story that involves more then Gohan going back to the past and scaring the saiyans shitless with his power.

As for the original well it's obvious. It was easy to get attached to the characters in my story because you were already attached to many of them, ie. Gohan, Videl, Pan, Chichi, Goten and Trunks, all of them. So all I had to do was develop a few side characters and poof. Anyways I was wondering which one you wouldn't mind seeing. I personally want to do both equally although the Gohan sent to the past one would probably more then likely be FAR shorter then the original story. Although I would NOT be starting the story until mid December because it's November and I got finals in a month. I don't want a story in progress distracting me from my studies. A final is NOT something that should be screwed around with and left to the end. But what I will do is plan out each story before finals, I can do that at least. BECAUSE I am planning them out you had better expect to find many subtle hints, and neat little things. I'm not going to give any hints this time in A/N notes so you'll have to figure it out on your own. I'm also going to try to give these stories more depth then the one I just finished.

Thank you everyone that took the time to review. I know I didn't ask for any but they were appreciated none-the-less. It made me feel as if my story was actually worth writing and at times helped me keep going. Thanks to those that had the patience to stick it out from the beginning. I know there were times when months would pass when no chapter was created but you stuck with it. I have a hard time starting but once the story starts rolling I can usually just pump the chapters out.

I would like to give thanks to a place called Abysmal Realms. No one who reads this probably knows about it but that's where I got just about all of my original names from. Abysmal Realms is basically an online, completely text base, game that is quite similar to Advance Dungeons and Dragons.

The names I took from AR were:
The Rune Lords (all of them, Gahlanthas is actually the name of my cousins character)
Varitech (He was the most feared killer in the entirety of the game, he's a legend there, mostly because he stopped playing)
Warpath (my old character)
Arthain (the name I currently use for everything)
Arsenic (An annoying shit but it was a cool name)
Landyn (A real and true friend, a really well known and powerful person)
Alihvan (It's a variance of one of the names found there)
Aerie (Anyone who's played Baldur's Gate 2 knows of this character. She's the avariel you can get to join you, and who you can fuck and impregnate.)
Karie (My daughter on AR, kinda, I had a character (Iluvatar) who got married, had sex, and Karie became our daughter, don't ask, it's weird)
Alysa (A goddess on AR)
Thraknor (Last name of Arthain)

Alright, Riho and Cain came from Nightwalker (they were both vampires in it) while Vil'Tani, Aoria, Horial and Eyan were completely my own thought up names. Horial's real name is Alicia (in the story) well I took her description from a real girl… Alicia… well basically the name of the girl I loved in real life. Trying to get over her because she's just bad news (she also hurt me very badly).

Anyways this is me signing out! Geoff: AKA Arthain Thraknor.