I'm sorry it's been so long since I have updated, but now I'm back. And if any of you think that my writing has gotten rusty after two months of inactivity are in for a hell of a shock!
Thanks to my reviewers:
animeprincess1452 - As usual, I am only thanking you, but I'm glad you do review, it keeps me going a lot of the times. I hope you feel better and here's the next chapter.
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Chapter 6: The Final Fight Begins
Piece of cake.
That's what the assembled Z Senshi were thinking as they streaked through the atmosphere toward Shikyo. After all, Yonk recent SKJ2 transformation had been the icing on said cake, and they were going to have no trouble baking that monster to a crisp with their combined powers. It was true that every living thing that had ever been near Shikyo was either nothing more than disassociated atoms, or, in the case of Yonk and Gohan, lucky to have narrowly escaped a similar fate. But none of that mattered, just those two could probably take him on and win, and throwing in three fused super Saiya-jin 3 's would make short work of the demon spawn from the future.
They were all in high spirits as they drew near to Shikyo, despite Yonk's persistent warnings to be careful, not to get overconfident, to do as he says, and to try to stay out of his way.
That and if anyone used an energy blast of any kind and inadvertently made the monster stronger, Yonk would kill them himself.
Except maybe young Trunks and Goten, he couldn't hurt them if he tried.
The last concern that had been posted before they met the monster, six of the eight having never even seen him before, was put up by Mirai Goten.
"Don't you think that we might destroy the Earth with all this power we have?"
Goku and Trunks and Goten and Gohan agreed with that, along with Mirai Trunks.
Vegeta and Yonk balked at that, saying they could just use the Dragonballs to wish back all the people, and in Vegeta's case: "Screw the stupid humans!"
But reason won out over pride, and everyone finally agreed that the fight would be better fought on the planet of the Kais, where Buu had met his end. All the rest of the fighters would use Instant Transmission to get there, while Yonk said he would lead Shikyo through space to make sure he didn't destroy Earth instead of following his quarry. Yonk said he knew the way, and could breathe in space all the same as long as he was a Super Kalltorraiya-jin.
As the other fighters disappeared, and he felt their Kis jump to the far-off planet, Yonk wondered what his SKJ2 alter-ego would do in that situation. He thought that in the increasingly arrogant person he became when he hit that last transformation would probably having him fighting Shikyo by himself, Earth be dammed. He knew now though, that despite the power he had at that level, he needed the other warriors' help.
Then it is a very good thing, he thought as the monster drew towards him and him towards it, that I did not go to level two before this moment.
Shikyo finally reached him in the upper atmosphere, over twenty miles above the ground, where the air was thin, the curvature of the planet could be seen, and stars were faintly visible in the darkness of space above.
"Hey!" Yonk called out, crashing a fist into Shikyo's face, which the monster barely felt at all, "you game for a rematch?"
All the demon said was his trademark utterance of 'Shikyo' as Yonk dodged his fist by inches and took off into space, before he grinned his evil grin and took off after him.
Yonk powered up as high as he could without transforming, moving as fast as he could with Shikyo right on his heels trying to keep in front of the monster. Energy blasts from Shikyo's hands, stained with the blood from thousands of destroyed worlds, flew at the Kalltorraiya-jin and he dodged them easily, watching them destroy asteroids and small moons as they passed them at millions of miles a second. The light from the deadly balls of Ki had barely enough time to reach Yonk's eyes before they missed him and the ensuing explosions rocked his frame. A slight grin curled his face as he thought one thing.
This would make a Hell of a good holographic amusement park ride...
It was probably the only thought keeping him sane.
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The two Trunkses and Gotens, and Goku and Vegeta and Gohan, all had considered powering up to their maximum before Shikyo arrived, as not to be caught off guard, but the last thing they wanted to do was waste energy. That and piss off the Kalltorraiya-jin, who had told them specifically to sit tight and wait for them to show up, which he promised would only be a few minutes. They sat bored on some rocks kicking at some pebbles on the ground doing just that - waiting.
Trunks and Goten were playing catch with a rock, trying not to use too much energy as the nearly ten foot wide stone flew back and forth between them. Based on what Yonk had told them about Shikyo, they could expect a good fight, but it seemed as if just him, Gogeta and Mirai Gotenks would be enough to beat him handily. They decided that it would be best if the two boys and Gohan sat back for a while in order to stay out of the way, only to join the fight if it was absolutely necessary for them to.
Not that it would be needed though.
Piece of cake...
The sound of an explosion shocked them out of their thoughts as they felt the planet shake and an explosion rise in the distance. They all turned to see as Yonk and Shikyo streaked into view and the rock that Trunks and Goten were throwing broke over Goten's head as he was too startled to catch it. His head was thick though, and he didn't get hurt at all, even though Trunks ran over to apologize immediately and see if his friend was okay.
Shikyo hung far in the sky and Yonk landed near the other fighters, listening carefully to the plan they had formed and agreeing to it.
Little Trunks and Goten took a few steps back, and Gohan pulled them even further as Yonk dropped into a stance. Goku and Vegeta took their positions on his right and Mirai Trunks and Goten on his left. They prepared their minds and bodies for what was to come, the final performance after four years of rehearsals in the Room of Spirit and Time.
"Hit it!" Yonk yelled and the curtain went up.
With a scream he began to ascend and the other fighters danced on his sides in perfect harmony. Yonk's hair spiked higher and the combined yellow and green light was blinding even to Shikyo as Yonk's eyes went red and lightning crackled around all of them. With a flash he was at SKJ2 and Gogeta and Mirai Gotenks appeared out of the light on his sides, ascending to level three, their golden hair nearly touching the ground as the Kalltorraiya-jin blasted up towards Shikyo.
The two ultimate fighters of the universe fought for a brief time before the pair of SSJ3 's flew up to join the fray, punching and kicking at the demon monster to his sides as Yonk did the same at his front. Shikyo seemed surprised at this sudden turn in the amount of power he was facing and managed to keep the six fists and six feet from hitting anything but his own as the three green and gold fighters swarmed around his massive two-times-Brolly-sized body like annoying flies that packed a heck of a bite. Blocking the blows from his sides and then to his front where the green-haired one was, he powered up a Ki blast in front of him before throwing two huge beams of energy to his sides, sending Gogeta and Mirai Gotenks flying as another beam from his mouth did the same to the Kalltorraiya-jin.
Without warning, a foot crashed into his head, sending him flying toward Yonk, as Gohan joined the fight at the perfect moment. Yonk took advantage and struck Shikyo as hard as he could sending him toward Gogeta in a strange parody of the old Pong game. Gogeta in turn locked his fists together and crashed them into Shikyo's back, sending the hapless monster towards Mirai Gotenks who put his knee up into the demon's stomach.
Piece of cake.
But the monster refused to quit and knocked him aside, taking on Gogeta for a moment and doing the same, barely managing to anticipate Gohan's attack and failing completely to do anything about Yonk as the Kalltorraiya-jin hit him from behind. He phased out of the way of the next blow from both Gogeta and Gohan, and attacked Yonk, kicking him aside before blocking Mirai Gotenks fist and blasting him into a far-off mountain.
Gohan barely managed to avoid a similar fate as Yonk kicked again, and was again blocked as Mirai Gotenks flew back up and he and Gogeta fought on with Gohan as Yonk struggled to get back into the fight.
What's wrong! he thought, trying to figure out why it wasn't working. I have the power just as I thought, but I can't get out all of it...what's the secret? What's the key? What am I missing !
He wasn't given another chance as he saw first Gogeta and then Mirai Gotenks get hit aside by one of Shikyo's powerful fists before a foot from the demon hit his stomach completely by surprise, sending him uncontrollably into a mountain near Trunks and Goten.
Piece of cake?
The dust cleared and he could barely stand up, feeling his Ki began to decline a little as the two SSJ3 's and Gohan continued to fight up high. Shikyo phased out of sight again, causing Gogeta and Mirai Gotenks to crash into each other and he hit Gohan in the face as hard as he could, sending the Mystic warrior into a mountain with a crash and a roar, putting the young man out of commission and knocking him unconscious.
"'Niichan!" came a yell from Goten.
"Gohan-'Niichan!" came a similar yell from Trunks.
They both looked toward Yonk, the look in their eyes saying to the Kalltorraiya-jin something as if to ask why he wasn't helping. Yonk simultaneously felt his old fire from within work up to the surface, his Ki blazing around him and his blood-red eyes glowing more, small bolts of lightning cutting the air around him.
He crouched down, tensing his legs and Ki like a super-powered spring and putting some deadly energy into his right fist, bracing it. Seeing the right moment, he blasted as fast as he could toward Shikyo as Mirai Gotenks and Gogeta saw what was coming and held the monster's arms to his sides, facing right towards the Kalltorraiya-jin missile. One could almost see the terror on Shikyo's face as Yonk's fist crashed into it and the two SSJ3 's let go, watching as the monster flew into the distance.
Their celebrations were short lived as he reappeared behind Yonk and hit him in his back, bringing a sound like a tree cracking in half. He hit Gogeta and Mirai Gotenks aside in similar fashions and Yonk looked as not two but four figures emerged from the rubble.
The fusions wore off!
And for the first time in his existence, the super Kalltorraiya-jin 2 Yonk was afraid that it might not work, that the power deep inside him that he still couldn't reach would never be released. He was terrified that he might die before it could be...
Shikyo was back in less than a nanosecond, and they fought briefly before Yonk was hit painfully before a Kamehameha from the sadistic monster sent him into the ground, his Ki fading and his transformation leaving him.
He looked back up as Shikyo charged an energy ball that would surely kill him and prepared to send it down to him and end his life. A golden energy radiated from behind the demon and a pair of small hands reached around his waist as the he was pulled backwards, the energy ball flying up and harmless out into space.
They keep saving me...thought Yonk as he recognized Chibi Gotenks.
Gotenks fought Shikyo for a good while, the combined anger from the boys inside and his own power keeping the original fused warrior from losing too quickly. But he, too, began to lose, and he was hit aside right before an elbow from the monster found its way to his little head and his cry of pain reached Yonk's ears.
Yonk didn't hear a cry though, he heard two.
His ears could just faintly register the sound of both Trunks and Goten's screams as they came to him and that familiar rage burned up from within.
He had fought so hard to keep them alive, and in less than a second they would be dead if he did nothing, as one more blow from Shikyo would break Gotenks apart easily. His mind exploded and all that he once had came flooding back, and his rage returned in full force as he stumbled upon the key he had been searching for.
It was a key called "'Tousan"...
He stood back up, flashing back to SKJ2 and Shikyo looked back as Gotenks hit the ground, nearly unconscious.
"Those are my boys you are messing with!" Yonk yelled, that sound of a million Kalltorraiya-jin speaking, characteristic of the SKJ2 transformation, shaking the ground beneath him.
"My boys!" he screamed.
"MY BOYS!"
With a final roar the power from within spilt out, radiating to fill all darkness with a green fire that would not, could not, ever be matched.
The planet shook.
The universe trembled.
Lightning cracked across the sky, and Shikyo raised an arm to protect his dead eyes from the blinding light coming from the Kalltorraiya-jin.
Pieces of dirt and rock a hundred and a thousand miles across lifted off the disintegrating planet of the Kais and exploded, filling the air with dust and sparks of electricity.
Full half of the entire world split apart from the sheer force of the Kalltorraiya-jin - the last Kalltorraiya-jin. He would make his people proud.
Phasing out of sight, he appeared next to Shikyo, Ki and electricity blazing, and punched him right in the face, sending the monster reeling. Disappearing again, much to fast for Shikyo to follow, he sent his left elbow onto his head, propelling him downward before meeting him in midair and kicking him in the middle. A kick knocked the monster off balance and Yonk crashed his knee into the monster's middle, reaching back to elbow him in the back of the head.
Seeing that they stood a chance, Gotenks flew back upwards to fight together with the Kalltorraiya-jin, and the once-father-and-sons fought the monster alone.
Shikyo was overwhelmed. He tried to fight off Yonk and was hit from the side by Gotenks; he turned to try and hit the small warrior and was then hit by Yonk.
The older warriors below could only watch in wonder as they went on, matching the monster blow for blow and starting to get through his defenses.
Dodging aside, Gotenks and Yonk phased away in perfect sync, reappearing to each crash a fist into Shikyo's middle.
The monster coughed up a mess of ugly brownish blood, reaching down to the injury in time for Gotenks to hit him in the face. Yonk blocked another blow, each one getting weaker than the last and brought a kick to the dying demon's head while Gotenks pounded his exposed stomach.
It was obvious to all the other Z Senshi: they were breaking him apart!
A fist from each Yonk and Gotenks hit the sides of the monster's head and a distinct crack was heard; it was almost over.
Gotenks dodged aside and Yonk dropped into a stance a little ways' away, preparing to inflict the final blow, his mouth curling into a grin and his red eyes glowing.
Without warning Goku flew past at SSJ3, fist poised for an attack.
"Let me finish him!" he yelled, raising the fist.
"No!" Yonk screamed, unable to stop what was to come.
"Dragon Fist!" Goku yelled punching out as a dragon of pure energy flew from his arm and punched through Shikyo's middle, wrapping around the monster and exploding.
Pure energy...
The blinding light faded and Goku smiled, knowing that his attack had done the job right yet again, he had saved the universe. Shikyo was dust.
Yonk's green Ki faded, and he fell to the ground to his knees.
No... he thought, sheer terror breaking through his normal calm.
"I told you...," he said slowly, almost crying. "...never use energy against him."
Goku's eyes widened as the horror of what he had done finally reached him and he looked up in time to see the dust reform into Shikyo and a beam of energy fly out.
The beam flew faster than anyone could stop, passing by Yonk and Goku, past Gotenks, past Mirai Trunks and Goten, and past Vegeta, hitting it's target dead on.
Gohan.
His cry wasn't even heard as it struck his chest and exploded out the back, blood flying everywhere as he landed dead on the ground.
Dead.
Yonk couldn't hear the cries from Goku and Vegeta and the boys from the future; he couldn't hear the screams from Trunks and Goten. All he heard was the frantic beating of his own heart and he could see at the corner of his eye - Shikyo. Lightning crackled around the reformed monster demon as he laughed at them all, ten-times stronger than before.
Yonk closed his eyes, starting to cry.
It's not fair! he thought.
They were all going to die.
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Somewhat of a cliffhanger, and sorry if you all liked Gohan, but I had to do it. I am so tired of stupid Goku always being the one to save the universe, so I took the idea that I had at the end of movie 13 (Exploding Dragonfists, If Goku Can't Do It, Who Can?). I wanted to make it so Goku would try to be the dammed hero as usual and end up screwing up everything. Sorry to any die-hard Goku fans out there, but I can't stand what he did at the end of movie 13, it was a million time more Trunks' business to destroy Hildegarn than it was his.
Next chapter will be quicker, in fact, I'm gonna write it tonight, so don't worry!
