Deep-Fell
She fell as he watched alone
He knew he'd been far too slow
Her death of on his hands its true
He hurt from what he was forced to lose
His one and only was gone for good
His heart ached though he understood
Fury unleashed itself from the cage
He lashed out in his final rage
The one who killed her stood then and there
Now so newly open and well aware
The power of rage was channeled here
The Dark Lord could only wait in fear
The Hero's lost love was to be avenged
Though he was once against such revenge
Now he cared not for he was in pain
His memory now forever stained
Chapter 17 – "No… Please not her…" Vegeta whispered. They watched as Bra fell through the air and strike the ground. She was like nothing to Aidius. He simply did not care. The others of the group from the future were in shock. Aidius knew he could kill any of them any time he wanted now.
"There. You see, weaklings? You came here to accomplish something for that bastard Kai who cares not a thing for your safety. His loyalty lies only with his cause," the Dark Lord stated.
"Shut up! You know nothing! You hate and hurt and that is all! You would know nothing about how life really works you bastard!!" Goten roared in seething fury. His Shadow Saiyan power was rising unstably. He was now stronger than even Uub in his newly found Majestic Majin state.
"I know more of the meaning of this life than you could ever hope to learn, fool," Aidius laughed darkly.
"You are the one who knows nothing!" Trunks accused.
"The only meaning of this life is to die. My kind as foreseen this eons ago! Back before this plane even existed! Why exist for only a while all but to be erased? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIVING ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND NEVER LONG ENOUGH TO OBTAIN IT?!" Aidius roared.
"Life wasn't meant to last forever. Nothing can live that long! Not even Ultima! Not even you!" Trunks yelled.
"You are wrong. My life does not falter as Ultima Kai's does. I am truly eternal. I can die but there is nothing powerful enough to destroy me. I am as immortal as it is possible to become. When will you people realize this? Ultima will fail as you have failed. As soon as his cowardly ass shows up, I will prove that ONCE AND FOR ALL!" Aidius replied. He raised his left hand with the darkest grace and pointed at each one of them in turn.
"He's going to kill them all off one at a time!" Krillin yelled.
"No!" Gohan seethed.
"We can't let that happen! Ultima did not just bring them here to die when that was the fate that existed for them in their own time! No! I refuse to believe that they were brought to this place, plane, and time just to time when they were rescued from that fate from their own time!" Goku added his own voice. The others nodded in complete agreement.
"No. Listen to yourselves. They were brought here to do this very task. They were meant to be a distraction. To give us more time. They were the ones who fucked it up. Ultima had it planned. It was up to them to uphold that plan. They choose to discard Ultima's ideas and set their own path. This resulting in their own fate dealt by their own choices. They were actually brought here just to die. They were given a chance to make good where in their time, they failed to even have that opportunity," Super 17 said. 18 agreed.
"I follow what he's saying. It makes since," 18 replied.
"It does. That is what is so sad. We needed something more to die for us. So we resurrect people who aren't alive yet to do our job for us. This is wrong. Ultima knew there had to be something there. But they faltered! They could not wait!" Eidolon seethed.
"HAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" came a cry. They all turned their attention back to the Crystal Orb.
"YAHYAHYAHYAHYAHYAHYAH!" Trunks and Goten cried. They clashed with the Dark One hand-to-hand. It was obvious whatever spark they had was gone now. They were now just fighting on heart alone. Aidius kneed Goten in the gut and rammed Trunks into a far off mountain.
"This planet I transported us too makes a grand burial site, eh?" the Dark Lord chuckled despite himself. Uub rose and Pan added her power to Majin Mace Hammer. The strike hammered Aidius from behind. His shielding barrier blurred and hazed as it nearly shattered.
"Does this guy have magical defenses around him at every given moment?!" Uub demanded.
"I think maybe that he does. I mean he has to be awfully paranoid living for so long, afraid of death," Pan said. Aidius flashed then. He attacked Pan head on. Uub flashed into his way, being the only one able to even follow the Dark One's speed at this level being at a higher level of power himself. He was kneed hard and he gasped for air as he heaved. Aidius struck him again and again and tossed himself straight up. He threw one hand forth and launched a blast powerful enough to drop the Majin 6 fold. His body was torn to shreds as the blast continued into space with the ashes all that remaining of Uub.
"Not again…" Trunks said sadly. "We failed. We just weren't strong enough…"
"Nothing is strong enough," Goten gasped as he forced himself to stand.
(Guys! Try Fusion! It is our last chance to even slow this bastard down!) Pan said telepathically.
(Pan he isn't going to give us the time we need to do the dance! He'll know something is up as soon as he senses the serious magic the Fusion Dance puts off!) Goten replied. Even his mental voice sounded empty. Bra's death left him with nothing left to really care for.
(No. He won't give you the time you need but I will!) Pan yelled. She threw her palms outward and gathered her Shadow Saiyan might. It seemed her strength exceeded its limits and Goten and Trunks gasped. She had absorbed some of Uub's power! The Empowered Saiyan attacked the Dark Lord head on. They clashed evenly for a few moments within time.
"You're power has risen by over 4 times what it was previous to the Majin's death," Aidius noted. He blocked her swipe and spun with a blur. He struck her in the left temple and watched as she was knocked clear through 75 feet of solid rock. Vascara was not at indestructible as they once thought.
"HHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Trunks and Goten roared. Aidius whirled once the magic levels of the 2 warriors began to climb crazily. He spun and gathered immense power to his left hand.
"NO YOU DON'T!" Aidius laughed. He fired the Riptor Strike. Goten and Trunks gasped as the blast neared.
"Haaaaa-AAAHHHHH!!!" Pan exploded. She sent her remaining power into the Strike and sent it crashing back into Aidius's barrier. The smoke cleared once again.
"FFFFUUUUUUSION! HAAA!" Trunks and Goten cried. The Dance was done and they both vanished in a massive eruption of ki, magic, and light. The flash and wind faded as a new warrior was formed. It was Gotenks in his early or mid twenties. He was a fully charged Shadow Saiyan with a vengeance. He attacked with unrelenting force. Aidius struck back now as Pan watched. Aidius gritted his teeth with the actual effort this was taking. He was using far too much power on these no-counts! He had to reserve for the real threat.
"HAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Gotenks cried. He sent a Victory Cannon crashing into Aidius' barrier which shattered. Aidius spat.
"ENOUGH! RIPTOR STRIKE HHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!HH!!!!" Aidius roared. He threw both hands forth and Gotenks was struck by half the Dark One's complete power at least. Or so they thought. The Fusion ripped and they both were returned to normal. They were unconscious in the dirt lying face down. Pan rose, tears in her eyes as she knew her own death was at hand. Aidius fired the last blast and both Saiyan warriors faded into the Darkness. He turned to see Pan standing in defiance.
"You are a heartless bastard. And I want you to die," she whispered. Her dirty, scraped, burnt, and cut form trembled slightly as the effort it took for her just to stand. She shook a final time before she collapsed to her knees.
"You are rather pretty, aren't you? Perhaps I can have some fun with you before you die," Aidius frowned. "No. Perhaps to die is all that awaits you."
"Good bye father. I failed you. And you too, young mother. I never got to really know either of you. Only Vegeta lived when I lived. And even he failed in the end. Perhaps this is the only way things can happen. And now Trunks and Goten are dead, too. Even Uub… I failed everybody! I-I… I'm sorry…" she cried. She dropped her head low as Aidius' Riptor Strike formed.
"Yah!" the Dark Lord roared as the blast fired. It trailed ever closer and Pan didn't even try to dodge. She simply fell from Shadow Saiyan to normal state and waited to do all she thought she could do. She waited to die.
"YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" came a final cry of fury. The attack bent and broke under the immense force of the protector.
"What the fuck happened?!" Aidius roared.
"I happened! I will not let you kill my daughter!" Gohan yelled. He rose, full Legendary Mystic Ultimate might flaring. Another flash and then another and another once more. Eidolon rose next, maximum Legendary Dark-God of Dragons might empowered with both the Trance and Darkness Flames, making the Outrage Flame. Videl appeared now also. She existed now as a serene Legendary Mystic Ultimate. A level she had been told she could never reach. Her fury was unrelenting. Aidius glared at them, unafraid. Then Shin rose. His Lavender Flame erupted into Legendary Lavender Flame as he reached his own zenith. Together the four of them created a force beyond what the future group could ever hope to make.
"Alas it is time you die, Aidius Holara, Sage-Lord of the Deitharite, evader of death. Your life has been allowed to go on far too long. Mortals are meant to die. And that includes you," Shin said.
"And who is going to accomplish this? You, simple Kai?" Aidius demanded.
"Yes," Shin stated unwaveringly. "I once sat by and allowed a being called Majin Buu destroy roughly a fourth of the Mortal-Cosmos millions of years ago. I will not do such with you. I redeemed myself and aided in the final death of Buu. Now I shall do the same with you." Aidius launched another Strike. Shin launched a Kai Flash with clashed evenly with the opposing force. The explosion was intense. Both Kai and Dark Lord rose high as the battle began.
"Are you okay?" Eidolon asked Pan. She stood and hugged him close to her and began to cry again. It reminded him of how Android 18 cried that night as the waterfalls on the Kai Planet. The cry of a girl who was never allowed to be a child. Who had been forced to grow beyond what she should have been. She felt a strong wave of affection of her but held it at bay.
(I love Shia. Not her… I cannot…) he thought.
(But you can…) another part of his mind argued. He shook his head in confusion.
"Pan. I won't let anything happen to you. Maybe you should join Goten and Trunks over there," Eidolon said. She looked up at him in shock. He launched a blast and wiped away a small hill. Trunks and Goten lay unconscious but alive 40 yards away. Uub was standing before them, struggling to stand and clutching one arm with hung twisted and limp to his right. His right leg was only working half way as well. They realized he had used all the magic Buu gave him in their Fusion just to survive the blast through regeneration. It must have done too much damage for him to recover any further.
"I used some of what remained of my power to save them. I could have fought with you Pan and let them die. I knew I could only regenerate one more time depending on how much damage I was forced to sustain. So I stepped in halfway through Aidius' Strike and took the bulk of the damage. I could not regenerate through the damage…" Uub stated. Pan wiped the tears from her eyes now knowing that not only had hope returned but most of her friends were still alive.
"What of Bra?" Pan wondered/
"She'll be revived with Earth's Dragon shortly," Gohan smiled.
"Wait. That may not be possible," came a new voice. Grand Kai arrived with both Pikkon and Olibu.
"Grand Kai? What are you doing here?" Gohan asked.
"Simple, young dude. I saw all this commotion and fighting going on earlier and decided to resume my own training. I gave both Olibu and Pikkon my own personal private lessons. They've awesomely mastered the form of Grand Kai and completely rock! I usually only teach those who have trained in my Other-World for 10,000 years. But the circumstances were dire. So, my young friends, here we are," Grand Kai laughed. Olibu smiled and Pikkon smirked, crossing his arms.
"We can use the help. But I really don't think either of you are strong enough to really make a difference," Eidolon stated, stepping away from Pan.
"Give us a shot. We aren't all that weak if you open your eyes and look closely," Olibu stated. He was right. They both powered up and they rivaled Pan's power level as a Shadow Saiyan fully charged. Grand Kai powered up and he rivaled Shin in nearly every way. He flew off to aid Shin against the Dark Lord. Combined, their magic could hold a bit longer.
"What did he mean Bra may not be revived?" Pan demanded at long last. Eidolon turned to face her.
"The others are naïve, little Pan. I have read the Kai Histories and studied deep into the lore of the Mortal-Cosmos and its Higher Races. The Namekians created the Dragonballs oddly enough by accident. Only after realizing what they could do, did they start creating limits to the Shenrons' powers. They created limits and abilities based on the boundaries over this plane. They did not incorporate the laws of other planes or more accurately, other times. Bra was from a time and place unlinked to our Dragonballs. So there is a strong possibility that she may not be revived as her life-force is not connected to our universe," Eidolon explained. Pan shook her head violently.
x/xc/
"No! There must we a way! God damn it! Eidolon we were told as children by Vegeta that you and Father could do just about anything! Isn't there a way?!" Pan demanded. Eidolon shook his head.
"I won't lie to you. Nothing our Dragonballs can do will help you in the way that you seek," Eidolon answered.
"But they can help?" Pan asked, new hope rising.
"Maybe. We may be able to restore the Dragonballs of your time. Then you'll use those to restore everyone lost in your time. All those who are able to return that is. Bra only died today. Bending the laws of time and creating a link between the times, your future and our present, we may make it work," Eidolon smiled. She cheered. She pulled herself closer to him, stretched up onto her tiptoes and kissed him softly on the lips. He pulled back on shock and she winked at him.
"You really are as awesome as they said you were," she smiled. Eidolon smirked and then grew serious again.
"Aidius is really wearing them down," Gohan stated.
"You remember the plan, Mystic," Eidolon warned.
"Yes. But I believe the circumstances have changed yet again," Gohan pointed out. He sighed. "Grand Kai, Olibu, and Pikkon being here is a major change."
"Maybe so. But then no destiny is ever written in stone," Eidolon smiled sadly.
"So let's do this," Olibu stated.
"Not without us," came a call. Everyone was there. Goku, Vegeta, Tein, Krillin, Yamcha, Super 17, Android 18, Android 16, Piccolo, Kuja, Dweia, Tundra, and the rest.
"And look who has come to welcome us," Yamcha frowned. Aidius' goons appeared and landed.
"I call the bald one," the first said.
"Which one?" the second laughed.
"The short one. You can take the 3-eyed toad," the first laughed. Tein and Krillin flared into Crystal Human strength and Yamcha followed suit. Piccolo ignited his maximum Ultimate Namekian strength then. 18 stormed into her best and 16 and 17 were there as well. Everyone powered up. Aidius' many minions attacked. It was 2 on 1. Tein fought 2 goblin-like bastards with incredible speed. He compensated with his advantage in skill and power. Though this didn't help much. Yamcha fought 3 warrior of his own. He kicked on in the side and rammed the other high into the air. He swept by the last and launched at least 15 Spirit Balls. He rammed and bashed the 3 fighters senseless again and again. Krillin launched hundreds of Destructo Disks, slicing hundreds of the demon hordes to pieces. But the more he and the rest cut down the more that seemed to appear. Then overhead another thunderous clap rocked the sky. Grand Kai fell back and Shin struck the dirt. Aidius formed dual blasts each double what it takes to evaporate the Kais. The blasts launched and stopped. Gohan deflected one and Videl countered the other.
"That was sloppy," Dweia whispered seductively.
"It is the she-bitch," Aidius laughed coldly.
"Call me what you will. We cut you down this day!" Dweia laughed. Kuja, her, and Eidolon launched forth. Aidius went into the defensive. He blocked and parried their blows one-by-one. He forged a massive beam of magic and fired it upon them. Videl, Shin the Divine Kai, and Grand Kai stepped up with their combined magic and stalled out the blast. Their magic held Aidius' back to a counterable level. Eidolon kneed the distracted Dark One in the gut and Gohan capitalized. The Legendary Mystic Ultimate sped forth and rammed the bastard with everything he could muster. Kuja, Dweia, and Tundra formed their respective strikes and hammered the Dark Fuck with all they had. Aidius rose in contempt. Eidolon flashed upward and Gohan and Tundra acted as a diversion.
"BACK AWAY!" Aidius roared. His magical barrier slung them easily to the ground.
"AIDIUS! WELCOME TO OBVLIVION! DARKEST NIGHT RRAAAAAAAAHH!" Eidolon erupted. He forged the greatest bomb any Z-warrior every created before him and dropped with everything that he was. Aidius burned his barrier to maximum power as the clash began. Lightning and fire sprayed in jets of destruction as the energies of both great warriors began to truly build.
"TAKE THIS YOU! WRATH OF GOD! HAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Gohan cried. He launched his own bomb, equal to the Darkest Night, into the other side of Aidius' barrier. More power blasted off the shield in tendrils of devastation. The planet was quaking under the pressure they were putting on it. Aidius struck out with 2 magical lightning strikes which Shin and Grand Kai countered in time. The 3rd and 4th strike were blocked by Videl who's magical abilities were double what the Grand Kai's and the Divine Kai's were combined. She countered magical strike after magical strike. Shin dodged behind Aidius and threw both hands into the sky. Grand Kai and Videl stepped up their game and countered the increasing attacks with immense difficulty.
"ULTIMA KAI GENOCIDE!" Shin roared. His own bomb which rivaled Gohan's and Eidolon's attacks hammered into the Dark Lord's barrier from behind. He had now 3 massive bombs quaking into his spherical shield.
"I really don't think this planet can take much more of this!" Yamcha yelled. He dodged left as another demon tried a side-slash. He kneed the demon and blasted it from life into death. Piccolo launched 2 different Special Beam Cannon that pulsated forth in different directions and drilled through several hundred of the little demonic bastards. Krillin was being overrun by literally 4 dozen of the little creatures.
"ENOUGH! YYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" he yelled. He sent his magic and ki storming in all directions. The creatures melted into ash after the strike. Krillin was left out of breath and weakened noticeably. He rose high overhead.
"What the!?" Piccolo turned to watch the Cyrstal Human.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Krillin cried as the Destructo Ball formed. He powered it to full strength, about to drop every last demon he could see when he sensed the ultimate battle taking place to his right. Shin's Ultima Kai Genocide was crashing into Aidius's backside, Eidolon's Darkest Nigh was caving in on the left, and Gohan's Wrath of God was careening down on the right. Which left the top. Krillin turned the direction of his bladed sphere of destruction and dropped it on the Dark Lord.
"AAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!" Aidius raged as the added bomb crashed down upon him. This one was at least 20 times the others in power. Aidius channeled more of the power within his well of magic and ki and empowered his shield by 2 dozen times. And still the struggled was intense. He finally realized how much a threat these bastards were. Ultima had made them equal to himself if they attacked as a group!
(Kuja! I need you, brother! Come her and control this blast! I need someone else of Legendary level to do this!) Eidolon called out.
(I am not a Legend like you, Videl, Shin, or Gohan,) Kuja objected.
(You are a Legendary Shadow Saiyan! And the fact that you are a Dark-God and my direct blood relation will allow the Darkest Hour to respond to you for a little time!) Eidolon explained.
(What do you intend to do?!) Kuja replied, rising toward his brother.
(Aidius is stuggling now. But sense that?! He's slowly gaining the upperhand as he channels his maximum power level. He will throw our strikes off with ease once he gathers enough power to himself! Control the Darkest Night simply by directing it with my energy and your mind by focusing on the Darkest Hour!) Eidolon instructed (The Shadow Shard wants to come out and play!) he added. Kuja took the helm of the blast and realized it wasn't as difficult as he had thought.
(Gohan! Did you hear what I told Kuja to do?) Eidolon said.
(Yeah. Bahamut's coming out I take it?) Gohan replied.
(Yes but this may be our once chance to do any real damage. The Dark Lord of gaining control over these strikes. Have Videl take over the Wrath of God. As a fellow Legendary Mystic Ultimate and your mate, she will be able to endure!) Eidolon said. Videl listened in and nodded. She did as instructed and took control. She realized that Gohan had been holding back. The Omega Force had much more power to give.
(Kuja was Eidolon holding back?) Videl wondered.
(Yeah. Only half his power was being used,) Kuja replied.
(Same with Gohan. I am going to combin my Empathy's Edge with the Omega's Force's power! Your Jewel of Crystallon matches that kind of magic! Combin it with the Darkest Hour and unleash the maximum!) Videl breathed.
(Wait! Both of you realize what this will do, right?) Shin asked them.
(Yes. The Guardian Force, which you are using, Kai, Gohan's Omega Force, Videl's Empathy's Edge, and the Darkest Hour of Eidolon's will combined powers with a little added help from my Jewel!) Kuja responded as he brought the powers to maximum. Shin nodded and he and Videl followed suit. Krillin understood that this was it and swelled his Destructo Ball to maximum. He fueled it with all that he was.
"How can they generate that kind of power?!" Pan demanded.
"Who knows. But let them do it for all I care. They're all beasts! And Aidius may fall yet!" Uub replied with a cheer.
"BY THE SHADOWS OF THIS PLANE, BY THE FOES THE DRAGON LORD AS SLAIN, I SUMMONED BAHAMUT TO MY SIDE TO AID IN THIS FINAL FIGHT!!!! RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!" Eidolon cried. Gohan followed and stormed his own Gaidin. The portals to Aether opened and they cried out in the deepest agony possible. Starfire and Bahamut rose high. Aidius turned and trembled as they roared.
"GOD BREATH CANNON!"
"GOD HAND CRUSHER!!!" The attacks formed and the power behind them was terrible.
"Now what?!" Aidius roared.
"Simple, bastard, YOU DIE!" Eidolon yelled.
"HHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" both Gohan and the Dark-God cried as they sent their maximum strengths into their Gaidins who launched their blasts. The Darkest Night, the Wrath of God, the Ultima Kai Genocide, and even the Desctructo Ball melted away, merging their powers with that of the assaulting Gaidins'.
"This is incredible! We may actually win this!" Piccolo stated. Tein nodded.
"AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!" Aidius raged as he vanished beneath the explosions. Bahamut and Starfire rained their wrath upon the Dark One until they were completely drained. This was literally taking hours.
"It is over?" Krillin had to ask as 18 and 17 dropped the last few demons.
"No. I can sense a deep uprising force taking root. Aidius is alive," Piccolo stated darkly.
"What is it going to take to kill this guy?" Goku demanded.
"I haven't the faintest idea. Even our Shadow Saiyan powers make no difference. This is completely in the hands of Gohan and Eidolon," Vegeta stated.
"And look! They're draining everything that they are into those flares and still I can sense Aidius resist," Tein stated.
"Maybe/ But I detect that he is at his limit. His well of power had been fully tapped. Now it is a simple test of endurance. A race to see who will falter first," 16 told them. 17 nodded.
"He's right. Look at that! See it?! Aidius it maxed out all the way! But by the looks of things, Gohan and Eidolon will run out of energy first!" Super 17 stated.
"Perhaps we can collect some power and loan it to them," Pikkon offered.
"What do you mean? Like a Spirit Bomb?" Olibu demanded. Both he and Pikkon only recently mastered that attack. And it had not been easy at all. They lacked Goku's Saiyan talent to be able to learn fighting styles after seeing them done only a few times. Sometimes Saiyans can learn techniques with a single glance like Goku learned the Kamehameha Wave so long ago from Master Roshi.
"Who are we going to collect power from way out here on Vascara? Nothing alive of billions of light-years," Vegeta reminded them. "You have Kid Buu to thank for that."
"No that isn't so true. We're technically alive, right? We aren't strong enough to get directly involved, that's true enough. We'd be torn apart by the sheer strain. But collectively, if we give our energy to Gohan and Eidolon, we may give them to edge they need!" Goku cheered.
"He may be right! Come now, everyone! Direct all your remaining power into Eidolon and Gohan!" Piccolo roared both telepathically and audibly.
(Eidolon! I'm slipping fast! I can't sustain this much longer!) Gohan warned his fellow warrior.
(Same here! Bahamut is putting out all his strength! He can only last as long as I can!) Eidolon replied. The strain his body and soul was being put through could be heard in his mental "voice."
(Eidolon! Gohan! Feel that? We're donating all our remaining energies to you 2 directly!) Piccolo blast in telepathy.
(He's right! Feel that, Gohan?!) Eidolon yelled triumphantly.
(That's our Piccolo! Coming through in the clutch!) Gohan cheered as they both began to channel the new energies. Their blasts swelled noticeably as Aidius roared.
"What just happened?" Videl wondered.
"I think the others are loaning their powers to Gohan and Eidolon," Kuja answered her.
"Is that going to work?" Tundra wondered.
"It seems to have Aidius a little worked up," Dweia laughed.
"Let's join in, young dudes. We could seriously help them out!" Grand Kai laughed. So Videl, Kuja, Tundra, Dweia, Grand Kai, and Shin thrust what remained of their own powers into the 2 greatest warriors.
"This is getting dangerous," Goku warned them as he continued to stream his power.
"How so?" Vegeta demanded.
"Gohan and Eidolon are at a much higher level than we are, that's true, right Piccolo? But sense that? Even they have a limit to how much power they can safely regulate. We're only giving them half our total power and they're already buckling. We give any more and they could die," Goku warned darkly.
"I see what he's saying! They can't handle the level of energy we're pumping into them!" Krillin nodded.
"Nonsense. They have to do this. They excel in these kind of situations. I think we should risk it. They're tougher than they look," came a new call. Artimus stood there along with the remaining Divine Kais.
"You guys must donate your power as well," said the one behind them. Ultima Kai stepped forth at last.
"Yes, sire!" Artimus replied automatically. He, Arsius, Sadion, and Sephiroth slung their palms skyward, aimed directly at Gohan and his Dark-Kai friend. Gohan's and Eidolon's muscles bulged the same as the Divine Kais sent them all their powers at once. Goku nodded at last and he and the rest of the Z-gang sent what power they had been holding back forth. Videl, Kuja, and the rest of their group realized what the others were doing and sent their maximum power as well.
"THIS IS INSANE!" Gohan gasped.
(Try and hold it together, my young warriors! This may be Aidius' final bout! The amount of power flushing through you cannot be endurance by your natural bodies as they are! Your Gaidins must regulate that kind of power as only they can. Your bodies are not yet ready for that kind of jump!) Ultima Kai whispered. They did not listen. Neither of them would give such force to the Gaidins. They knew that would only we suicide. So they did it their way. And regulated the power flux themselves. Lightning tremored the skyways as the power levels climbed even higher. Vascara was surviving her final hours. Aidius dug a bit deeper into his power and forced the barrier to strengthen further still. Gohan and Eidolon sent the rest of all they had crashing forward. Then all at once, they gave. Bahamut and Starfire were forced to fade back into the Aether to recharge or they'd die. Eidolon and Gohan faded back to their natural states, weakened.
"They couldn't do it. Even with everything that we had, Aidius was still much stronger…" Shin whispered.
"Look at him though," Videl pointed. Aidius was out of breath and his body looked worn. He finally looked like the frail old man that he was.
"I must say, you have done well, my Darkest Eidolon. You and these other fighters must be the elites of the universe and more. With all that you have, you have challenged me and weakened me more so than any other force throughout all of my lifespan. Even Ultima Kai has failed to challenge me this way. And this Mystic, Gohan I believe your name is. Your just a incredible as my Eidolon. I did not think such beings other than myself or Ultima Kai held such potential," Aidius whispered darkly.
"Shut up! You killed my mother, you foul bastard!" Eidolon cried.
"That I did. And much more. And I have no regrets. Oh how I favored you, Ragnarok. How I pushed you to become the best. Without me, you'd be nothing now. I have done more for you than even that foul Ultima Kai has. I opened the door and shoved you through it," Aidius said through narrowed eyes. Eidolon spat as the old being.
"You are nothing! I long for the day you die!" Eidolon roared. He wanted so to attack. But he had used his all. He was too spent to do anything other than stand there, too weak to even fly any more. Gohan was facing similar limits.
(They're about to be struck with all that Aidius has. At their states, they will die,) Piccolo broadcasted for all to here.
(Ultima, was this how this was to end? Was we all to just fall and die?!) Pan demanded.
(No. I had hoped to save you all. Even the future ones. But I failed. Aidius is much more than me. But I did not think he would be more than all that your group is,) Ultima replied sadly.
(How much power does that bastard have left?!) Gohan demanded.
(Roughly 40 percent and it seems to be rising,) Ultima answered.
(How is that possible?!) Eidolon yelled.
(He's gathering power from his other minions. They are fueling him back to maximum strength,) Ultima answered.
(Ultima do you have enough power to take him down?) Shin wondered respectfully.
(Perhaps. But unlikely. Only my original power level could get this job down safely. Perhaps after I die you all will find a way to force it to resurface,) Ultima said. Then he attacked. Aidius turned to meet his assault. Dark Lord and Ultima Kai clashed for the final time. And the victor would decide the future of all planes, all times, all of life…