A/N: A quick clarification. These chapters are where the major tie-ins with 'Twisted Reality' start to take place. Two chapters ago the orb that broke was the Elder Kai's essence orb. First mentioned in chapter seven of 'Twisted Reality' and sent to Earth in chapter Eight. Let's just say the Elder Kai's time frame is off... I'll stop there so as not to give away to much of what's to come, but if you're memory of TR is foggy then go back and re-read it. :)

Chapter Forty-five - The Impossible Warrior

Vegeta's telepathic cry echoed in Gohan's mind. We're not the only ones on the line here Gohan! Once we're gone what's to stop Glacier from going to Earth? Or New Vegeta, or any other planet out there? We die then everyone dies! Gohan shook his head as the words 'Everyone dies.' continued to bounce around in his mind.

His newly restored memories of that other reality, that other world they'd gone too, floated to the top of his mind. Yamcha... Krillin... Tien and Piccolo had been the first ones to fall while fighting Gudrun. His muscles tensed, his body going rigid as the next part of the battle played out in his mind... With two blows Videl had been knocked out of the fight. She hadn't died... it... she'd... he... Gohan's fists were clenched so tightly blood began to flow from his palms. The memories moved through his mind as clearly as though he were living those moments again.

"Videl!" Gohan cried launching off the platform and down the tower toward the ground following after her. He was only about halfway down when she slammed through the castle below the tower and into the ground. A moment later he landed beside her and moved a number of blocks off of her.

"Videl. Oh no." As he slid the last slab off her he saw the extent of the injuries. Her legs were completely shattered, broken in over sixty places each. Her ribs were cracked and broken, a few poking out of her body, and by the sound of her breathing one of her lungs were punctured. "Videl..." he said softly, tears burning his eyes.

"Gohan?" she asked faintly. "Is that you? I can see very well, and my head wont turn..."

Gohan chocked back his tears, he didn't want her to hear him cry, she needed him to be strong right now. "I'm here Videl. It's going to be okay."

"It hurts." she said coughing.

"Everything's going to be okay Videl." he said brushing her hair gently.

"No... I can't... There's no... way I'll... sur... vive this. Please?"

Gohan could see the look in her eyes, the pleading look. "I can't... No..."

The tears welled up in his eyes again. "Please Gohan."

He chocked on his tears as he placed a hand on her forehead. "Good-bye..." he said softly a tear falling on her cheek. There was a faint glow from his hand and Videl's eyes closed. The glow faded and Gohan started to stand up, tears streaming down his face freely now.

Now, as then, tears burned his eyes. He looked toward Glacier and the battle once more. A hard right from the tyrant smashed into Hiroku's jaw with a thunderous crack, one that reverberated within his mind and brought back the memory of Goten slamming into the ground a few feet from where Videl had lain.

There was a shimmer of gold light about Gohan as his aura died away. His long hair Super Sai-jin three hair turned black without shrinking. His eyes narrowed, slowly turning pure white. Then, as a scream erupted from his throat, his eyes turned pure red. His aura flared to life again and began to grow larger and larger. "What!" Glacier cried as he pulled back from the Z Warriors. "Him too!" his eyes widened in shock as the shimmering golden aura formed into an Oozaru. However, unlike Vegeta's calm ending to the 'transformation' Gohan's was violent. The shimmering Oozaru exploded outward in all directions before the energy was sucked back in toward Gohan. The anger and power flowing through the teen shook the planet as the glare faded and they could see him.

His short spiky hair was gone, replaced by long flowing locks of black hair that draped down over his shoulders and hung down to the middle of his back. Only a few tufts here and their stuck up. His body and muscles had increased in mass, red fur covered his arms and outlined his eyes which slowly opened. Unlike the blue irises that Vegeta had Gohan's were red. Gohan's tail swished around behind for a moment before he subconsciously wrapped it about his waist. He wasn't quite as strong as Vegeta but it was barely noticeable.

Gohan floated over and joined the other warriors who surrounded Glacier. Hiroku, Go'kar, Zanin, Mirai, Matrix, Mainframe, Piccolo, and Vegeta. He cast a quick glance at all of them before looking toward Glacier once more. The tyrant was glaring daggers at him and Vegeta as he clenched and unclenched his fists. Suddenly the sky was alit with explosions of light as thunderous shockwaves spread from the furious battle. The tyrant knew that, in a one on one fight, none of his opponents would have a chance. However, as things were, he was having difficulty keeping up with Gohan and Vegeta while still dodging or blocking the others.

Gohan and Vegeta suddenly came down from above with a hard kick to Glacier's face the sent him plummeting toward the ground. He managed to pull himself to a stop a few yards above a small island but Hiroku suddenly appeared before him and slammed his heel down on the top of his head which was followed by punch from Vegeta that drove him down into the island shattering it completely. Hiroku, Gohan, Go'kar and Vegeta, the four strongest of the warriors, lifted into the air and began to pelt the area with a barrage of KI blasts that shook the entire planet. The four finished up with a large joint KI blast that sprayed rocks and green water into the air and around the area for miles.

The four glanced at each other a moment then looked behind them in time to see a glow engulf Zanin. A second later he had de-fused. Vegeta grunted. "We keep losing power... how much longer do you have?" he asked Hiroku.

"Five minutes." The fusion replied. "Something about fusing with a Neo Sai-jin prevents the Fusion from running out faster after transforming." Vegeta nodded. That meant Go'kar had another five minutes as well. Not much time for a battle, especially one on a scale like this. He turned his eyes back down to where he could still feel Glacier under the rubble.

"I don't like this." Gohan said after a few seconds. "His power feels... off."

Hiroku nodded slowly, and then smirked. Suddenly he spun around and smashed his fist into Glacier's face knocking him backward. "Tricky." he smiled. "Leaving behind a decoy energy blast to keep us distracted. I didn't think you were that smart."

Glacier grinned. "I'm not. I'm smarter." Suddenly the rubble exploded upward and the three looked down again to see the decoy energy surging up toward them. In a simultaneous motion all four slipped back and kicked the top edge of the blast knocking it toward a shocked Glacier who barely managed to block in time. When the smoke and dust cleared Glacier looked none to happy.

"You're better than I'd expected, but still no match for me." the tyrant said crossing his arms over his chest. Suddenly a dark purple aura exploded about his body as a roar came from deep within. The massive black horns on the top of his head began to quiver and bend so that they hooked backward as they emerged from his head. The sides of his head, along the edge of his face, began to shift and bulge and then four new horns grew out and hooked up and back. Small spikes broke through of his natural armor along his forearm and two purple spikes grew up and hooked backward from the tops of his shoulders. His entire body trembled as his body, already seven foot tall, grew another two feet.

As suddenly as it started it stopped. He relaxed, his body quite shaking, and the aura subsided. Glacier looked at the worried faces of the four warriors before him and smirked. "Yes, behold my True Power, my fifth and final form, and tremble in fear!" he laughed. There was a spark of gold behind him as Mirai surged in to attack but Glacier merely raised an arm and smashed it into his face knocking him out cold. Reverting to normal he plummeted to the ground below.

Glacier lowered the arm pointing it out toward the four before him. "And now to deal with you..." He looked across the group finally settling his gaze on one of them and narrowing his eyes. Both Go'kar and Hiroku could feel their powers beginning to slip as their fusions started to end. Glacier smirked. "Death Beam!" The purple energy tore forward faster than any of them could see.

There was a surprised 'Ugh' from beside Hiroku and he turned to see Go'kar with a big hole through his chest and falling toward the ground. His eyes narrowed as time moved in slow motion. A glow began to engulf Hiroku then. Slowly a red form and a blue form began to pull apart from each other as the fusion ended...

And then all hell broke loose. A sudden and massive backwash of power tore through the skies knocking Gohan and Vegeta tumbling away. No one could tell whether the thunderous roar was from the rushing power or the person(s?) within. The glaring red and blue lights clashed with each other swirling madly as they grew larger and larger. Suddenly the blue and red aura began to take a shape, legs grew downward, arms grew out, a tail flicked behind it, and a snout roared silently.

"What the hell!?" Glacier cried the aura shimmered and flashed to a pure red. Blue lightning energy began to dance about the illusionary Oozaru form as traces of blue light began to appear within the aura itself.

Vegeta's eyes snapped open as he felt the power washing out from Hiroku. Watching what was happening he suddenly realized what it was he was seeing. Goku and Hiroshi had been only half fused when the sight of Go'kar dieing had triggered BOTH of them to transform. Goku had broken through to the true form and Hiroshi had unlocked his first transformation. Now, somehow, thanks to that nearly impossible event, the two had somehow remerged!

There was a loud crackling followed by a blinding flash of red that made everyone look away. When they looked back the illusionary Oozaru had vanished. Wild red hair covered Hiroku's head, hanging half-way down his back and draped over his shoulders. His body mass had increased and his arms were covered in red fur but none outlined his eyes which seemed to shift from green to red to blue to gold to green again. The blue lightning danced about his body madly, his red aura making him look like a living flame. It seemed, somehow, that his body kept blurring. As though he was fading in and out of existence. His power was beyond those of the other Z Warriors and was quite close to that of Glacier.

"But... but that's impossible..." Shin breathed watching him. "His fusion... it's being sustained purely by his will alone..."

Hiroku's shimmering eyes glared across the way at Glacier, his fists clenching at his side, his lips curling into a snarl. "Prepare to die Glacier!" he cried suddenly. The double voice of before was gone, replaced by a single voice, a new voice, a perfect mixing of Goku and Hiroshi's voice. There was a brilliant flash of red and Hiroku charged in to battle.