Slayer

She cried in pain at what she saw
He struck her hard and watched her fall
To Earth fell one angel's tear
Unnoticed by the Mortals' leer

She reminisced in pain for all the dead
To torment seemed the suffering wed
She failed but seemed to try her best
Her life to falter with all the rest

He stole from her what she always loved
Now Forsaken it seemed she was
The Slayer of Worlds and Angels the same
Brought to the Mortals a wave of pain

He struck their lands and declared them all Forsaken
The Darkest Dream had arrived, they would not awaken
All that was ever to be was now to be his one grand dream
As he took the Balance and tore its seam

The Earth cried with the Angel now
The Slayer caused pain and cared not how
He drained her tears and hardened her heart
Made her stone and set her apart

Then the Other one arrived
His light gave an empowered shine
The Slayer watched with a dangerous glare
That did not weaken the mighty flare

Then they warred for a time
Beyond the comprehension of Mortal minds
The Slayer fought with all his strength
Forcing the battle to its final length

The war turned its tide
Against the Darkness it seemed to ride
The Other struck the Slayer down
Darkness scattered without a sound

The dream ended and again all was real
The Earth was then allowed to heal
The Mortals saw the Angel then
And repented for what they knew for sin

She welcomed them back, her heart restored
The Other watched though was ignored
She noticed his presence after that darkest trial
She welcomed him in for a while

By Brandon Stidham

I watched as they struggled. Goten and my father. I knew only what Uncle Goten told me about my father as he died before I was born. I was mad at him for a while. And my mother too, I suppose. But seeing them now was a blessing beyond my words. I never got to know them and now I get the chance to do better. I can save them. And I can love them. I cannot say I love them now for I do not know them. But I intend to change that. My heart as grown as cold as Vascara, the planet where Buu was born. And like Vascara, it was an immense waste of cold emptiness. Fighting for my life and the lives of my uncle and friends has hardened me. Emotions come harder and much slower. I find myself within a shield at nearly all times. Even when I am near Trunks. He's noticed of course. We aren't as close as we used to be, I'm afraid to say. But the truth is the truth. I was taught from a very early age that reality is what it is. Softening it with other thoughts and words was a simple illusion for the weak. Vegeta's exact words. I miss him, too. He taught us a lot. He taught us how to survive. How to live on even with all odds against us. He gave his life for ours. "Let the young survive and allow the old to give their lives in their stead. This is for you, Gohan...This is for you, Trunks... And yes, even for you Kakarott..." Watching Vegeta and my parents now was an experience I thought impossible and improbable. Yet here it is. All thanks to a power beyond our understanding. Whosoever you are, thank you... - Son Pan, Saiyan Acolyte.

Chapter 15 – "Haaaaaahhh!!!" Kuja roared. Vegeta sent his Final Flash crashing back with twice the force. Kuja's Darkness Blight began to bend and warp under the stress.

"No way. This is impossible," Goten said.

"What?" Pan wondered.

"Look at Gohan. He and Eidolon are already twice what they were when we first arrived. It's damn amazing how they have progressed. They have a higher potential. Higher than anything I have ever seen before," Goten said.

"He is stronger than us?" Pan wondered.

"Who? Eidolon or Gohan? No where near it," Goten smirked.

"Don't take them lightly. They will be the ones to do it if any of us can," Piccolo said, landing.

"The Namek," Uub said.

"Wanna spare, Piccolo?" Bra wondered. She had been bored all day. Piccolo hesitated and then smirked.

"I rarely fight females who can best me. Why not? Show me no mercy as I will dot he same to you," Piccolo said. Pan watched as Piccolo attacked. Bra was defensive for most the battle. Piccolo was fierce and brilliant. He had to be one of the smartest warriors she had ever seen. He infuses intelligence with his fighting styles. He was powerful and graceful all at once.

"YYAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Kuja cried and forced Vegeta back. Vegeta laughed.

"Well done," the Prince said.

"Don't be cocky, Vegeta," Kuja huffed from exhaustion. "If you can reach Shadow Saiyan level, then so can I."

"Perhaps so. But your Crystallite blood may be slowing you down," Vegeta laughed.

"No chance. If anything, it makes me greater than you," Kuja spat. They fought on for hours more. Eidolon and Gohan as well.

"They never quit. No wonder they were stronger than we anticipated," Goten said.

"Anticipated? We never expected to come here. How could we have known anything?" Pan demanded.

"Don't know. But check out Trunks being owned by a woman," Goten laughed.

"And what is that supposed to mean?!" Pan yelled. Goten realized his mistake.

"I mean... You see..." Goten stammered.

"Oh never mind. And Trunks is only toying with 18. She's stronger than she was a week ago but no where near what he can do," Pan stated.

"Or the other guys," Goten said.

"Especially Gohan and Eidolon. Look at him. He's too much," Pan said.

"Who? Gohan?" Goten responded.

"No. I knew he was a great warrior. And Grampa Goku, too. But Eidolon takes it to a whole new level. He's strong, fast, graceful, and smart. But none of that makes him who he is," Pan said.

"Don't tell me you're fallin' for the guy. I mean he's alien..." Goten said.

"Oh shut your mouth and stop being stupid! And if you haven't noticed, we're alien as well," Pan yelled.

"At least we know humans and Saiyans are compatible! I mean he has wings. And when he transforms, he has dragon wings and a tail to match. And the horn..." Goten went on.

"The Dragon is his fierce side. The angel-wings show his natural side. He's beautiful if you ask me," Bra said, walking up. Her fight was evidently over.

"Exactly," Pan said.

"Ah not you, too!" Goten sighed.

"Get over your jealousy," Bra laughed.

"Hmph," Goten shrugged and flew away.

"I think he's gorgeous," Bra stated.

"Me too. It isn't the halo, the wings, tale, or the horn though. Though that's part of it. It's his eyes. They sparkle," Pan said.

"True. The same for Kuja. But Kuja seems for fierce. Eidolon can go to ease. Maybe an extra 10,000 years of age difference can do that to you," Bra said.

"I can't believe they are that old," Pan said.

"I know. Did you see Dweia? She's 80,000 years old," Bra laughed.

"I know. But she's so pretty! I mean she's perfect," Pan said.

"Kuja said all Crystallite girls are like that. Most other males from other races would kill to score a Crystallite female for a mate. He said that was part of what made their kind so arrogant before Terra died," Bra said.

"Terra? Who's that?" Pan asked.

"It was the name of their world. Galaphile, Kuja's dad, blew it up according to her," Bra stated.

"How wrong is that? Damn... They talk about Terra as though she was a person. And they speak as though she cried in pain before she died," Pan said.

"I know. Dweia could only explain it as a bond to them and their birth world. Her and Kuja will always feel Terra's pain. Eidolon was too young to have formed a strong enough link but he feels something, too. You can tell," Bra told Pan.

"I know. You can see it in his eyes as well. I am told the sparkle in those blue eyes of his is his reading sense. He can see into your soul and mind. Like he has the ability to read your emotions and your thoughts," Pan said. Eidolon was struck just then and hammered into the earth with a sickening crack.

"Damn that had to hurt," Bra quivered.

"Aggh..." Eidolon growled as he forced himself to stand. Gohan hovered over him. He had a hardened look on his face that any could see was forced. He was forcing himself to be brutal. Because it was what had to be done. Eidolon flared his remaining ki and gathered his focus.

"I think that was checkmate," Gohan warned.

"Not at all. You have me wrong, Gohan. You are a fool if you think I will go down that easy. Haaaaaaaahhh!!!" Eidolon erupted. He resumed his Dark-Kai of Dragons body and climbed in the heights of power. Gohan stepped back and was forced into the defensive. Eidolon Summoned the Darkest Hour and Gohan countered with the Omega Force, Sparks and tendrils of lightning erupted as they clashed fiercely. This was a fight to the end. One would either die and lose consciousness before it was allowed stop.

"This is madness," Pan said.

"They need to get stronger or Aidius will simply wipe them out. Even with our help," Uub stated, joining them.

"Maybe so. But this isn't any better," Bra said sadly.

"Ready, Gohan?!! Prepare for it!!!" Eidolon yelled. He threw both hands upward and gathered his strength. The ball of Darkness swelled from his finger tips. It was perfectly round and radiated pure power. Pure devastation.

"His attacks are enormous," Uub noted.

"That's true but it takes much of his energy," Trunks said, landing with Goten.

"It isn't like he doesn't have the energy to spare. Can you feel that? It's like a well with no end. Gohan, Dweia, Kuja, Tundra... All the same..." Goten said.

"Then be ready of my counterstrike! HHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!" Gohan cried. The exact opposite version of Eidolon's bomb erupted from Gohan's palms. His blast was made up of ki charged with magic. Eidolon's ki was charged with Darkness. Lightning crackled and sputtered as they struggled to maintain the energy levels and keep them stable while forming the attacks all at once.

"WELCOME TO OBVLIVION! DARKEST NIGHT!" Eidolon screamed.

"WRATH OF GOD!" Gohan countered and they launched their greatest attacks. They warped toward each other as a speed impossible for something so huge. They clashed and the entire system quaked. Eidolon constantly fed his energy and Darkness into his bomb forcing Gohan to do the same.

"Arrrrgh!!!" they struggled harder and harder by each passing second.

"They could shattered an entire system with just half that amount of power," Trunks noted.

"Try deflecting one. That Darkest Night crushes the piss out of whatever it touches while sending whatever touches it into a vast void of madness and agony. There's no way to describe it," Goten said.

"It's a weapon adapted for mass destruction and torture in one," Uub nodded. Gohan's blast fell back before he caught and forced it forward with everything he had again.

"Oh god. What if they Summon their Gaidins?" Bra said, wide-eyed.

"Then we had better hope we're out of the way," Uub said grimly.

"There would be no where to go. Think about it. If they attack, everything goes. And there's nothing we can do to stop them," Trunks said.

"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" Eidolon stormed. Their bombs grew a bit larger still and struggled to throw the other back. Eidolon felt his side bend and strain under the pressure. He thought he'd be ripped apart. Then his strike collapsed and both the Wrath of God and Darkest Night crashed into him at full strength. The explosion swelled over the whole of the planet. When the light cleared only fragments of the world remained.

"They destroyed the planet!" Vegeta barked.

"Eidolon!" Videl yelled. Eidolon was out could. His body was singed and burnt badly. His wings were gone and so was his left arm. They could sense his broken ribs and that his skull was fractured badly.

"Stupid ass... He was supposed to dodge..." Gohan stammered.

"He wanted to take the blasts. What else would push his limits? Though it seems he pushed them a bit too far. He's permanently lost his tail and his wings. Not to mention his right arm," Trunks said sadly.

"D-don't be stupid..." Eidolon coughed. He shuttered in agony as blood ran down his body from open wounds. Pan was relieved to see he was alive. And that he was human/Saiyan-like enough to have red blood.

"Are you... dying?" Uub wondered softly. Eidolon forced a sad smile and forced himself to hover right side up.

"N-no. I don't think so. Not just yet anyway," Ragnarok coughed. Blood leaked from his lips.

"Here," Uub said. He focused his Majin magic and emptied it all into the Crystallite. The wounds closed and scabs appeared and vanished. Burns were soothed and erased as bruises did the same. He was revived to full health except for this loss of limbs.

"I can't do anything for your limbs, I'm afraid. I mean if it were my own body, I'd know what to do. But a Crystallite body is much different," Uub said.

"Now that my energy has returned a small bit, I can do that myself. HAH!" Eidolon yelled. He flared his aura and with a flash of Darkness, his limbs emerged. He was in his Angel state. Not his Dragon form.

"Amazing," Trunks awed.

"He has that same powers as Uub. I thought it took magic to do things like regeneration. Can we learn to do that?" Goten wondered.

"Not really. Not in the time you have available. You just won't live long enough to master the skill," Eidolon said. He was still out of breath and his power rested nicely at only half strength.

"Damn... You endured both blasts..." Gohan laughed.

"Not a very hard thing to do," Uub said honestly.

"Maybe not for one such as you. But for me, it's amazing. I never was able to do that before," Eidolon admitted.

"So we're getting stronger. I mean without even realizing it," Gohan said. His energy was hovering a little under a 3rd. Eidolon had drained his main energy and nearly all of his reserves.

"YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Vegeta roared. 18 and 17 struck a moon. They had been teaming the new Shadow Saiyan.

"The Saiyan Prince is more powerful than even we now that he has achieved this new level," Tundra stated.

"How did he reach it? That is what I want to know," Goten growled.

"I know. He's nearly as strong as we are," Trunks said. Proud of his father. Knowing if his father could do it. Then he could as well.

"Come. We have work to do," Shin said to Eidolon and Gohan.

"Right. Haaaaahh..." Gohan hummed. Eidolon did the same as they outstretched their palms and aimed where the Kai Planet once existed. Lightning pulsed intensely and clasmed dangerously across space. Eidolon and Gohan's power merged as they tapped into their Kai abilities.

"It is not enough. No where near it," Shin said.

"HHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" both Gohan and Eidolon roared as they sent a flood of magic crashing forth. The tendrils of lightning sputtered into a spherical shape. Lightning flare between the bolts and lit the area in a sparkling golden hue. Dweia watched with Kuja.

"Think they can do it alone?" Dweia asked.

"No. But they try. One of their few faults," Kuja stated.

"What? Trying is a fault nowadays? I think you've lost your touch," Dweia laughed sofly.

"Not at all, my sister. They try too hard. They force themselves into situations they can't always back out of. They 'bite off more than they can chew' as the Earthlings say," Kuja said.

"Well now. I am amazed you said that. They have both accomplished many things. Things they never should have been able to do. But their forced effort is more than likely what brought them through it alive," Dweia said.

"Ultima expects far too much from them. I mean it's perfectly obvious it is those 2 all of this is about. Their potential goes far deeper than ours. Already they are stronger. And soon who knows where they'll be. But what they try to do will break them. It isn't possible," Kuja said.

"They've come this far. What is to keep them from reaching Ultima's level of power?" Dweia demanded. "Or us for that matter. We are Kais, too, remember?"

"Yes, my sister. I remember. But you have to have the potential to do it first. They're struggling with their limits now. Forcing their power higher. The only way anything can happen is if a rare mutation occurs. Much like how Vegeta and Goku became Shadow Saiyann. They broke the limit of Super Saiyan 4 and their body's forced itself to adapt. It had to adapt in order to cope with the strain it was being forced through," Kuja said.

They watched though in awe as a planet formed and clouds swirled. The moons that were gone or destroyed also reformed. They alone casted the spell of regeneration. The Kai Palace reformed and along with everything else. The magic of Kai System restored.

"Amazing," Kuja whispered.

"You see. They are who they are because it is in their hands our future lies," came a call. Artimus appeared beside Kuja then.

"Artimus. What are you doing here?" Kuja demanded.

"With dire news, I'm afraid. Aidius has shattered Ultima's shield. They are coming in at full strength, warriors. We are as ready as we can be on our end," Artimus stated.

"What do you mean?" Eidolon demanded, turning to face the Divine Kai. The other turned as well to pay complete attention.

"This is the final stride, warriors. Ultima realizes it his time. He and Aidius are to do what Ultima thinks he should have done millennia ago. They are to fight. As your friends from the future have said, I know Ultima is weakened too far to win. He will die. And he knows this. He was the one that brought them here. By building power upon power for eons to cast that single spell. Time manipulation was required of course. He passed eons by in seconds as he built his power upon itself in order to generate a single massive spell. It nearly broke him. But it is done. They are here to help you. The Divine Kais are free. We are at your service as well. This will be the final battle. And I intend to win..." were his final words.

A/N – The final war is coming? Who will be the victor? And who will falter? A Z warrior dies next chapter. Which one will it be? Read and find out. Until then. Please review. Laterz