Arc 4 – Apocalyptic Nightmare

Prologue

It had been over 3 years since the demise of Kudazai at the hands of Kyzer and his friends utilizing the power of Super Saiyan God. The warriors had even partaken in a tournament of power setup by the twin Zeno's of which Universe 8 was victorious in, albeit a bit of resistance from Universe 7 and their Saiyans of Legends.

During that battle against Kudazai, their Guardian of Earth 'Green' had been slain by the Changelling and as a result a new guardian had to be established. A new guardian was found on Namek, a teen (by height/tone) by the name of Hanma was elected to be the Earth's new guardian and from it new Dragonballs were created also.

A bond of sorts had also been established between Universe's 7 and 8 which allowed both parties to travel from universe to universe in a bid to tests ones might. Goku the hero of Universe 7 was always in a bid to test himself against Kyzer in all-out brawls whilst Vegeta the prince of Saiyans was always there to be sure he never fell behind.

In the previous arc's completion we saw a division of creatures better known as demons preparing to launch an assault on Earth, this is the arc of which we see some of the darkest, deepest battles and story development in the Dragonball Ascension series, enjoy.

Chapter 1 – Peace quashed

We start the arc off at a small house in the lush mountains 500 miles southwest of east city, a remote mountain range where a man outside is taking the time to get back to basics in single hand combat. This male is none other than Kyzer Azure the son of Prince Baston and the hero of the series.

Kyzer throughout his life has endured hardships like no human has, having a father of royal lineage and proud heritage trying to push him into learning the ways of a warrior, Xero the Super Tuffle trying to bring destruction to all around him and of course the Changelling Prince Kudazai and the tournament of power.

Kyzer now of the age of 23 years has matured into a fine adult and along with his wife Zara had begun a family. Zara in question was inside finishing the procedures of breast feeding their young son named Souma. She looked out the window watching Kyzer throwing punches and kicks into the sky in front of him and could only shake her head with a grin, since the times of peace had come about, Zara had elected to quit fighting and focus on being a mother to her child as well as a provider for her small family.

It wasn't completely to say she had given it all up in a sense, she did somewhat have to try and keep Kyzer up to speed for any upcoming Martial arts tournament and in that saying there was one not far off the mark from being underway and Kyzer and Marcous his best friend had a score to settle.

If you remember back to Arc 2 the Kudazai arc, Marcous had pushed Kyzer very hard in order to win his 4th straight Super Hover-car championship and since then the former took a series of wins to level each other at 4 titles a piece. But in saying that Kyzer retaliated by taking part in Martial Arts tournaments and won 3 on the trot to level them and it was time to try and make it 4-3 in either's perspective.

But little were they nor the Earth knew that in the outer atmosphere of their planet a large vessel was hovering overhead analysing the planet and it's inhabitants.

"Sire, the Planet Earth, sector 42843, size: average, population roughly in the billions, and of course the average battle power of well over general expectations." A foot soldier explained, information presenting itself more and more the being typed away at on the computers keyboard system. "Home to of course the Super Saiyan God's of Kyzer Azure, Marcous Satoshi, Zara Minai and Trinity Takawari, winners of the Universal tournament of power…" he added, a being sitting behind him on a jagged thrown grinning.

"And to this point the only fighters capable of toppling the great Saiyans of Legends Son Goku and Prince Vegeta…" The male mused, earning a look back from the soldier. "Sire, this planet has technology and weaponry we could use to our advantage… what was your intentions for this planet if I am so bold to ask?" the soldier presented his question with hesitance. "Present the information of such." The male returned, watching the solider punch away at the keys till the info was presented in bold.

The male on the throne placed his hand against his chin, his index finger extending to tap the side of his face, his face of quite surprised nature than expected. "Well, well… my initial plans were to fight these four warriors, crush them, then blow their mud pool of a planet to smithereens… but you are right… the resources of this planet and it's inhabitants could make for an interesting soldier training planet… alright then new plan… we find the four warriors, we crush them then we take this planet in the name of the Apocalyptic Demons." The male explained, grinning darkly after speaking.

"Sire! We have problems!" shouted another solider as he rushed into the room and quickly drawing himself to a bow. "How dare you barge into the main console without your highness' permission!" Shouted a brawnier looking being standing next to the figure on the throne. "Relax Lasiraiga…. Now, speak." The other told the brawnier form known now as Lasiraiga. "It's Chimaira sire! He's all of a sudden gone berserk and I don't think the devices keeping him contained are going to be doing much more containing!" The solider shouted.

"It must be their godly forces…" the being mused, as he eyed the screen again. "Remember the only thing comparable to our strength is the God's of Destruction and their Angel protectors… Chimaira was created by a single cell of my being and was transmutated beyond normal comprehension… hence his little out of control nature. His sensing of those four powers must be… encouraging him to want to fight…" The being explained, the room suddenly vibrating intensely, followed by a loud bang and shockwaves the follow through into the room, frying several computers in the works.

"Oh man! He's free! Chimaira is free!" shouted several soldiers in unison before more explosions and blood curdling cries followed. "Lazarus…. What now…?" Lasiraiga asked, eyeing the male in the throne in a slight sense of concern. "We know what he wants… let him have a crack… if he dies, it'll give me a good understanding of how I approach these mortals…" Lazarus explained, closing his eyes and chuckling. "Chimaira is often compared to me in strength… but that of course is false information… it's Chimaira's unstable energies that give people the impression of his might to me. But let's see how he handles himself." Lazarus continued to explain, opening his eyes.

"Chimaira… Kill!"

It was there and then that Chimaira who was now free'd from his restraints completely halted in his rampage and then smirked darkly. The colossal being released energy outwardly in huge masses, ripping open a hole in the ships walling allowing him to fly out and then shot himself towards the Earth's atmosphere.

One thing the Demon's ship had was the ability to mask their powers so that no one, not even the Gods or Kai's could sense, but upon Chimaira entering the atmosphere, that all changed.

"O-Oh…. Dear… this is not good at all…" spoke the Supreme Kai of universe 8 Iru, who quickly dropped to his knees on the planet he resided on. "I never thought them of all people…. Would dare to approach the Earth."

"Lord Liqueur…" Korn the Universe 8 Angel muttered, looking at his sceptre of which was shimmering in aquamarine. "I noticed…It's been twenty thousand years since they last made a move on anything…. And to think those earthlings would be the subject of his fury…. What do you want Lazarus…. So badly that you have made your presence known after centuries of hiding…" Liqueur muttered; sweat drawing down his own face.

Well if you thought the Gods and Kai's being fearful of the situation was bad, it would be far worse given based upon those on Earth who could sense powers. Kyzer looked up at the sky, his eyes wide and his pupils dilated in the fear of energy that was suddenly hurdling down towards their very location. "Shit… I can't let that energy or whatever the hell that is be anywhere near Souma or Zara." Kyzer thought to himself, quickly snapping himself back to reality and powered up his aura, taking flight away from his home and to somewhere more remote.

"As I thought, it's me he's after…" Kyzer thought to himself as he could sense the object in particular drawing closer to him and very soon a visible red ball of energy could be seen in his peripherals. It wasn't long before another energy signature caught Kyzer's attention and moving his eyes to the source he was greeted by none other than his friend and rival Marcous Satoshi. "That's good, I was metaphorically scratching my head as to how I could get you here without drawing that energy near you or Trinity." Kyzer told his friend who nodded with a serious scowl on his face.

"I've never sensed a power quite like it, and the worst part about it is how unstable it is." Marcous replied, glancing back a bit, the aura growing closer and cynical laughter could be heard from the source. "Yeah no kidding, it's like whoever it is has no concept of control and is just throwing his energy around like a madman." Kyzer replied, drawing himself backwards a bit before cancelling out his flight, Marcous doing the same. "Alright, this should be remote enough…" Kyzer muttered watching Chimaira suddenly approach the two then halted himself, his energy surging out and striking the two in their wake.

Things had changed remotely since Chimaira had made his way down towards the Earth and had been chasing Kyzer and Marcous, the male of mass height and brawn (imagine a dark grey skinned Broly in his legendary form) had now spikes protruding from his shoulders, knee pads and knuckles, as well as his hair risen up on end and spiked with red trims. "Is it just me or has this guys power jumped massively since we first detected the energy?" Marcous asked, Kyzer nodding, his face drenched in sweat and fear, but then bucked up his courage to speak.

"Alright…. Start talking. Who are you and what do you want with us?" Kyzer asked noting the sparks of red electricity surging around the others frame. "Chi….mai…ra…Kill…..kill all…" The demonic form slowly but surely spat out, gritting his teeth before throwing his head back and allowed more of his demonic energy to erupt from his being, rippling the sky and sending those ripples flying into Kyzer and Marcous yet again.

"Man! That power is ferocious!" Kyzer scowled, his form being shifted back from the sheer magnitude of the energy being thrown at him. "There's no physical way we can beat this thing where we stand Kyzer! Full power!" Marcous shouted, crouching into position, taking the rippling power and before long threw his being back and erupted in scarlet coloured energy. Kyer nodded and then much in the same manner erupted into blue coloured energy and before long both had transformed into Super Saiyan Scarlet and Super Saiyan Blue.

Chimaira's response to this was to throw even more energy out of his being causing the sky to darken over with dark clouds, bolts of red lightning crashing across the sky, it was as though he was meeting their challenge and raising the stakes also. "Man that energy just keeps seeping out of him like a bad plumber's job." Kyzer grunted, powering his aura up as well and dashed towards the demonic being, throwing a roundhouse kick into the side of the creature's neck. The male gasped a bit in surprised the overall attack did nothing and he was resorted to doing a flip over a surprise lariat strike towards his throat.

Marcous responded to this by throwing his palms out and released a series of energy blasts towards the beast, consuming him in a ball of flames and smoke. It would only be a few seconds before Marcous realized how fruitless his offence was, as Chimaira launched himself out of the smoke towards the male, head butting him immensely to the floor. "Holy crap, this guy can deal a hit and take one too…" Marcous thought to himself, almost paralysed by the strike in pain as he halted himself inches from the ground, dust exploding around him from the sheer force of the stopping body.

"Burning flare!" Kyzer roared, arching his hands above his head, drawing on golden energy of which he then launched down towards the demonic being who merely looked up before deflecting the attack away with ease. "W-What the!?" Kyzer shouted his stance dropping guard almost straight away from the viewing of his newer and more stronger attacks being deflected like it was nothing.

"Kill…..mortals…." Chimaira whispered in a husky manner, as he gritted his teeth and released energy of greater mass than before. "This guy is certainly no pushover…" Kyzer thought to himself, powering up his Super Saiyan Blue aura and dashed down towards the beast once more, Marcous responded to this, powering up his Super Saiyan Scarlet aura and launched upwards towards the demonic being.

Chimaira mere stood there and watched as the two beings crashed into him and began to launch a flurry of attacks towards him, not one attack seemed to phase Chimaira in the slightest as he amused the boys by standing there and letting them waste their stamina and energy in the process of their fruitless attacks. The demonic being smirked as he grabbed their attacking appendages and then used their shock as a sign to strike them both away from his frame, launching a Ki blast into their chests and hurdling them to the ground in a ball of fire and rocks.

"Chimaira is really cutting loose isn't he sire…" Said a being from within Lazarus' ship which made the male turn and take address of the two beings behind him. "Ah Cerberus and Ethica… yes he is truly enjoying himself down there, those two Saiyans are providing quite a show from him… but I do wonder if this is truly their limits." Lazarus responded, smirking. "If not then I will not have to sully my hands for this planet after all."

Back to the battle and it was a little after the dust finally settled to the attack launched by Chimaira that Kyzer and Marcous retrieved themselves from the rubble, gasping for air, their battle gear torn up and their faces strewn with dirt and blood. "Not that I was expecting this to be an easy fight…. But man this guy is packing so much power its crazy…" Marcous grumbled between breaths of air needed to compose himself. "No kidding… we're gonna need to go the extra step… let's transcend." Kyzer responded arching himself into position and began to glow in gold around his frame.

Marcous nodded and began to do the same, earning an eyebrow raise from Chimaira and the watching Lazarus. The two Super Saiyan god transformed halflings then would undergo their transcention into the next stage known as Super Saiyan Ruby (Marcous) and Super Saiyan Sapphire (Kyzer). "Well this wasn't in the record books…" Lazarus thought to himself, grinning all the while. Kyzer and Marcous would power up their auras and from that launched themselves towards the somewhat stunned Chimaira and slammed their feet into the demonic beings gut.

Saliva as well as blood shot out from the mouth of the demon, whilst Kyzer and Marcous continued their offensive by powering up their auras again and began to deliver and onslaught of punches and kicks into the demon, making more blood spray around the demon as he was finally looking to take damage to the situation. The demon managed to recover enough to try and deliver a punch towards Kyzer who leapt up, catching the demons fist with both hands and from it launch himself around to drop kick the being in the neck with a round housing motion.

Chimaira stumbled back grabbing his gut, as Marcous would strike him down towards the floor with his hands in a clubbing position. Chimaira flew to the ground and hit it with an almighty crash, the explosion sent debris flying past Kyzer and Marcous who seemed a lot more composed than before having reached their highest plateau of Super Saiyan God transformation.

"So… anyone care to inform me what this sudden burst in power from them is about?" Lazarus asked, looking around, earning shaking heads from everyone. "I know what it is." Lasiraiga responded, earning Lazarus' attention. "At the tournament of power it was explained that the four warriors in question were able to utilize their emotions in battle and used it as a means of creating triggers that seemed to break the foundation of the Super Saiyan Blue transformation and 'transcend' it as they call it to Super Saiyan Sapphire, Super Saiyan Ruby, Super Saiyan Amethyst and Super Saiyan Topaz." Lasiraiga explained. "Other than a power and speed enhancement there's not much else known about the transformation and why it's honestly needed." Lasiraiga added.

"Most interesting… I wonder if they pose a threat to me now…" Lazarus mused, watching Chimaira release himself from his stony underground prison and erupted in chaotic energy. "Doesn't seem to quit does he." Marcous mused as he was about to move forward but was stopped by Kyzer sticking his arm out. "Kyzer?" Marcous asked in a bit of surprise to the situation. "I'll finish this… there's something I've been clawing at the moment to use… now's the time." Kyzer explained, Marcous nodded and stepped back, returning to normal.

"Now why would the red haired one back off and return to his base form?" Lazarus asked himself placing his hand on his chin once again, tapping his cheek in anticipation. "I hope I get the hang of this, I haven't really given this much of a go in Super Saiyan Sapphire, but I'm sure it's not too over the top like Blue was…" Kyzer explained, rolling his arm around to get some movement in it, then closed his eyes and began to channel energy around of his body that began to billow in a red like fashion.

"Wait a second… is that…?" Lazarus and Marcous almost asked in unison, Kyzer opening his eyes with a grin. "Now! KAIOKEN!" and with those words shouted out, Kyzer's aura exploded around his being, this aura being his dark blue aura of which was shown with Super Saiyan Sapphire's transformation but at the same time a red shimmering aura appeared around the edges of the aura, Kyzer's form also seemed to take a scarlet hue about him as it even earnt surprise from Chimaira.

"Awesome! No worries!" Kyzer exclaimed, clenching his fists then re-opening. "So Goku taught you the technique after all!" Marcous exclaimed with much excitement on his features. "Yeah it took longer than expected on my end because I had to try and adapt the transformation into Super Saiyan Sapphire without burning my resources right away… but it paid off in the end because I feel in complete control!" Kyzer responded, as he glanced down to Chimaira. "Which of course is a problem for him! Now then…" Kyzer scowled as he quickly hunched down and began to draw more and more Kaioken energy around his Sapphire aura of which began to shrink as well as his hair taking on black properties again with red streaks.

"Oh this should be good…" Marcous mused, as even Lazarus despite the fact one of his more powerful henchman was probably about to trip the life fantastic was smirking in anticipation. "Kaioken….times…. ONE HUNDRED!" Kyzer roared, throwing his head back and released an almighty blast of energy from his being of which pretty much shrouded the entire area around them in a red veil, Marcous was shot back from the shockwaves emitting from Kyzer's being and Chimaira shielded himself while the forces broke the ground underneath him.

At that very moment Kyzer instantaneously vanished from the spot he was, appearing underneath Chimaira's frame and launched an almighty punch into the demonic beings gut, of which made Chimaira's eyes red out (red sclera). Kyzer would proceed to deliver a volley of attacks into the gut of the demon before launching him into the sky with a powerful roundhouse. Chimaira broke his fall glaring down at the foe below him before starting to generate sparks around his being.

"Better end this now while I still hold the edge." Kyzer thought to himself as he drew his hands to the side of him extending his palms out and clenching his fingers, two balls of energy began to form in each palm as he dragged his left leg back and bent it a little to gain momentum on his movements. Chimaira snarled as he raised both hands into the air and created a mass ball of red energy that grew and grew in size with each passing second.

"Sire if that blast hits the Earth it's done for!" a foot soldier shouted out from the console. "Leave it, the boy will deal to it, and if not… I will personally stop Chimaira." Lazarus explained, gripping the throne arm enough to shatter it apart making a few men stagger back in shock. "Just a few more moments…" Kyzer thought to himself, digging his heels into the ground making it tear apart. "KILL!" Chimaira screamed as he arched himself back then launched it down towards Kyzer's being.

"Kyzer! It's best if you act now!" Marcous shouted. "I hear ya! Infernal Flash!" Kyzer shouted thrusting his palms forward and releasing the two energy blasts from his palms of which would spiral around each other before merging into one larger blast of energy. The attack would shoot up towards Chimaira's energy ball shattering it almost instantly. "W-WH-WHAT!" Chimaira shouted in pure horror as he reached out to grab the attack only for his palms to disintegrate the demon could only look on in horror as the blast fully consumed the being and in a roar of pain his form was destroyed by the blast of which shot into the sky and exploded heavily outside Earth's atmosphere.

Lasiraiga, Ethica and Cerberus stood there in shock watching the energy explosion change into particles and shimmered away. "Chimaira is gone sir, there's not a trace of him left…" one of the foot soldiers muttered, almost in fear of saying that thinking this would be his fate. "Bravo…. Truly incredible… Saiyans." Lazarus mused, clapping his hands in congratulations, earning the surprise of the other demons. "Sir… Chimaira was one of our strongest warriors… what chance do we have to win based on that?" Cerberus asked?

"Cerberus, you seem to be under the impression that Chimaira was stronger than convention… allow me to correct this flaw. Chimaira's power came from his inability to control himself or his power, therefore his overwhelming Ki surged out from his being giving him the impression he was strong, on top of that he transformed into his Ultra form… had he not wasted time and gone Giga… he might have won that fight even with that brats Kaioken x100…" Lazarus explained.

"What my brother is trying to say Cerberus is that raw strength alone is not going to allow you to win the fight. Cerberus's power would be greater than Lazarus' in stature, but because he couldn't control it, it led to his downfall." Lasiraiga explained. "Right, I got you… forgive me Sire…" Cerberus muttered. "Its fine… but I think it's time we make this work in our favour now…" Lazarus mused, looking at the foot soldier. "Bring the ship down, we're going stretch our legs for a bit."

"S-Sire!" replied the soldier as he punched in the needed commands and with it the ship began to land, of course in a place undetected by man or machine, most importantly by the Half-Saiyan warriors.

Chapter 2 – The World Martial Arts Tournament

Having landed on the Earth some of the demon soldiers opted to get some fresh air, whilst Lazarus and the others hovered back to assess their next course of action. "It looks like these Earthlings have something they call a World Martial Arts tournament sire." Lasiraiga explained to the other. "World Martial Arts tournament?" Lazarus asked, getting to his feet, cracking the bones in his neck and shoulders.

"I'm just getting the information now… it appears to be a contest of strength and might, fighters from across the planet gather together and fight in a small arena to be dubbed the greatest warrior of the planet…if the fighter is knocked out cold or removed from the arena they are out of the fight." Lasiraiga explained. "Very interesting… where and when can enter?" Lazarus mused, earning a look from his brother demon. "You want to actually fight in this thing? Play by the earthling's rules?" Lasiraiga asked, a brow rose in confusion.

"Why not? It makes my presence known without them actually noting my intentions from the start, and it means I might be able to gauge myself against this Halfling twerp…" Lazarus mused punching his palm with a grin on his face. "Besides… I can always then reveal my hand when the time comes to hand and then make this planet my own." Lazarus added. "Very well sire, it appears to be on Papaya Island south of here."

Time had passed and after the talking of Chimaira to the other members of the group the time had come to prepare for the World Martial Arts tournament and with it Kyzer and Marcous trying their hand at becoming four-time world champions. It wasn't long before it was time for the tournament to begin and the rounds had been set up. Lazarus at the time had figured that going in as he was, was bound to get him identified by Kyzer and Marcous as someone of similar race to Chimaira so with help of his best scientists was able to disguise him in a human vessel of tall build, blue hair and piercing red eyes. (Basically all the Apocalyptic Demons are of dark grey skin and red eyes, but their characteristics all vary based on their attributes as warriors or soldiers).

Marcous, Kyzer and Lazarus (who donned the name Lukra for the tournament) made no effort in getting to where they needed to be, however with Marcous and Kyzer in the same bracket as each other it was easy for Lukra to advance straight to the final match. "Well ladies and gentleman today we get a treat! It's not gonna be that lucrative moment where we crown our four-time Martial Arts Champion of the world! But we'll at least get to know who of the two will get the better shot of doing it as they face off against Lukra in the final match!" Shouted the announced, twirling his microphone effortlessly around his body while drawing the crowds in.

"That Lukra fella is quite interesting for a full-blooded human." Marcous told Kyzer, whom nodded looking back at the male who was against the wall in what looked to be meditation, thinking back to a previous conversation he was having with his brother before the tournament started. "Sire, I was thinking about something… I wonder if you should hold back during this tournament…"

"Hold back you say?" Lazarus asked, looking to his brother in rather annoyance to the claim. "Yes Sire… think about it like this, we have all the time in the world to conquer this planet… so why feel the need to express your power right from the word go? You're gonna be disguised anyway… so why not just cut back and enjoy this tournament for it's worth… see I'm not even telling you to throw the match…" Lasiraiga mused, almost teasing the male before him. "I'm King of Demons and yet you think because you are the older brother you can mock me… amusing…" Lazarus snickered, shaking his head in a mild manner.

"Yeah, I suppose I could hold back against those Saiyan fledglings… But doesn't mean I'm gonna make it easy on them either." Lazarus mused, before his transition to his human form became apparent. Lukra opened his eyes and looked at the two warriors looking at him and merely smiled before looking ahead of him. "He seems pretty strong too, he disposed of his opponents so easily… might have our work cut out for us." Marcous responded. "You say us, but really it's one of us… good luck my friend may the best win and no hard feelings either which way." Kyzer told his friend, extending his hand. "Yeah, oh right." Marcous replied, taking his others hand and shaking it. "What's the protocol for the fight? Hold back? All-out?" Marcous asked, earning a look of thought from Kyzer.

"How bout… we just see how things progress then we can decide in the heat of it." Kyzer replied, hearing his introduction and proceeded out towards the arena. "So here comes our first semi-finalist! He's the son of Baston Azure who fought on these tournament grounds many a time! He's also a 4-time Super Hover-Car Champion along with Marcous and a 3-Time winner of the Martial Arts Tournament, looking to make it 4-in-a-row! It's Kyzer Azure!" The announcer shouted, the crowd cheering for Kyzer as he jumped onto the arena and waved to the crowed.

"And our next fighter! He is also a 3-time Martial Arts Champion and 4-time Super Hover-Car Champion! He is also the son of a Martial Arts Champion of 3 years! Cloud Satoshi! These two have fathers that have spent many a time here fighting one another for the crown and now they have another shot of greatness! It's Marcous Satoshi!" The announcer roared, the crowd cheering for Marcous as he jumped to the arena and faced Kyzer with a confident grin.

"Who will be the one to fight Lukra in the finals!? Let's find out! LET THE MATCH BEGIN!" The announcer roared, the gongs going off and suddenly the crowd went silent as Kyzer and Marcous took stance towards each other. "Kyzer… it would do me the best of honour to allow you the first move." Marcous explained in a confident manner. "Your loss." Kyzer replied with a grin, arching down a bit more in his stance. "Let's see if he can anticipate this." Kyzer thought to himself, as he instantly transformed into a Super Saiyan 3 and dashed right for Marcous.

Marcous was a bit surprised at Kyzer's brashness, but then smirked as he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2 and clashed with the other, Marcous' feet breaking the tiles of the arena, the forces sending ripples through the arena. "Did Marcous never figure out how to become Super Saiyan 3?" Zara asked Trinity of whom smiled. "Oh no he did… Marcous just found Super Saiyan 3 to be too strenuous on the body, it's a transformation made more for finishing a battle than one to use in prolonged ones. "Wait, he figured out all that?" Zara asked in surprise. "Well, he had help from Goku at one stage, but Goku only spoke in riddles as though wanting Marcous to figure it out for himself." Trinity added.

"Geeze, for two people who hang out nearly all the time you two should be married or at least in a relationship given how much you know." Zara said in a groaning like manner. "I just don't see him that way and neither does he… we're just really good friends." Trinity told Zara. "And if Kyzer thinks he'll walk with this, he's gonna be in for a surprise." She added with a giggle afterwards. "And before you ask Zara, I'm not telling~"

"Since when did you become so bold?" Zara huffed, as she watched Kyzer push off Marcous' arm and launched back to his side of the arena and returned to what looked to be Super Saiyan 2. "So that was your game was it Kyzer? Use Super Saiyan 3 in an attempt to throw my guard and end the fight from the start?" Marcous asked, earning a smirk from Kyzer. "To be honest I wasn't expecting it to work, but I wanted to see if I could get that calculated mind of yours to trip itself up and give me the win." Kyzer responded, hunching over to power up.

"But I'm eager to fight this Lukra guy now, so I'm gonna get down to the gist of it!" and with that Kyzer erupted in sapphire energy and within seconds was Super Saiyan Sapphire. "Very well..." Marcous responded transforming into Super Saiyan Ruby at that moment of time as well. "Those two people changed from black hair to gold hair, now to Red and blue hair! What are they magicians?!" one spectator exclaimed in surprise. "They must be! Look at their shimmering bodies and those light shows around their body! It has to be magic!" another shouted.

"They think we're magicians huh? Well let's give them more to think about on that." Kyzer thought to himself, smirking towards Marcous as he suddenly vanished from the spot he was in; Marcous smirked as he did the same. The crowd all gasped and began to look around; the announcer was just as lost about this. Trinity, Zara, Lukra and even baby Souma were able to see where they had ended up and soon the crowd's confusion was met with realisation as sonic booms began to echo across the sky.

"Marcous and Kyzer are displaying power and traits never seen before at this tournament! I don't know what's happened in the last three years for this to transpire! But these two warriors have become faster! Stronger and seem to be able to transform into strange magical like entities! This is a battle for the ages! I just hope Lukra hasn't gotten cold feet if he wants to challenge either one of these guys for the title!" The announcer shouted out.

"I think I'll be just fine…." Lukra mused in his mind, his grin widening as his eyes continued to follow their movements with little to no worry at all. Kyzer and Marcous were soon engaged in a flurry of vicious attacks towards one another, their speed to strike and defend was incredible to say the least, very soon they struck fists and launched back after a few ripples soared across the sky separating the clouds around them. "Incredible… I had no idea you had gotten this much stronger in such a short time." Kyzer exclaimed, wiping his forehead clean of sweat, then spitting some blood out of his mouth. "Think you managed to lose me a back tooth as well."

"I haven't been sitting around, I'm gunning for the win Kyzer, and I expect you to give me everything you have, and I mean everything." Marcous explained, Kyzer grinning. "Kaioken then? Cause if that's what you want then I'm afraid that Kaioken isn't my trump card anymore." Kyzer explained, earning a look of surprise from Marcous and even one from Lukra who due to having Namekian sized ears in his demon form could hear their conversation from way above. "No longer your trump card? Is this a bluff or something? Because you know I'm smart enough to see through your bluffs." Marcous explained, Kyzer grinned and then closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

It then began to look like he was struggling with something, his body twitching violently as his Super Saiyan Sapphire aura began to wobble around then at that moment shrunk a tad. Marcous wasn't sure whether or not to intervene with this, mostly due to the Saiyan cells in his body itching to see what this development was, Lukra was also hoping Marcous wouldn't intervene as he wanted to see what this new 'trump card' Kyzer mentioned was.

It seemed to take a while, but after a bit the Sapphire aura around Kyzer seemed to shrink to a point where it then just vanished with a small trail of smoke. "I don't get it Kyzer… nothing's changed… all that's happened is that your aura has vanished and your power has….." Marcous trailed off, Lukra opting to finish the sentence where he stood. "Almost quadrupled from the previous power he attained in Sapphire alone…. How interesting..." Lukra mused. "What is this Kyzer? What have you just achieved?!" Marcous asked in shock.

"I've perfected Super Saiyan Sapphire." Kyzer responded taking his stance. "Perfected it? What do you mean? Are you trying to say our forms were incomplete before all this!?" Marcous asked. "Well I don't know about yours, Trinity's or Zara's but I know for a fact mine was." Kyzer responded, thinking back to the fight with Chimaira. "When fighting that demonic thing I realized that too much energy was spilling from my form whilst it was going on, energy that could have been put to better use in defeating Chimaira without the need of Kaioken." Kyzer explained. "So I worked tirelessly over the last couple of months to try and find a means to stop that energy spilling out all over the place and I figured… why not try to seal it back inside of me." Kyzer told Marcous.

"So that's why your aura vanished, it didn't disappear, you returned it back to your being thus converting it all into energy… man that's clever… I never would have anticipated something like this being so critical to getting power… man this could even make you a threat to Lord Liqueur." Marcous mused, powering up his Super Saiyan Ruby aura and launched towards Kyzer, throwing a frenzy of attacks towards the male who fended off each one effortlessly, but earned Marcous the deduction he was trying to work out.

"You're not moving as fluently as before Kyzer, is the stress of holding that energy in that severe?" Marcous asked, earning a look of shock from Kyzer and a devious smirk from Lukra. "You worked all that out in a series of moves?" Kyzer asked in a stunned manner, Marcous smirking to that. "So I was right… this is no different to Super Saiyan 3, you gain a burst of energy that could level anyone you face but you can only hold onto that form for as long as the stress of it can handle." Marcous explained.

"Darn that calculative mind of his…." Kyzer scowled in his mind, as he went to take stance, but the bicep on his left arm bulged out making him wince. "Well maybe not Super Saiyan 3… more like Kaioken to be exact." Marcous added having noted the bulge in his friends arm. "So if I continued to prolong this fight, you'd eventually have to revert out of that form unless you wanted to burn your energy reserves and render yourself helpless." Marcous continued. "MAN! Do you ever not like being so damn calculative!?" Kyzer asked, fuming all the while to it. "It's what I've always envied the fact you can actually think up cool strategies in the middle of a fight. To be honest, I actually found myself outclassed when I watched your fight with Gohan at the tournament of power. The sheer sake that the two of you analysed the battle so carefully that you couldn't even hit each other was a level I wish I had… I guess Goku and I share the same value of just taking the fight as it comes." Kyzer explained, allowing his energy to surge back out of his being.

"These boys just continue to impress me more and more by the time… but despite all their bravado they still pose no further threat to me." Lukra mused silently as he continued to watch the battle unfold. Kyzer and Marcous were embroiled in a flurry of attacks but it was apparent that despite Kyzer reverting back to his incomplete Sapphire form it had taken a toll on him, as he was now fending attacks and striking with only one working arm, the other holding limp at his side. At one point Marcous looked to have the advantage and was about to deliver a devastating blow to Kyzer's face. Kyzer gasped, then quickly resorted to using Kaioken to separate himself from the attack and gain some distance from Marcous.

Marcous seemed composed all the while, Kyzer on the hand was beaten down and gasping for air. "I'm amazed you've been able to keep at it with only one real workable arm Kyzer, you are truly an incredible warrior… quite ironic from the guy who wanted to race cars as a kid." Marcous told him with a grin, Kyzer grinning back. "I guess I could thank Xero in some regard, I never knew being able to test my strength against some of the galaxies strongest fighters could be this overwhelming. But to think my greatest rival and fiercest adversary would be you of all people… you're not as strong as me, but that mind of yours is a dangerous weapon…" Kyzer grunted, composing himself.

"Marcous looks like he could win this." Lukra thought to himself, with a light sigh. "To be honest I wanted to fight Kyzer in particular… but this boys mind makes him a dangerous foe… I could go down with either." He added, turning to walk back into the waiting room. "So is that your way of admitting defeat?" Marcous asked, earning a grin from Kyzer. "Oh quite the contrary." Kyzer replied, earning surprise from his friend. "Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely racking my head to find a way to get around that mind of yours and nothing seems to come up, but if there was one thing my father taught me in battle… was to never give up, even when the stakes are against you!" and with that Kyzer took stance and began to glow in golden energy.

Marcous' surprise rose and even Lukra had stopped to look at the events taking place, and before long the golden energy faded and Kyzer seemed to have reverted back to what looked to be Super Saiyan God status. "What IS he up to? This seems like a step backwards." Marcous thought to himself, noting that Kyzer's limp arm suddenly moved into relation with his stance. "Healing? No that's not it… I see now… wait…. Do I…?" Marcous began to hesitate with his thought process on this, giving Kyzer the momentum to vanish from his spot and catch the other off guard.

With a backwards chopping motion, Kyzer was able to strike his friend in the back of the head and sent him spiralling down towards the ground, Kyzer powered up his Super Saiyan God form and charged back down towards Marcous who was still lost in thought to the whole situation. Kyzer quickly spiralled around and drop kicked Marcous down towards the ground faster, watching the male hit the arena centre and caused a massive plume of smoke and debris to litter the arena outer floor.

Kyzer landed on the part of the arena not covered in smoke and watched it die away, seeing Marcous slowly bring himself to his feet, not exactly harmed from the offense but was definitely damaged from it none the less. "Now I see why you opted to go back to Super Saiyan God… it makes complete sense." Marcous mused a tad, coughing up a bit of blood, before wiping it away from his lip. "It's not only faster than Super Saiyan Blue and Sapphire… but it's also the less straining on your Ki… your resilience to win this is great…even greater than my own… which is why I give up." Marcous told him loud enough for all to hear.

"Wait, what!?" Kyzer asked in shock to the situation. "I've used up a lot of my energy in the heat of things, you were right on one thing, the over-exposure to Super Saiyan Ruby in it's incomplete state is dropping my stamina and for you to see this and drop down a form to keep it in place of a drop in strength was great, far greater idea than I could have thought of… you have the upper hand and I wouldn't be able to turn the tide… so you win, announce it." Marcous told the announcer who after moments of being stunned quickly snapped out of it to address the crowd.

"Well you heard it here folks! Marcous Satoshi has forfeited the match! Therefore the winner of the semi-final match and the fighter who will go to fight Lukra in the final is Kyzer Azure!" The announcer roared, earning cheers from the crowd once more. "Marcous…" Kyzer muttered, watching his friend revert to normal, then looked to fish something out of his pocket and threw the item at Kyzer. Kyzer caught it and looked at it then blinked. "Wait! If you had these then why didn't you use one t-!"

"Because that wouldn't have been a fair fight would it have?" Marcous interrupted with a grin, as he placed the item in his mouth and chewed it down, within seconds of swallowing it all of his wounds had healed and he was able to return fully to his feet and walked off the arena. "Good luck, don't take Lukra sitting down." He told Kyzer of whom nodded, eating the item of which appeared to be a Sensu bean and was back to full strength. Lukra grinned at this development and proceeded to walk towards the arena, as he passed Marcous, the other stopped and looked behind him, suddenly sensing a dark presence from the males being, something Lukra had done on purpose.

"What was that energy all of a sudden… it felt… familiar." Marcous thought to himself as he scowled a bit then went back to the waiting area. "Well it looks like neither warrior is wasting time! Let's introduce our finalists! So you just saw a battle of no other between Marcous and Kyzer! Kyzer the winner is our finalist and his opponent is the unknown Lukra! But he found his way to the finals with ease! So let's see how he fares!" The announcer shouted before looking to the ring. "But maybe we should fix the ring first, Kyzer can fly but I doubt tha-"

"No worries there…" Lukra mused as he hovered from his walking position and flew over to the ring and landed on the other end of the crater. This earned a serious look from Kyzer. "Not many humans were taught by the Saiyans or the Tuffles about flight and Ki control… suffice to say this person isn't your average human trained in martial arts…" Kyzer thought to himself, not having sensed the dark intent inside Lukra's being that Marcous had.

"Kyzer, let's give it our all… if you have to use your blue form I don't mind… I can handle it." Lukra explained, slapping his palms together and bowing towards the male. "I'll be the judge of that one I suppose Lukra." Kyzer replied, returning the gesture then took stance. "Alright ladies and gentleman! Let the final match begin!" The announcer roared, the gong going off once again. Kyzer grinned as he launched himself from the ground towards Lukra who stood firm not even in stance towards the male. "If he thinks he can bluff his way to victory he's gonna get himself in a world of hurt." Kyzer mused fully over-confident to the situation, and before long he threw himself into range of the other and launched a rapid roundhouse towards the males face.

Lukra's smile widened just a touch as just inches from being struck in the face by Kyzer's foot the being arched a tiny bit back allowing Kyzer's foot to swing past him. Marcous, Zara and Trinity's eyes widened a touch, Kyzer was just as stunned as he quickly composed himself, placing his hand on the arena floor as leverage, crouching down and then launched his frame towards Lukra again to try and uppercut the being with both feet.

Again this was met by Lukra merely arching back a bit with his spine to allow Kyzer to fly overhead. "What the hell!? This guy is avoiding my attacks by mere centimetres!" Kyzer thought to himself, as he drew energy into his palm and threw it down as close to the back of Lukra's head as possible, but again the other merely ducked down within inches of the blast hitting and with it the blast hit the ground and exploded, sending more debris flying around. "He's effortlessly evading my attacks, alright if speed is his game I'll raise him." Kyzer thought to himself, transforming into a Super Saiyan God once again and launched down to deliver a frenzy of attacks towards the other being.

Lukra grinned, not even turning to face the male, as even without having to face him, he began to evade each and every single attack by the slightest of margins. 'I've never seen anyone this fast before, he's barely moving and yet he's making Kyzer's quickest attacks look like they're moving at snails pace… who is this guy?" Marcous wondered aloud. Meanwhile back at Lazarus's ship the Demon Cell group were watching the fight courtesy of a wired bug on the doorframe of the waiting room.

"Looks like Master Lazarus is merely toying around with the boy." Cerberus mused watching Kyzer's attacks being merely evaded. "Showing your hand is one thing in fights, but merely displaying other traits such as what my brother is doing now can really deflate people into dropping their guard." Lasiraiga explained. "What you're seeing here is a technique that was believed only to be in the hands of the gods and a certain Saiyan warrior from Universe 7… but what most fail to realize is that the techniques of those stemmed off the originality of another…" Lasiraiga continued.

"Wait are you telling me that…" Ethica was about to say before being interrupted by Lasiraiga.

"Yes, Autonomous Ultra Instinct was a technique created by my brother… that was then passed along through the angels and to certain gods as well…" Lasiraiga explained, as back to the fight Kyzer was growing agitated by his attacks being constantly avoided by the other warrior. "Are you going to just avoid me!? Or are you going to fight back!?" Kyzer shouted, leaping back from the warrior and launched himself towards Lukra. "If you insist…" Lukra whispered with a dark smirk. Kyzer suddenly shot past Lukra in a state of shock, all Lukra had done was move to the side with his right arm extended.

"W…what the…?" Kyzer muttered to himself before his form exploded outwardly and released into the sky, his form was back to normal and within seconds he was face first on the arena floor. The crowd was stunned, Marcous was stunned, and Zara and Trinity were stunned. "I have no idea what happened… but I best start the countdown as Kyzer is down for the count!" The announcer shouted, starting the count. It wasn't long before the count concluded.

"And that's ten! Kyzer is out cold! This match is finished! The winner and your new Martial Arts Champion of the world is! LUKRA!" the crowd still remained silent and stunned from this, Kyzer continued to remain motionless on the floor thankfully to Marcous and the others his Ki signature was still bound therefore noting he was still alive but merely unconscious. At this point laughter could be heard from Lukra's being, it was soft and mellow but within seconds it became loud and rather evil sounding. This earns Marcous and the other two's attention and the announcers. "Uhm… what's so funny about that?" The announcer asked.

"This!? Do you not see!? This is what your planet has to offer!? This weak excuse of a half-breed!?" Lukra asked pointing at Kyzer with a blast of energy being drawn at his fingertip. "I knew he wasn't normal…" Marcous scowled, quickly transforming into Super Saiyan Ruby and dashed towards Lukra, swinging his foot around and managing to catch the other off guard for a second and made him slide back, releasing the energy from his finger tip. "Barely felt that… but consider yourself honoured, not many can get me off guard and lay a blow to me." Lukra mused, cracking his neck.

"Enough games Lukra, if that's even your real name!" Marcous growled, Zara and Trinity soon zooming down to stand behind Marcous, transforming also into Super Saiyan Amethyst and Topaz. "And you three think you could do any better than what he did? He's the strongest one of you four and he was taken down in one attack! ONE! Even Kudazai the being that Kyzer in his god form vanquished with ease took more hits!" Lukra mused. "You deceived him! You drew his stamina down to striking levels by evading his attacks! You blinded him with anger and it caused him to drop his guard! Had you fought fairly this wouldn't be the case!" Zara shouted at him. "Ha! Do you fools really think if I didn't resort to Autonomous Ultra Instinct he would have made any dent in my armour? Oh right I guess you don't even know what that technique is… much less who I am…" Lukra mused, patting his chest. "This bulky and inferior human disguise is hiding my true being, I guess I can get rid of it." Lukra explained as he hunched down and within a split second of that he threw his form back and the form cracked apart and shattered revealing Lazarus' true form, making Marcous step back

"It's you…. You're the same as that guy we fought months back… Chimaira!" Marcous gasped, earning a dark grin from Lazarus. "You could say that Chimaira and I are cut from the same cloth, but he was merely a being created from my cells and was then further mutated to create something we hoped would be a great asset to my forces, but it turned out to be a failure that was terminated by your friend there." Lazarus explained. "But I don't really have time to be dealing with you lot…" Lazarus mused, energy drawing around his being in a dark red aura. "Zara… where is Souma.." Marcous whispered.

"I used the confusion to teleport to Hanma's and left him there…" Zara responded, watching Lazarus' energy becoming more and more fierce by the second. "Good… because I think we're gonna need to try and protect these people by any means." Marcous shouted, powering up his aura in a defensive manner, Trinity and Zara then doing the same, shrouding Kyzer in the energy as well. "A wise decision…" Lazarus mused, as the energy soon transformed into a sphere of Ki of which then erupted from his frame and began to consume the tournament arena and the entirety of Papaya Island. The explosion seemed to last for a while but eventually subsided and with it the outer extents of the tournament arena was nothing more than a barren wasteland, the people within the tournament grounds were unharmed, but Marcous, Zara and Trinity all looked battered and beaten beyond belief, their auras faded, they returned to normal and like Kyzer dropped face down into the ground and were rendered out cold.

"Impressive work you three… to think you spared your own lives, the live of that worm at your feet and the entirety of the tournament arena… I commend you on that, but you lost this little battle… I would finish you off, but I think I'll let you saviour in my dominance a little longer… very soon this planet will be mine and there will be no one to stand in my way of conquering Universe 8 and eventually the other 12…" Lazarus mused as he hovered into the sky and flew off leaving the others to what would eventually be… die.

Chapter 3 – The return of Markyz, the end of the Earth

Time seemed to pass and eventually Kyzer regained consciousness and looked around him, surprised to see he was at the Sanctuary of the Guardian. "How did I end up here…?" Kyzer asked, looking around and noting that the other three were by him all beat up. "What the hell!? Why are you guys all beat up!?" Kyzer shouted in shock. "They were badly beaten when Lazarus attempted to destroy the tournament arena with you and the innocence, they protected you at their lives cost." Said a male that Kyzer turned to face. "Hanma… they're not…" Kyzer started to say. "Dead? No… not yet at least… I will administer healing but given their Ki flow is damaged, it will be a long process for them to recover." Hanma explained as he began the process of healing their wounds.

"Thank you… wait… Lazarus?" Kyzer asked. "Oh my forgiveness… you were out cold when this all transpired… Lukra the being you fought in the tournament finals revealed himself to being one of the universe's most feared and most dangerous beings. Lazarus, the King of the Demon World." Hanma explained. "What on earth would bring someone like Lazarus to earth…?" Kyzer asked, shaking his head in confusion. "Surely it's not like Kudazai and he was out to squash the legends of Super Saiyan's and Transcended Super Saiyans right?" Kyzer asked again.

"No, thankfully it isn't otherwise it's likely you wouldn't be here asking me that question." Hanma replied, moving back to allow Marcous and the others to sit up and recover themselves slightly. Hanma moved away for enough time to retrieve baby Souma and handed him back to Zara who hugged the child and merely sobbed. "No wonder he picked me apart so easily… How the heck could there be someone that powerful still around? I would have thought the Gods of Destruction would have annihilated someone that powerful…" Kyzer grumbled.

"I'm afraid Lazarus is a force that even the Grand Priest himself is fearful of." Said a voice in the sky. "Iru? What do you mean by that? How could there be someone that even the Grand Priest fears?" Kyzer asked. "As you know by fables there are Angels then there are Demons… think about that much Kyzer and you will see why…" Iru replied making Kyzer glare at the floor. "So you're saying that Lazarus is like the Anti equivalence to the Grand Priest?" Marcous asked. "Exactly… his power exceeds all of the Gods of Destruction and is only on par with the Grand Priest… the reason he exists is because he in some way keeps the balance in check for the 12 universes." Iru told them.

"So what!? Even if somehow we pull one over him we face endangering the 12 universes in the process!?" Kyzer shouted, tears streaming down his face at the powerlessness of the situation. "Okay maybe that wasn't the best way to describe it… well think of it like how the Supreme Kai's and the Gods of Destruction work, with creation comes destruction, with angels comes demons so no we wouldn't break the foundations if we somehow slayed Lazarus… but I'm honestly surprised you think we can." Iru told Kyzer. "I don't think we can, I know we can! But we just have to prepare for it!" Kyzer shouted, earning saddened looks by Marcous, Zara and Trinity.

"Your determination is astounding… but I am afraid your stupidity exceeds it..." Hanma told Kyzer bluntly. "What do you mean by that!?" Kyzer growled, insulted by the gesture. "You're talking about an entity that makes one of the most powerful entities in the 12 universes fearful… do you really think you a low key mortal could stand a chance against a force like that? You saw what happened to you, he took you out in one strike." Hanma explained, making Kyzer's eyes widen. "Not only that… he's the inventor of Autonomous Ultra Instinct, the very technique favoured by the Angels." Iru explained. "He mentioned that before he attacked… what is Autonomous Ultra Instinct?" Zara asked. "It's a technique as I said of his creation… it's basically a sense of perfected reflexes… your body can act before your mind even decides to make a move. But only few have been able to master the technique and use it at will… it was demonstrated at the first tournament of power by the one you know as Son Goku." Iru explained.

"Wait, you mean Goku had something like this and he didn't use it in the last tournament!?" Kyzer shouted in horror. "As I said, Goku cannot tap into this power at will, so he was unable to use it against you at full power and he knew this, which is why he never used it in general." Iru told him, making Kyzer lower his head. "Which means in reality I never should have been on equal terms with him in that fight." Kyzer sighed. "Now do you see? Even Goku couldn't beat this being, he's far beyond ANYONE'S capabilities." Iru explained

"No… not all of them." Kyzer grunted, reaching into his pocket and pulling something out. Marcous noted this himself and reached into his pocket and pulled his out as well. "Wait a second… are those…?" Iru using his crystal ball to note what they were holding. He then quickly reached up to his ear lobes and patted them about gasping. "I knew I forgot to do something after that tournament! Are you lot seriously thinking that Fusion is gonna make a difference!?" Iru shouted. "You know better than anyone that your exposure to godly power weakens the time on the Potara's! You barely had 5 minutes with them on in that fight against Vegito! Do you expect to try and beat Lazarus like that!?" Iru shouted again.

"We got around that…" Kyzer explained putting his earring on his left ear. "We used the Super Dragonballs and wished the power of the Potara's to be versatile and hold any form of power, godly or not." He continued. "How on earth did you gather the Super Dragonballs without my knowledge!?" Iru shouted in horror. "I'm afraid that's our doing." Said a voice from behind Iru, making him turn around and nearly jump out of his skin. "L-Lord Liqueur! Lord Korn! Forgive me, had I known you were coming I would have prepared tea and a snack!" Iru shouted, bowing before them.

"Forget about it, as you can see the stakes are high…" Liqueur explained, looking at the ball. "We didn't exactly let them do this on the grounds of free-easy fusion… we did it because we had thoughts that Lazarus may have ended up coming after these lot when they revealed their hand at the tournament… we needed to be sure that if fusion was a key component to beating Lazarus or at least…slow him down… we need to get rid of that stupid little drawback." Liqueur added. "So what!? Now they're permanent or something!?" Iru asked.

"No, they will dissolve the fusion when the earrings are removed from the fused beings ear lobes." Korn explained, watching Marcous put on his earring, within moments both Kyzer and Marcous fused together and the mighty Markyz was reborn. Markyz took a moment to absorb his surroundings before powering up his aura and taking flight without a word. "He's going to get himself killed…" Hanma muttered, shaking his head. "Is it just me or did something seem more different about that fusion?" Zara asked, Trinity shrugging to the question.

Lazarus had since taken a detour back to his ship as he was busy analysing the planet for its higher details and lower. He was on his way back towards the base when he suddenly sensed something and turned around to greet it. It wouldn't be long before Markyz arrived on the scene holding a composed look on his face. "How interesting… and who might you be…?" Lazarus asked, before noting the Potara's on the lobes of the male. "Ah, it makes sense… Kyzer and Marcous have fused using the Potara's… so what do I owe the pleasure? Markyz would it be?" Lazarus asked, earning a look of surprise.

"Not bad of a guess then Lazarus, I am Markyz… and I am also your end." Markyz explained, earning a light chuckle from the Demon King. "Well I have to admit your bravado hasn't been hurt in the incident from before. In saying that I guess you have a decent amount of strength now… enough to have been able to beat Chimaira properly had he not been so blind sighted by his mutations." Lazarus explained. "Yes you heard me right Markyz, if Chimaira was of rational mind in thinking and Ki control you would only be on par with him now."

"Well, guess I'm glad to have finished him off before he became right of mind and Ki control." Markyz muttered, not entirely phased by the information he was given, knowing in some cases it might have been that way. "I will say though, your composure towards me is rather impressive… despite knowing who I am and what I can do, you stand before me with intentions to stop me… so then, have at you." Lazarus mused, moving his arms to his side. "I'll even humour you and won't use Autonomous Ultra Instinct." He added. "Guess I best use that generosity to your downfall." Markyz muttered, as he transformed into Super Saiyan Onyx and launched himself towards Lazarus at full speed.

Lazarus was a bit stunned by this sudden jump in power but quickly blocked the incoming attack from the fused warrior, gritting his teeth a bit as Markyz began to force more energy into his fist and used it almost like a grenade to detonate in Ki, sending the Demon King flying back. "So this is what happens when someone like Kyzer merges with the calculative mind of Marcous… this could be more interesting than I first figured." Lazarus mused, quickly fending off another strong attack from the fused being.

The attacks all seemed to ring with the same extent of exploding Ki attacks from thrown appendages. Lazarus caught onto this quickly and was able to counter with his own variation of the technique but was soon caught off guard as the technique changed, it almost seemed now that the Ki waves were detonating before the contact was drawn into and as a result some of Markyz's attacks were starting to make contact and good contact with Lazarus' form. Lazarus flew back from the smoke formed by the exploding Ki and snarled, blood dripping down his lower lip.

"Unbelievable… L-Lazarus has been…. Harmed!?" Iru gasped watching the events unfold through the Crystal ball. Lazarus growled deeply as he reached up and removed the blood from his lip with his thumb, looking down at it. "It's been centuries… no millennia since I have seen the sight of my own blood…. Pesky vermin!" Lazarus shouted clenching his fist. "Trust me Lazarus, you're gonna see more blood and feel more pain when you are struck down by my new transformation!" Markyz shouted, earning a look of surprise from all viewers of the battle.

Lazarus couldn't exactly comprehend the words coming from Markyz but before he could laugh it off or even question it, Markyz suddenly erupted in his Super Saiyan Onyx energy and followed it through with Kaioken at the same time. "The same move he used against Chimaira…? This is suppose to change the tide of this…?" Lazarus thought to himself, unsure if he was serious or was being made a joke of. "No wait…" Lazarus' eyes sharpened as he noted what was happening next. The Super Saiyan Onyx aura as well as the Kaioken aura began to sink into Markyz's being and within seconds was gone.

"So you're opting to use that perfected Super Saiyan Onyx that you had tried in the tournament to no avail?" Lazarus mused, powering up his aura and smirking. Markyz could only grin as he then suddenly erupted the energy back out of his frame, of which had changed from purple with red flare to a pure maroon like colour. "Wait what the heck is this!?" Lazarus shouted in shock, feeling the ripples of Markyz's energy shooting past him and even made him slide back. "It's almost like he's…" Lazarus thought to himself. "I've merged Super Saiyan Onyx and Kaioken together to create a new source of power… Jealous…?" Markyz mused before suddenly vanished from his spot, almost leaving his aura behind.

Lazarus could barely comprehend what had gone on before he suddenly reached down and grabbed his chest, spewing blood out from his mouth. Iru and those behind him stood in shock as the Demon King was drawn to a knee from one attack. "Guess I made a whoopsie didn't I? I guess I dealt more damage to you than I let on… sorry about that." Markyz mused, earning a deathly glare from the Demon King. "Oh you want to play cocky do you boy…? THEN LET ME SHOW YOU COCKY!" Lazarus roared, energy circulating around his being as he launched himself towards the fused warrior.

Markyz merely grinned as he began to avoid all of Lazarus's attacks effortlessly. He then returned serve by kicking Lazarus in the face a few times, grabbing the demons head and threw him to the floor and fired a wave of Ki blasts down towards the ground, making the floor erupt in fire and debris. "NOW EAT THIS! FINAL IMPACT!" Markyz roared arching his palms back and then released a huge blast of energy down to the ground. Lazarus was pulling himself to his feet when he quickly looked up and saw the blast of energy, he roared out in fear as he was consumed by the energy attack and with it the blast shot through the earth and out the other end without damaging the core.

"Unbelievable! HE DID IT!" Iru shouted, Liqueur and Korn looking in a state of shock to the situation. Markyz looked down at the hole he had caused and grinned. "Can always restore that with the dragonballs… but at least he's done." Markyz explained, as he was about to return to normal, but then showed a look of surprise but then shook his head with a grin. "Nope… I guess not… hello Lazarus." Markyz grunted turning his head to see a very battle damaged and very disgruntled Lazarus. "That blast had enough power to blow up the Earth and then some… very surprising you'd go so far to try and finish me off… but too bad, you held back far too much energy… and that is going to cost you!" Lazarus seethed, sparks of red electricity surging around his body.

"Cost me? Look at you, since I showed you my true power you've done nothing but throw your mouth around like a kid at a carnival. I know you're banking on my fusion ending but you may as well forget that happening." Markyz explained, earning a look of surprise by Lazarus of which was quickly washed off by a scowl. "I see… so I could do that then…" Lazarus thought to himself, spitting blood out of his mouth. "Take honour brat…!" Lazarus shouted, hunching into a powering up position, his aura snaking around his frame.

"Not many… if any at all are still around to be able to say they have witnessed what you are about to see…. You will see it then you will die!" Lazarus shouted, his aura surging more around his body at an alarming rate. The sky above the warriors began to darken over with black clouds and red lightning to follow. "This looks familiar almost…" Markyz thought to himself, thinking back to Chimaira. "Oh shit…." Markyz muttered in shock as he quickly arched his arms back, drawing energy into them.

"INFERNAL FLASH!" Markyz roared, firing the attack towards Lazarus, who continued to power up, the aura seeming to grab the energy wave of Markyz's and dispel it. "What the!?" Markyz shouted in horror as Lazarus' form began to bulk up somewhat as well as spikes starting to protrude from his knuckles, elbows and spine, black spike like horns began to protrude from Lazarus' forehead and bent upwards (think Frieza's second form only the horns come out from the front of his forehead).

"THE EARTH IS DOOMED!" Iru screamed out in horror to the situation unfolding as even Korn and Liqueur looked defeated in light of the situation being thrown at them. Once the transformation was complete, Lazarus merely smirked at Markyz. Markyz blinked for a mere moment but then suddenly found himself on the floor in severe agony. Markyz howled out in pain, before blood spewed out his mouth. Lazarus grinned as he shot himself down to the ground and struck Markyz severely in the gut with his knees.

Markyz's eyes whited out, as he once again screamed out in agony to the pain rushing through his body. Lazarus didn't stop there, he reached down grabbing the fused beings hair and threw him across the mountain face they were upon, Lazarus would then run after him, grabbing his head and smashing it into the mountain they were beside, Lazarus would then throw Markyz up to the sky, vanishing above him and then kicked him down to the floor.

The smoke seemed to linger for a while and it wasn't long before it was showing Markyz face first in the dirt, having returned to normal. Lazarus smirked darkly as he moved his finger out and readied an energy wave to destroy the fused being. Lazarus thought about it for a moment but merely grinned, closing his eyes with a chuckle. He then moved his finger back towards the fused being and fired two blasts towards him. The blasts shot down and struck the potara earrings and shattered them on the spot. There was a golden stream of energy that surrounded Markyz and when it faded Marcous and Kyzer were in his place still out cold and losing life force.

"Consider that one final act of mercy against your kind… but when you awaken… if you awaken… you won't see your beloved planet as you once remembered it." Lazarus told the two unconscious males as he powered down his aura and took flight away from them. The Demon King would eventually make it back to his ship and took a deep breath. "To think they resorted me in transforming into my Mega form…" Lazarus grunted, grinning all the while. "Still… it's been a long time since I had a real challenge… they could be worth keeping alive… their continual loses will strive them to train and try to overthrow me… but since I destroyed their little trump card, there will be no more scares." Lazarus explained to himself, walking into the depth of his ship.

"Sire, you're back…. And I see you have had to transform as well… did those mortals cause problems?" Lasiraiga asked in surprise. "You could say that, but they won't be bothering us for a long time… it's time for us to make our move." Lazarus told his men as he gestured them to follow his lead. The Demon King walked out of the ship and along with the others flew off to find the leader of the planet.

Kyzer and Marcous had been out for some time, and it wasn't long before they were finally able to bring themselves back to consciousness. They awoke to find themselves at the sanctuary of the guardian. "Guess we blew it then…" Kyzer grumbled, earning a sudden smack across the face, followed by a loving embrace. "Don't you EVER go and do something stupid like that again! You hear me you idiot!" Zara sobbed, clutching her husband tighter. Kyzer blinked after wincing from the slap and sighed. Marcous smiled a little and chuckled as he leaned back to get some more rest.

"What you two did was the most heinous and preposterous thing anyone could have committed…" Hanma told the two from across the room, sitting there with his arms folded. "Ignoring the fact that you may have pulled a possible edge over Lazarus in that fight, the fact that you allowed yourself to think you could defeat him at the cost of the planet could have very well have ended it and everyone on it." Hanma explained, his words sounding more and more annoyed than normal. Kyzer was about to speak but then thought on it and glared at the ground.

"No warrior of pure nature should ever put the planet or its inhabitants on the line just to destroy someone… on top of that you allowed Lazarus to pull the advantage over us, and destroyed your Potara's as a result. Fusion would have been our best option at this present time, you demonstrated that much… but now we have lost that edge and the end of the planet and the universe is nigh." Hanma continued. "If this is supposed to make us feel bad! Then stop! We already know we screwed up!" Kyzer shouted angrily. "We over-estimated our opponent and didn't think he could raise his power more than what he did! We over calculated his ability to transform." Kyzer added, glaring at the floor again.

"Your fusion is incredible… do not get me wrong on that… the fact that you were able to force Lazarus' hand like that was a great feat, but there is something you overlook more than anything… your fusions massive flaw is it's ego." Hanma added, the Supreme Kai suddenly appearing with Korn and Liqueur. "Ego…?" Marcous asked a bit surprised by that comment.

"When you two fuse you take on the biggest characteristics of yourselves… Marcous' analytical mind is brilliant as it creates new forms like Super Saiyan Onyx and to even combine that with the Kaioken to create a burst of power not seen in this universe…" Iru explained, before looking to Kyzer. "You however have developed an ego over the time we have come to know you Kyzer… your mind is corrupted with the idea of saving the planet and protecting the inhabitants… it's a trait even Goku suffers from. But he at least puts that behind him and devotes his life to keep that a reality." Iru continued.

"You think you depend on your friends for aid during the battles you have fought… but in reality you have been relying on your strength and your strength alone… you became the first Super Saiyan, you became the first Super Saiyan God… you went toe-to-toe with Goku and brought the fight to a draw… you've grown arrogant in your time Kyzer and if you keep this trend going… you are not only going to lose dependency from your friends but your planet is going to be taken over by the Demon King Lazarus and everyone will be enslaved or killed." Liqueur told the boy, of whom merely looked at the ground with horror etched on his face.

"Hard to hear isn't it boy? Well get used to it, because it's no longer about you or this planet…" Liqueur added with a scoff. "Lazarus' power continues to grow and if we keep letting it grow he's going to become a problem that even the Grand Zen-Oh's won't want to deal with." It was then that a brilliant ball of light appeared in the sky and within moments of it appearing it faded and standing before them was the Grand Priest. "To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit… mighty Grand Priest?" Liqueur asked, bowing as did Korn, Hanma and Sudoku.

"I'm afraid I have come here baring bad news…" The Grand Priest said with a sigh as he looked at the lot of them. "I had the liberty of telling the Zen-Oh's about the predicament this universe was facing…and well… they pretty much wanted this universe to be erased in order to keep Lazarus from taking his power to other universes and posing threats there." The Grand Priest explained, fear suddenly shooting through every single persons being. "However… I was able to convince them that if we gave you lot time to prepare… you could vanquish him without the need of erasing a universe needlessly. So I bought you some time." The Grand Priest explained.

"How long do we have…?" Korn asked, The Grand Priest sighing again. "One hundred and thirty eight thousand Neuro minutes." The Grand Priest replied. "Meaning…?" Marcous asked. "In Earth times that'd be seven Earth days." Korn replied. "7 days!?" The four warriors shouted in horror. "We'll never get that amount of tranining in to put a dent in that new armour of Lazarus'!" Kyzer shouted. "Not to mention he's bound to have some strong henchmen at his wake too… this is rather fruitless." Marcous sighed. "Hey! Come on now! Don't tell me you guys are giving up already!" Shouted a voice from the outside of the sanctuary halls. The lot blinked for a moment almost recognizing the voice right away and ran out to see none other the man in question.

Back with Lazarus he and his men had arrived at Central City the location of where the King of Earth was. The Demon King landed in front of the building and proceeded to make his way inside. "Your highness! Someone has requested your audience!" shouted a solider from the throne room. "Requested?" The King asked rather annoyed. "Well okay more like demanded… but still he's killing our men one by one! And he said he won't stop till you see him!" The solider shouted, before suddenly looking pale in the face.

The King even looked pale as the soldier looked down seeing a large hole in his gut. "B-But… how…?" The solider asked before dropping to the floor motionless. "Oh well guess I got what I wanted anyway…" Lazarus mused walking into the throne room. "Well King of Earth we meet at last… allow me to introduce myself, I am Lazarus the Demon King… so you could say we are of Kindred spirits." Lazarus explained, the King grunting. "I'd hardly deem you as Kindred… Lazarus… I have a feeling that I know why you are here…" The King muttered, Lazarus smirking placing his palm out and began to draw energy.

"Oh really? Then make it easy and surrender." Lazarus mused, the King sighing and standing up. "Very well, if you want the Earth… then take it." The King explained, earning one hell of a look of shock from Lazarus. "This is some kind of joke isn't it? Come on where are they? The snipers… the so called elite unit that you've called to try and stop me…?" Lazarus asked, looking around. "There aren't any… I learnt my lesson from the last time someone came here demanding the throne… I defied them and perished… had it not been some form of dream I wouldn't be here today… but that dream helped me understand I am powerless against the Saiyans and Tuffles… and you seem no different… so do what you must." The King explained.

"I have to admit you're the first person ever to deal a real major blow to me in my life… what a buzzkill… very well then, Lasiraiga I find mercy in this one, find a cell to put him in." Lazarus explained with a grin, the other demon grabbing the King and taking him to a holding pen. "Now then… we begin the reconstruction of this planet into something more befitting for a Demon empire…" Lazarus mused.

Back with the heroes and they had just been called out to the open by a strange, yet familiar voice, they all rushed out to see the man among a group of other people with him. "Goku!" Kyzer shouted in surprise, the male in questioning rasing a hand up to his forehead. "Yo! You guys really look to be in a bind here! So hope we can help out!" Goku exclaimed. "How did you even know we were in this type of dilemma?" Marcous asked, Goku looking back at Beerus then pointing at him. "Lord Beerus was able to detect Lazarus' huge power increase and figured we may as well go lend a hand in case his power gets too much for any universe to handle." Goku told them. "Beerus actually wants to help us?" Liqueur asked chuckling afterwards.

"Hmph, don't get the wrong idea, I'm not doing this because I want to… but I figured that since you have an Earth and that Earth has delicious food, I don't mind saving this world to have some nice eating while Goku trains with your boy." Beerus scoffed. Liqueur howling with laughter. "Food is it? Well then I will make sure the Earth provides you a feast as gratitude for your assistance." Liqueur responded. "Better be the best food in this universe or I might destroy this Earth." Beerus mused.

"Then we best be on our way." Whis explained to the group. "Where are we going?" Kyzer asked. "We're going to a dimension where time flow is different to Earth's… one could call it like that room of space and time you lot have used before." Whis told them. "By the way, Hanma and Sudoku… I will be taking you two to Universe 7's sanctuary it'd be better this way." Korn told the two. "But if we shift dimensions the Dragon balls will become stone right?" Marcous asked. "Yes, but better that than letting Lazarus have the ability of using them for a bad wish." Korn replied, Hanma and Sudoku nodding in agreeance.

Chapter 4: The battle to save the Earth!

Three days had passed since Kyzer and the gang had gone into the training dimension with Goku, they had been greeted within the dimension by Vegeta, Gohan and Piccolo and the lot had trained extremely hard, in this dimension three years had passed for them and because it was a void that was accessible by the Angels they could have stayed a lot longer, but of course needing necessities was key for them to come out of the dimension.

In that time Goku and Kyzer had a lot of time to work on Kyzer's ego and issues resulting in his previous loss to Lazarus whilst fused with Marcous, there were many other things but of course those would be revealed later in.

Upon returning to their dimension they would have expected to be atop the sanctuary of the guardians but were surprised to find they were just floating in the air with debris littering the area. "What on earth…? Where's the sanctuary?" Kyzer asked, looking around, the others doing the same. "I'm afraid we have some bad news!" Iru shouted from his home world earning their attention. "Lazarus found the sanctuary and destroyed it! But not before releasing one other being from their prison here!" Iru explained.

"Prison? Who are they talking about?" Marcous asked, looking at Korn who looked to be a little flustered. "Oh right…. Now I remember…" Korn sighed as he turned to face the group. "About a hundred or so years ago a demon by the name of Xacti arrived on the planet Earth and tried to claim it in the name of the Apocalyptic Demons clearly at the time he wasn't that much of a threat given his power was rather flimsy… but we kept an eye on him regardless because he was of Lazarus' group therefore we could have found ourselves having Lazarus on the prowl sooner than what he did… more or less a human warrior by the name of Dukaideo sealed Xacti away with some strange mystical technique and that sealed artefact was brought here to be hidden away from anyone daring to try and revive him.

"Dukaideo? That was Master Uzekio's mentor… that's wild." Marcous explained, looking around some more. "So it's fair to say that Lazarus found the artefact and has likely released Xacti to enlist him back to his forces." Zara muttered with a sigh. "It would appear so." Gohan told them sighing also. "Well in any case we have a job to do and we best get a move on… we only have four days left before Zen-Oh erases this universe and we'll be caught in it too if we're not careful." Gohan added.

"Alright! Then let's track Lazarus down and make him pay for what he's done!" Goku exclaimed, punching his palm with a grin, Kyzer and the others nodded as they powered up their auras and flew down towards where they presumed Lazarus would be.

As the gang had been flying through the planet to get to where Lazarus was they had begun to notice a lot had changed since they were gone. The planets life had been ebbed away the lakes were dried up, the trees were withered and there were plenty destroyed buildings and no signs of life. "That bastard… he's taken innocent lives away and brought the planet to ruin…. For what purpose?" Kyzer snarled. "He said he was going to turn this planet into a training planet for his soldiers… guess he didn't need the scenery with it…" Marcous replied seething also.

"Tch, we'll just mop the floor with the so called Demon King with our new powers." Vegeta mused, Goku looking back at his rival and friend. "I know! I'm excited to show our new powers off and fight him too!" Goku exclaimed. "This isn't exactly the best time to be having a Saiyan moment you lot." Piccolo grunted sighing afterwards. "I often wonder how I ended up getting involved in most of this… signing up for that tournament again after trying to stop fighting to live a normal life…" Piccolo added, Gohan grinning. "You should know by now with Dad and Vegeta around a normal life is next to impossible." Gohan replied, Piccolo grinning. "I can't help but feel partially responsible for that, but I guess you are right on that one kid."

"We're getting close… I can sense that overwhelming force in North City…" Kyzer muttered powering up his aura further and charged ahead, the rest following in toe.

"Sire, we're detecting a huge group of powers coming towards the fortress, sources indicate it's Kyzer and his friends, but he's accompanied by warriors of Universe 7 including that of Prince Vegeta and Son Goku." Cerberus told the Demon King of whom grinned at this development. "So they enlisted the aid of the Legendary Super Saiyan and the Saiyan Prince… How very interesting… in fact it's almost… salivating to take the notion of taking out both Super Saiyans of Legend from the two universes I was most eager to destroy." Lazarus mused, arising to his feet and stretching. "You're not gonna fight them now are you?" Lasiraiga asked with a grin, flexing a bit. "Not without letting us have a crack at them first, you've already had some fun with them, let Demon Cell have a crack, warm them up for you." He added, Lazarus turning to face his brother.

"You know, if you were not my brother I probably would have destroyed you for stepping over my toes every time like you do." Lazarus explained, earning an eye roll from his brother. "You say that all the time, but don't forget you may be stronger than me and higher in title… but I am still the 'older' brother, so you know to keep me around and knowing for that." Lasiraiga explained, Lazarus merely chuckling to that. "Whatever helps you sleep at night… very well, go have your fun… just don't get yourself killed out there." Lazarus responded.

"Such faith." Lasiraiga mused, as he turned to face the soldiers in front of him, Ethica, Cerberus and two others. One appeared to be the revived Xacti, and it seemed to be that he had been given a massive power boost since he was sealed away; the other seemed to be a very spontaneous and active Demon teen that was jumping up and down on the spot shadow boxing like a child. "Lisarg's ready! Lisarg's ready to take on these kids!" Lisarg shouted, thrusting his fists back and forth. "You call them kids, and yet you behave like one… Sire I don't really understand why Lisarg is a part of Demon Cell…" Cerberus groaned.

"You'll see when the time comes… just remember your role in all this… Ethica." Lazarus explained, the female demon nodding. "Bite them if our backs are against the wall." Ethica explained. "Oh yeah that's right… Ethica can reverse the dominant emotions displayed by a persons being by biting them." Cerberus explained, nodding in agreement to his own statement. "Alright you lot, let's move out…" Lasiraiga commended. "Oh one little thing…" Lazarus told his brother, earning his attention again. "Goku and Kyzer…leave them to me… you may kill the rest, but I want to take them down myself." Lazarus explained.

"Probably gonna be hard to keep them out of the fighting… but I'll see what I can do brother… I mean sire…" Lasiraiga sighed, as he waved his hands to dismiss the other soldiers then proceeded out himself. "Well you're not wrong there…. Those two will find it very hard… but I'm sure in the thick of things they will comply." Lazarus thought to himself as he turned around and sat back down on his throne and watched the events take fold.

The gang would all soon land at the outskirts of North City, seeing the area was completely transformed into what looked to be a giant fortress of sorts. "This city used to be so vibrant and full of life…" Kyzer muttered, clenching his fists tightly to the sight of the place. "Well it still is… just not with humans at least." Vegeta responded, grunting a tad knowing his comment wouldn't have sat well with those around him but elected not to care about that. "So what do we do? Just charge in head on?" Trinity asked. "They'll be expecting us to be here now… we weren't exactly subtle in hiding our powers from them." She added.

"The girl is right, we weren't exactly careful on that one, we might as well go in head on." Beerus explained, hovering back along with Liqueur, Whis and Korn. "And by 'we' I mean you lot." He added. "Wait you're not going to aid us?" Kyzer asked. "Unfortunately despite the fact our universe hangs in the balance of this, we as angels and Gods of destruction aren't exactly allowed to interfere with matters such as this. It basically stems the tide of… what do you humans call it..? Being biased? That's it." Korn continued.

"Right… I remember Whis saying as much when we defeated Moro." Goku responded nodding with a grin. "No matter, we can handle this without you guys no worries!" Goku exclaimed, the others nodding in agreement. "Well then, shall we give these guys the grand reception?" Kyzer asked powering up his aura and charging an attack in his palms. "I'd be insulted if we didn't." Vegeta mused doing the same, all the warriors charged up an energy wave and launched it at the main doors of the fortress, blowing them clear away from their hinges and hitting the floor with a mighty thud.

"I'm gonna have to get new doors… what a pain." Lazarus mused in a joking manner, as he watched his lesser demon forces form up around the warriors. "Ah geeze… this is what you get for being weak isn't it?" One solider muttered. "It's generic in your every day super hero, evil villain story… you always have people like us who are just fodder to the masses." Another replied, breaking the fourth wall pretty much in a blatant manner.

Kyzer and the gang wasted no time at in all in charging towards the now frantic soliders, dealing with them one-by-one in typical fashion. It wasn't until Kyzer was about to finish the last one off that a bigger being appeared in front of them and grabbed Kyzer's foot. "So the big guns have shown themselves." Kyzer mused, the being holding his foot smirked and threw Kyzer back effortlessly, the rest of them appearing behind the male. "Allow me to introduce myself, as you have not had the pleasure. I am Lasiraiga… commander of Demon Cell and Lazarus' older brother." Lasiraiga explained, earning raised brows from a few of the warriors.

"Wait if you're his older brother, why aren't you King of Demons?" Goku asked. "Don't be so idiotic Kakarot, not all Kings or titles as such are based off Monarchy like the Saiyans, these lot appoint their strongest as King and clearly Lazarus is stronger." Vegeta scoffed. "The Saiyan prince is correct, we demons do not run our leadership on age or merit… well… we used to once upon a time when our old leader was in charge… poor fool believed Demons could live in harmony with the universe and not be destructive beings like we are today." Lasiraiga mused. "Anyway that's a story for never. Lazarus lies ahead, but you will have to deal with Demon Cell first… just a word from the King himself… Son Goku and Kyzer… you two are to stay out of these fights, Lord Lazarus has specifically picked you two to fight and destroy by his own hands."

"Typical Kakarot, gets all the god damn fun with the big boss while I have to deal with the whelps." Vegeta snarled, earning a smirk from Lasiraiga. "Well then how bout I amuse you then almighty Prince of Saiyans? Or does your so called Saiyan Pride not allow you to deal with second best?" This of course tempted Vegeta's pride like no other and allowed him to step forward. "So be it, I'll pulverize you and then show Kakarot up against Lazarus." At that point another person stepped up next to Vegeta, looking at him calmly.

"Don't take this the wrong way Vegeta… but I'm going to help." Said the person, making Vegeta scowl a tad. "You're the girl who nearly bettered me in the tournament… Zara wasn't it?" Vegeta asked, the female nodding. "I've made my resolve to protect my son at all costs… I want to prove myself by fighting second best." Zara explained, her voice full of determination much like it was when she vowed to destroy Xero many years ago. "Tch, under normal circumstances I'd tell you to clear off and leave this fool to me… but your resolve is as great as mine… alright, we'll crush him." Vegeta mused transforming into Super Saiyan Blue at that moment. "Gladly." Zara responded, transforming into Super Saiyan Amethyst.

"Two against one… well normally I'd consider this unfair and even out the odds… but against you lot I don't think I have much to worry about." Lasiraiga mused, taking his stance, a dark aura surrounding his being.

Marcous watched Zara take command against Vegeta and grinned. "Good to see her back to her somewhat normal self… sorry to say Kyzer but seeing your wife the way she's been lately was a bit sad to see." Marcous told him, Kyzer nodding with a grin. "I think the idea that our son could have been killed several times in the last few months has made her realize she needs to be ready for anything, especially on the off-chance that I might not be there to aid." Kyzer replied, turning his attention to a certain bounding demon heading their way.

"You there! The one with the short spiky hair! Oh wait there are other with short spiky hair… Uhhhhhhh shit! Lisarg didn't plan this far ahead!" Lisarg shouted grabbing his hair and ruffling it up. "I think you mean me anyway…" Marcous muttered walking forward towards Lisarg. "I gather I will be your opponent?" Marcous asked. "Our opponent you mean?" Asked another stepping alongside him. "Gohan? Of course… I mean our opponent?" Marcous asked Lisarg. "Well you both have short spiky hair! So yes! You two are Lisarg's opponent! Lisarg super excited! Lisarg can't wait to see what cool techniques and abilities you have!" Lisarg mused, jumping up and down on the spot.

"Very spontaneous for someone classed as a threat to the very universe itself." Gohan told Marcous who grinned and transformed into a Super Saiyan Ruby. "Well maybe we can use that to our advantage then?" Marcous asked, Gohan transforming to his unlocked potential state. "Perhaps, but let's keep our minds clear and free from any irrational thoughts." Gohan responded, both taking their stances. "Oooooh sooo shiny!" Lisarg exclaimed with stars in his eyes, Cerberus sighed, unable to grasp how this kid like demon was in their unit, shrugging it off and walking towards Trinity and Piccolo. "I guess that means you're my opponents then… I am Cerberus a pleasure…" Cerberus explained, suddenly splitting into two versions of himself. "What on earth?" Trinity asked in surprised, transforming into Super Saiyan Topaz at the same time.

"Interesting…" Piccolo muttered, grabbing his weighted tunic and hat, throwing them aside. "What's interesting about it?" Trinity asked. "It's very similar to a technique that I can use… the Multi form, where you can split your being up into multiple beings, however the cost of doing such a thing usually lies in how it separates your power into each fragment you create. But did you notice something in that?" Piccolo asked, Trinity looking at the demon then gasped. "His power didn't divide at all! They in fact have the same power as the original!" She exclaimed.

"Well observed Namekian…" Cerberus mused, splitting into a third entity as he spoke. "My strength lies in my ability of how you called it… Multi-forming. However I don't lose any strength by separating myself, which means you have to fight as many forms as I can create without losing any power in the process!" Cerberus mused a dark grin etching on his face. "I'm not as strong as Lasiraiga or that Lisarg character, but my ability more than makes up for it!" Cerberus shouted in hysterics. "Well guess we'll just have to use our heads a little to get around this." Piccolo muttered, Trinity smiling. "To think we're fighting alongside each other after fighting each other in the tournament." Piccolo grinned to that comment. "You remind me a lot of Gohan at your age… let's do this!" Piccolo shouted, Trinity nodding and powering up her aura.

(We now split this chapter into segments to help speed things along)

Chapter 4 Part 1 – Vegeta & Zara v Lasiraiga: Vegeta's new form!

The battle between Vegeta, Zara and Lasiraiga had gotten underway with both Zara and Vegeta throwing a frenzy of attacks towards the demon of whom was fending them off quite easily while at the same time returning serve. Vegeta glanced towards Zara in the offence, Zara looking at him, both nodded at each other before the backed up for a mere moment, Lasiraiga used this time to try and attack Zara who quickly shot down towards the ground to evade it, grabbing Vegeta's feet in the process.

Lasiraiga looked a bit confused at the matter, as Zara began to swing Vegeta around like a ragdoll and in the midst of it Vegeta began to generate energy in his palms. Zara would then proceed to fling Vegeta at Lasiraiga while the Saiyan Prince would then launch the attack into the Demons range. "Crafty littl-!" Before Lasiraiga could finish his sentence he was caught in the aftermath of the blast and went up in a ball of flames. Vegeta did a few flips to recover from the spinning and landed beside Zara who held a calm smirk on her face.

"I think he would have felt that one." Zara mused, gasping when the smoke cleared and Lasiraiga was nowhere to be seen. "He can't have dodged that, it was nearly point blank…" Vegeta snarled glaring around the area trying to find the demons energy signature. "Oh you have a lot to learn about my abilities Saiyans…" Lasiraiga called out, his voice muffled as though he was hiding somewhere. "Show yourself!" Zara shouted. "If you insist…" was all that was heard before a massive piece of earth was seen being hurled straight towards them.

"You think a piece of rock is going to harm us!?" Vegeta shouted, firing several ki blasts at the earth, breaking it apart and shattering it, but in the midst of it Lasiraiga emerged from the broken down rubble and dashed right towards the two of them. "What the!?" Both Zara and Vegeta shouted out in unison before being struck in the gut by Lasiraiga's knee's and then hurled to the floor with a double elbow drop against the back of their necks before they could even realize what had hit their guts.

The two crashed into the floor, leaving another crater in amongst the crater that had been left from the amount of earth that Lasiraiga had taken from the floor. "Did you see that?" Goku asked Kyzer, of whom nodded in response. "His form almost liquidated and shot to the floor but not before a piece of it detonated Vegeta's attack to make them think he had been hit at point blank…So that's his ability is it?" Kyzer responded, watching Zara and Vegeta get to their feet.

"You seem surprised Saiyans…" Lasiraiga mused holding a large chunk of rock in his hand, throwing it up and down while catching it effortlessly. "Do you see now? What separates me from my brother?" He asked again, his form somewhat beginning to liquidate before entering the rock fragment. "My abilities make up for our difference in power. As you can see I have the ability to merge into anything I touch… whether it be material of natural… or even organic matter." He added, emerging from the rock fragment and then destroying it with the crushing grip of his palm.

"Which means he's basically a coward that hides from his foes rather than fights them head on!" Vegeta shouted almost to try and mock the demon in front of him. "Please Prince, your words have no hold over me, I don't bar my pride above anyone… and much like you I am of the Prince nature… shows how different one prince can be to another huh?" Lasiraiga mused, pushing Vegeta's buttons massively. "He had to use the 'pride button' didn't he?" Goku sighed, running a hand through his hair. At that point Vegeta's energy began to spike from his being, pushing outwardly in masses of blue Ki.

"Are you trying to say I'm blinded by my pride… is that it!?" Vegeta shouted angrily, his hair starting to darken in nature. "Wait… is that Super Saiyan Sapphire?" Kyzer asked. "Not really… see in the tournament of power Vegeta managed to evolve Super Saiyan Blue… we don't really have a name for the transformation in itself, but it does grant him some pretty intense power." Goku replied. At this point Vegeta had finished his evolution transformation and launched himself towards the Demon prince, Zara electing to stay back, noting that Vegeta's pride had somewhat interfered with their combat unity.

Vegeta began the onslaught by throwing some heavy punches and kicks towards the Demon who smirked and merely liquidated himself to an extent where his body could slide and evade Vegeta's attacks with precision and accuracy. "It's almost like he has to fight someone using Autonomous Ultra Instinct…" Goku muttered, Kyzer nodding in response. "Stop running you coward!" Vegeta shouted, growing more and more irritated by the second, as he finally managed to score a direct blow to Lasiraiga's face.

Lasiraiga stumbled back, allowing Vegeta to fire a volley of attacks, each attack seeming to actually make contact with the Demon. "Dammit…" Zara muttered as she powered up her Super Saiyan Amethyst aura and teleported from the spot she was in. She appeared behind Vegeta and struck him down just in time for a blast of energy to shoot from the smoke and fly off into the nearest broken down building and destroyed it. "That was too close…" Zara muttered, Vegeta managing to calm himself. "This isn't a foe we should be fighting head on…" Zara explained, Vegeta spitting saliva from his mouth.

"Well to be honest girl, I don't exactly see any other options right now." Vegeta scowled. "Well maybe for starters you can stop holding back." Zara muttered, earning a look of surprise from Vegeta. "Go ahead kids… discuss your little plans… not like they'll make a load of difference to you…" Lasiraiga mused in his mind, as he reformed from his liquidated state, having done so to absorb the impact of the energy blasts long enough to try and deal a cheap shot to Vegeta of which had been thwarted.

"We may have been training individually at times, but I know for a fact you reached a plateau of power similar to ours… you were gonna wait to use it on Lazarus weren't you?" Zara asked, earning a glare from the Saiyan Prince. "Well think about this, we can't beat this guy with what we have… so we need whatever you are hiding and we need it now!" Zara shouted at him. "If you have any pride in that body of yours! You would know that holding back will only serve to show nothing! Nothing but cowardice! You want to show everyone the power of the Saiyan Prince? Then show it now!" Zara shouted, Vegeta instantly hunching over to begin his powering up.

"Wow! That girl revved Vegeta up big time! Not even I was able to persuade him to do things that quickly!" Goku exclaimed in surprise. "What do you expect? She's my wife after all." Kyzer mused, watching Vegeta begin his transformation process. "Do what you want Saiyans… it won't make a difference in this fight… not with what I can do…" Lasiraiga mused coyly, ripples starting to form around him and the others as the Saiyan Prince continued to draw more and more energy from his frame.

Vegeta began to draw more and more energy out of his being, sparks of green electricity starting to surge around his frame, crackling after each bolt fraying outwards. "You have any idea about this Goku?" Kyzer asked, Goku shaking his head with a grin. "Nope, but I'm curious to see what he's achieved." Goku replied. Vegeta's eyes whited out and his teeth gritted tight showing gums as everything about him began to change. Zara merely watched with anticipation herself while Lasiraiga was arrogantly watching with his arms folding grinning all the while.

Vegeta's hair of which was already somewhat extended out from his evolved Super Saiyan Blue form shrank back a little to normal posture but kept it's sharp jagged points and began to shift from Dark blue to an Emerald green nature, his eyes flashing from their whited out stage to show emerald looking pupils. The energy around Vegeta also began to change from blue to green as well, as he continued to draw out more and more godly like energy from his frame.

"So he's achieved the Transcended Super Saiyan Blue form as well… incredible… and by himself as well." Kyzer thought to himself with a grin, watching Vegeta lurch back and release the almighty god like energy from his being sending an energy wave around his form outwardly causing most people to shield themselves from the light, even Lasiraiga found himself squinting a touch to stop being blinded by the force.

Smoke billowed around the area of which Vegeta stood at, but was also emanating emerald like sparks of electricity around it. "Incredible Vegeta, you just continue to push yourself over the edge to try and put one over me… I wasn't even able to achieve this plateau of power with Kyzer's help… but you did it all by yourself." Goku thought to himself with a grin on his face. "I'll have to fight you again when this all over just to see how much more I'll need to train." Goku muttered loud enough for Kyzer to hear, earning a grin from the other and then returned his attention to the smoke that was now fading away.

Once gone Vegeta stood there proudly his body shimmering in emerald energy as well as his hair and eyes. "So then Saiyan Prince… this is what you made all those special light shows for? Your hair has turned green and your power has raised… what difference does this really make for you?" Lasiraiga mused confidently. "More or less… what shall I address this new form as?" Before Lasiraiga really had time to finish the address of his question, he felt a sharp jab in his gut, looking a tad surprised he looked down and saw Vegeta underneath him, with his fist forced inside the male demons gut.

"W….." was all Lasiraiga uttered, before looking ahead of him, seeing the form that was originally Vegeta fizzle away into emerald electricity. "I suppose you can call this form… Super Saiyan Emerald…" Vegeta muttered calmly, as he removed his fist from Lasiraiga's form and then drove it back in with more force than before. Lasiraiga coughed blood up from his frame, and then snarled down at the Saiyan prince, proceeding to liquidate to escape. "Where do you think you're going scum…" Vegeta muttered, drawing energy into the fist he had jabbed inside Lasiraiga and released it, making the Demon Prince explode into chunks.

Vegeta hovered back and grinned somewhat, but was then surprised as the chunks regrouped and latched themselves against Vegeta's frame. "What the hell!?" Vegeta shouted, trying to shake the goo off of which failed as it slowly but surely slipped in through the cuts that Vegeta had endured in the fight and soon the goo was gone and Vegeta's form lurched into a zombie like status. "This doesn't bode well…" Goku muttered, Kyzer sighing. "We should be in this ourselves… don't know why we're following their request to stay put." Kyzer also muttered.

"It's over for you Saiyan Prince." A voice echoed out from Vegeta's mind. "I'm inside you and I have complete control of your movements!" Lasiraiga chuckled, Vegeta opening his eyes and looking around though not moving. "Don't try to use your energy to flush me out either! I'm prone to that kind of nonsense! There is nothing you can do! Now I'll begin the process of destroying you from the inside out!" Lasiraiga shouted out, laughing hysterically. Vegeta paused for a moment, looking down at his body and than tried out a few things.

He tried to move his fingers, surprisingly his fingers moved in response to his thought processes. He then tried to move his wrists; this too was met by no resistance. Narrowing his eyes he then attempted his lower arm, shoulder joints and knee/feet movements. When he concluded that he actually still had complete control over his body it was time to act and act fast.

"You think you can bluff your way out of this…?" Vegeta mused, clenching his fists tightly and exploded in emerald like energy. "What are you talking about!?" Lasiraiga shouted in his mind, as Vegeta began to gather energy more and more around his frame, as well as this golden balls of energy expelled from his being and began to combine with the aura and transformed it into a sphere of energy. "W-What are you doing!?" Lasiraiga shouted "Simple! If I can't expel you from my being! Then I'll just blow myself up and take you with me!" Vegeta shouted back, as he began to draw more and more energy.

"Vegeta!" Kyzer shouted, about to step in before Goku stuck his arm out to stop him. "Vegeta's not foolish enough to do that…. But we'll see if that Demon calls him out." Goku mused, Kyzer glaring up at the sky, noting that Zara didn't look exactly phased by this herself. "She must be onto it…" Kyzer thought grinning lightly, noting her hands emitting energy from it as well. "Y-You're foolish! Like I'd believe you'd be willing to end your life just to take mine! You've got your friends around you as well! This destructive energy! NO ONE WILL SURVIVE ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT!?" Lasiraiga shouted, growing more fearful by the second.

"Well if it meant I could take your boss out of the picture as well and save the universes! I'm sure they'd all lay their lives on the line for it! You made a mockery of my friends and my heritage… but you will never mock MY PRIDE!" Vegeta roared, releasing the final extents of his energy outwardly and was prepared to release the ball outwards in a self-destructing wave. It was there that Lasiraiga finally was bluffed, escaping Vegeta's body quickly and reformed.

"Gotcha…" Vegeta mused, transforming the energy into two Ki sphere's of which he cupped into his palms and drew them back, Zara appearing beside him drawing out her own attack. "N-No….." Lasiraiga gasped out. "GAMMA BURST FLASH!" Vegeta roared, throwing his palms forward, releasing the massive green burst of energy out from his palms. "Infernal Flash!" Zara shouted, releasing her attack in conjunction, the two attacks drew alongside each other then merged together into one giant blast, an attack that brought Lasiraiga still with fear and surprise.

The attack consumed Lasiraiga and shot up out of the Earth's atmosphere. "I…I…c-can't…. li-liquify! C-Curse you S-SAAIYANNNNSSSSSS!" Lasiraiga howled out as his form almost turned into stone as it crumbled to pieces and then shattered off into ash of the attack as it flew off until it hit an uninhabited planet and self destructed, destroying Lasiraiga and the planet all in one, the explosion being seen as it spread across the sky. Lazarus looked at the screen in actual horror as his brother was destroyed before his eyes, Kyzer and Goku grinning as they shielded their eyes from the aftermath, as did all the others.

When it all settled in and looked to be done, Vegeta and Zara merely bumped fists before returning to normal and dropped to the floor, rendering them out of the battle for the time being.

Chapter 4 Part 2 – Marcous and Gohan v Lisarg: To stop a mimicker!

Gohan and Marcous watched in awe having witnessed Vegeta and Zara work together to destroy the leader of Demon Cell and the second strongest demon of the lot. "To think Zara's power increased that much in such a short amount of time…and Vegeta… unbelievable power…" Marcous muttered. "That's Vegeta for you though; his dedication to surpassing my father leaves much to be desired… I think this the second time Vegeta's managed to one-up my father, and I'm sure he'll want to see this power more first hand after this is all done." Gohan added, turning his attention to Lisarg who watched but instead of mourning his fallen comrade was clapping all giddy like.

"Well done! Bravo! Bravo! Lisarg commends the fighters! They killed Lasiraiga! No one has killed Lasiriaga! Oh man that means Lord Lazarus is gonna be piiiiisssssssseeeeddd! Oh no he could hurt Lisarg that's bad! That's bad!" Lisarg shouted, jumping too and fro as though the ground was hot. Marcous and Gohan looked at the demon with a drooped expression. "Argghhh oh but wait! Lisarg got two new techniques out of it." Lisarg blinked at this statement, as did Gohan and Marcous. "Wait did he say…?" Gohan asked, before his question was answered watching Lisarg take the pose Vegeta took with his attack then altered it to somewhat make it look like Zara's as well.

"I don't like where this is going…" Marcous muttered, the energy forming from Lisarg's being. "Infernal Burst Flash!" Lisarg shouted, before releasing a combined form of Vegeta and Zara's attack straight towards the two warriors. "Whoa!" Marcous and Gohan shouted in unison as they leapt over the attack and watched it hit the wall and explode immensely. "No doubt about it Gohan, that was definitely Vegeta and Zara's attack combined. But how did he…?" Marcous asked, Gohan glaring at Lisarg who was beating his chest like an ape.

"I think it's fair to say this guy can copy techniques… it's a lot like a guy we fought some time ago in Universe 7… his name was Seven-Three, he could copy a whole person's fighting style and techniques as long as he had data on them, and that was by pretty much making contact with his being." Gohan explained. "But we were here the whole time, Lisarg never made a move… at least… that's what I think." Marcous muttered.

"Oh darn! You got that already!? Shooooot! Lisarg's whole battle strategy is gone now! But you said something that is different to what I do!" Lisarg exclaimed. "I don't need to touch people! I just have to see the technique to know how to use it!" Lisarg explained dangling his arm to the side of him grinning widely. "I can't tell if him telling us all that was a ploy to make us think we have his weaknesses… or he's just an idiot…" Marcous muttered, Gohan powering up his aura.

"Well let's find out then shall we?" Gohan asked, charging forward into attack, Marcous nodding and following suit. The two began to throw frenzies of attacks towards Lisarg who merely dodged and evaded each attack, while almost managing to deal strikes to their beings at the same time. After a long frenzy of attacks the three jumped back, Lisarg landing smoothly while Gohan and Marcous slid back to compose themselves.

"What on earth…?" Goku asked in surprise seeing that Gohan and Marcous were already bloodied and beaten, gasping for air while Lisarg had nothing more than a scratch on his face. "He was not only anticipating their attacks but was countering with his own while they weren't even aware of it… So that's the extent of his copying technique is it?" Kyzer asked. "What's wrong! Lisarg not expecting you two to be this predictable! Lisarg disappointed in you both!" Lisarg shouted, putting his fists against his hips and bending down at them to scold them.

"Lisarg barely had to use his ability because Red hair boy and spiky black hair boy's moves too predictable! Sloppy! Poorly executed and WEAK!" He added. "So that's what that was about…" Gohan muttered, earning Marcous' attention. "He's EXACTLY like Seven-three… he copies opponents right down to their fighting style and techniques… the only big difference is, is that he wouldn't be able to copy transformations and what not…" Gohan explained. "But how would he have been able to anticipate our movements when we've never ever fought him…" Marcous muttered, before his eyes widened in shock.

"Of course…" He muttered, Gohan looking to him in surprise. "What is it?" Gohan asked.

"The tournament from a few years back!" Marcous explained, Gohan gasping in surprise. "I remember now, the tournament was being broadcasted so that all planets in every universe could watch and cheer their fighters on…. Lazarus must have made Lisarg watch every fight in order to gain their abilities and fighting styles…" Marcous snarled, Gohan returning the gesture.

"Oh! Very good! Very good indeed!" Lisarg mused clapping at his foes. "Lisarg indeed watched each and every fight! While it might be true that Lisarg can't copy transformations! Lisarg can use techniques that don't require mutations of energy! Like this one!" Lisarg mused, his being erupting in red energy similar to a certain warriors trump card. "Kaioken…. Oh man this is bad…" Gohan muttered, Marcous growling. "So how do we combat this…?" Gohan asked Marcous.

"I'll need a moment to think this through." Marcous replied, closing his eyes to process the thoughts in his head. "Which I guess means I'm playing decoy then… gotcha!" Gohan muttered, powering up his aura and charged for Lisarg, of whom took his stance, waving him on. "Bring it!" Lisarg mused, Gohan closing into Lisarg's range then vanishing from the spot he was in. Lisarg blinked for a moment. "Oh no! Where did he go!?" Lisarg asked, looking around frantically, before smiling and raised his arm up, blocking a leg that suddenly came down at him.

"Just kidding~!" Lisarg mused, grabbing the leg and threw Gohan away from his range. "His techniques are one thing, that childish attitude is another…" Gohan muttered in his mind as he recovered mid-flight and began to throw a flurry of attacks down towards the demon who dodged each one easily harnessing Kaioken's speed. Marcous opened his eyes and began to assess the situation now that his mind was clear of doubt and anger, he watched Gohan attacking and Lisarg evading and countering almost everything. It seemed to go for some time, before something Gohan did caught Marcous's attention.

A slight change in the attack pattern from Gohan seemed to have caught Lisarg off guard and a cut was drawn across his face as a result. Lisarg noted this also and kicked Gohan back towards Marcous, sliding to a halt with his hands buried in the soil. "Gohan tell me something." Marcous stated, Gohan looking back to respond. "What did you just do differently?" Marcous asked, Gohan looking ahead and thinking about it. "I remember Dad telling me about ways to counter Kaioken… it was kind of a failsafe in case I ever fought Kyzer in a tournament since he was taught it by my father… so I tried to use that theory, but it took me a while to try and work it out so I went with how my father would have." Gohan explained, Marcous grinning.

"That's it… that's brilliant." Marcous responded, earning a quizzical look from Gohan. "He knows our fighting styles and he knows everyone else's… but would he expect us to change our battle styles on the fly?" Marcous asked, Gohan thinking about it and grinning. "That's great… no that really is brilliant…" Gohan mused, powering up his aura at that moment, Marcous doing the same. "We fight too much the same, so changing our styles to each others will just serve no gain, so how bout we figure something out and go from there." Marcous explained, Gohan nodding and then thought about it and grinned. "Never thought I'd do this before… but here goes!" Gohan shouted, spreading his legs apart and then began to fire a volley of Ki blasts straight towards Lisarg of whom blinked and began to evade each one.

"Stop wasting Lisarg's time! You bore him! BORE!" Lisarg shouted, evading each attack until suddenly he was caught off guard by Marcous coming in throwing a frenzy of different styled attacks. "Huh… so Gohan chose Vegeta's style of ranged attacks, and Marcous chose my martial art style? Not bad…" Goku exclaimed, Kyzer grinning. "I think it's more our style since you and I are pretty much trained well in Martial Arts, Marcous is too… it's just generally he's never used it, always thought it didn't compliment his rational thinking." Kyzer explained.

"W-What are you doing!?" Lisarg shouted, evading the attacks but was scored in the face again causing another gash. "Stop that! This isn't you!" Lisarg shouted, throwing a punch to Marcous of which was a direct hit making Marcous slide back. Gohan anticipated this however and launched into the sky firing off more volley of Ki blasts. "It won't be long before he anticipates this from us… I just hope Marcous can catch onto this…" Gohan thought to himself, as the now agitated Lisarg continued to avoid each blast until some started to make contact.

"This is getting annoying!" Lisarg shouted, as he shot a Ki blast up towards Gohan who had to evade at the last second. Marcous regathered himself and then stuck his palms out and began to fire a volley of Ki blasts towards the demon. "WHAT!? YOU TOO!?" Lisarg shouted in rage, as he was no longer able to rationalise himself and was consumed by the energy waves, screaming out in agony as they did. "Lisarg wouldn't have expected Marcous to follow up on Gohan's change of style to the same style… wonder what he'll do now." Goku mused, Kyzer keeping a calm composure but then a look of surprise etched onto his face, the same with Goku.

"I don't know why… but I just felt a dark surge of power come from Lisarg's direction…" Marcous muttered, Gohan nodding in agreement as a burst of dark red energy erupted from the smoke and with it Lisarg stood there, teeth gritted and his eyes dark red in nature. That was weird for those around him, but what was weirder for them was what he was holding in his left arm. It was Ethica, he had the female demon by the throat and looked to be squeezing very hard.

"That's the female demon that was with them at the start… why is she there…?" Marcous asked, looking at another strange instance. "Bite marks…?" Marcous asked again, seeing teeth marks embedded in Lisarg's neck. "So she bit him huh…?" Cerberus thought to himself, sharpening his eyes. "Now I get why you had him join Demon Cell…" He added.

"I don't understand it, but suddenly Lisarg's powers doubled and it's like he's completely different than he was before!" Gohan shouted, Marcous glaring at the demon who was compressing his hand around Ethica's neck. "LET HER GO!" Marcous shouted, earning a look of surprise from the Demons. "Want me to let her go…?" Lisarg mused darkly, his grip tightning to a point where Ethica's head simply exploded in a spray of brain matter and blood. Everyone apart from the demons seemed horrified at what they saw.

"How could you do that!? She was one of your own!" Gohan shouted in anger. "Who cares!? We demons don't fight for fairness, honour or comradery!" Lisarg explained, his voice darker and huskier than before. "The weak perish so the strong survive! That's how we Apocalyptic Demons work." Lisarg added, his aura consuming his being in a dark red nature. "Something's real off about him now, he seems more composed… more rational… and his power is overwhelming…" Gohan muttered to Marcous who nodded to that statement. "It must have something to do with that bite… That female demon must have somehow switched his personality around… there was one thing I noticed more than anything was how wild Lisarg's power was in the other state of mind. Like he wasn't controlling it at all." Marcous explained.

"Now it's in complete check and being generated freely and in complete control… it's monstrous." Gohan added to the point, Lisarg smirking. "That's Ethica's power… she has the power to change the persona and nature of anyone she bites… this was what Lazarus wanted from the very beginning… my power… my depths they were too much for even me to control at will… from the day I was born I had tremendous power… even more when Lazarus allowed me to absorb Xacti into my being only moments before we made our presence known." Lisarg explained.

"So Lazarus made Ethica bite me and changed me into that blithering imbecile you saw at the very beginning of this. Sure it made my energy go wild and free… but at least I was in check… at least I was in control… Now? Heheh…. Now I'm not so sure about that!" Lisarg added, his aura sending ripples through the area. Gohan and Marcous shielded from the energy emitting from Lisarg's being, but then something gave Marcous a little notion of how to win the fight.

Gritting his teeth and powering up his aura, he placed his fingers atop his forehead and in similar fashion to Goku and Kyzer, would vanish instantly from the spot, dashing through the space time and struck Lisarg in the neck in the midst of it all. Lisarg stood there in surprise as Marcous shot past him and skidded across the ground, returning to normal. "I don't know what you just pulled kid…. But thanks for the new move…" Lisarg snickered, presenting his fingers to his forehead, but suddenly stopped when he felt a surge of energy coursing through him that seemed to force pain into him.

"W-What the heck…!?" Lisarg snarled, clutching his neck suddenly and glared back at Marcous. "W-What did you do!?" He roared demonically. "Simple… I just blocked off your Ki reserves." Marcous explained, showing his hand of which was riddled in red Ki. "You… did what…?" Lisarg snarled again, unsure what to make of Marcous' statement. "There was one thing that caught me about your new self… one thing that was almost pretty much screaming 'here's my weakness'" Marcous added, removing the Ki and standing tall.

"You said it yourself, your Ki in your kid like state was flowing around aimlessly and out of control… but even with your emotions and thoughts restored to normal your Ki was still pouring out of you… from the very spot that Ethica bit you in!" Marcous shouted, pointing at Lisarg's neck, the demon growled as he removed his hand exposing the bite of which was no longer there, but looked to have been plugged up by energy. "Your energy was still spilling out of your body despite you being in control of it, and now that it's sealed up your Ki is surging inside your body at rapid speeds." Marcous muttered, moving his fingers out in front of Lisarg.

"It's over." Marcous muttered, thinking about a certain move made by Liqueur and Beerus and grinned widely. "Hakai." He shouted, lowering his fingers. Kyzer and Goku looked on nearly horrified at the words that echoed from Marcous' mouth as Lisarg threw his head back erupting in a huge ball of energy that then exploded outwardly and at that point Lisarg's being crumbled up and withered away like dust and blew away in the breeze.

"D-D-Did he just…?" Goku stammered, Kyzer blinking. "I….I think he did…" Kyzer muttered. Marcous laughing at the two of them. "I was only kidding! But I knew he'd blow up like it so I couldn't resist!" Marcous exclaimed, Goku and Kyzer falling over in classic anime style.

"Lasiraiga… and even Lisarg…. I must admit… I have truly underestimated these peons…" Lazarus thought to himself, sparks of red electricity generating around his being, outside his frame of body the entire room he was in was levelled and all those around him were on the ground dead or out cold. It seemed that in his angered state of losing his brother had drawn him slightly over the edge and in his rage educed state levelled the room without worry of those around him.

"Goku and Kyzer… be prepared… you may not be the reason for their end… but I'll personally vent my vendetta against you two for making a mockery of my race!" Lazarus snickered, clenching his fists tight to the point of blood dripping out his fingers.

Chapter 4 Part 3 – Piccolo & Trinity v Cerberus: Two's company, three's a crowd

Piccolo and Trinity watched as Marcous was able to destroy Lisarg in similar fashion to what a God of Destruction could have done. "To think Lisarg had all that power and ended up being finished off in mere seconds… what a dangerous mind that boy has." Cerberus muttered, looking back at his opponents and smirked. "I won't make the same mistakes he nor Lasiraiga have made, I will not drop my guard against you lot for a moment, and just to be sure on that…" Cerberus mused, as he hunched down and powered up somewhat, then from there split a further seven times to create ten copies of his being.

"This is very dangerous technique… and very cunning too…" Piccolo muttered to Trinity trying to keep voice levels down. "The fact he can do this as many times as he wants without separating his energy into each one is problematic… we need to make sure he doesn't continue this…" Piccolo added. "Not an easy thing when he can do it at will…" Trinity replied back, closing her eyes to think. "Five versus one… that's how it'll work." Trinity explained flying over to the right and fired five energy blasts of which hit five of the Cerberus copies and drew their attention away from Piccolo.

"Good luck kid." Piccolo muttered, as he did the same to draw the other five towards him.

"So what do you think on this one Kyzer?" Goku asked, growing a little wary of all the waiting, almost trying to get things sped up so that Lazarus would show up and he could get his fight. "I can already tell this guys major weakness." Kyzer explained, earning a look of surprise from Goku. "No way! That fast!? What is it?" Goku exclaimed, Kyzer moving over to whisper in Goku's ear then pointed at the said weaknesses.

"Oh yeah! Now that you say that! Let's just hope Piccolo and Trinity can figure it out for themselves!" Goku responded. "To be honest, Trinity's never been much of a fighter, her resolve only became apparent when the need to protect the Earth and Universe 8 came to be… so it'll be interesting to see what she's learned in the three year training we did." Kyzer explained. "Yeah, I hear ya. Piccolo's always been trying his best to keep up with us since we evolved into Godly nature of Super Saiyan transformation, so it'll be interesting to see what he's picked up on since then too." Goku explained with a goofy grin on his face.

The battle had pretty much got underway with Trinity having to fend off the flurry of attacks that the Cerberus copies were throwing at her. She gritted her teeth as she was able to fend of some but others seemed faster than the others. This was a little off in her mind but she was a little preoccupied at the time to really make a good sense of it. She managed to catch a break by using energy to force a couple back which allowed her to take some time to deal to one or two of them at a time, kicking one down towards the ground, using the back of her fist to smash one in the face as he came from the back, and then Ki blasted another into the ground also.

"Wait, that seems odd…" Trinity thought to herself, as she blocked off an incoming attack from a copy and jumped back. One of the copies seemed very unphased by her attacks but another seemed extremely battered and bruised from it. One copy seemed solid while another was out of breath during the exchanges. "Is that it… that's their weakness?" Trinity thought as she turned to watch Piccolo in combat with his copies seeming to be in a similar form of combat with the five around him.

"If that's true… then that means one of them, that being the original must be…" Trinity closed her eyes and began to seek out the energy signature of each copy and then opened her eyes widely, before dashing straight towards Piccolo and his copies. Piccolo had somewhat been backed into a corner somewhat and as one of the copies went to strike him down, it was struck down heavily to the floor by a very hard drop kick from the female half-ling. As soon as the copy hit the floor setting it abrupt with rocks and dust, the other copies all gasped before withering away.

"Piccolo, I found his weakness, and it's a pretty big one at that!" Trinity told the Namekian of who blinked in surprise. "His copies might inherit the same power as Cerberus, but it doesn't make each clone perfect… each clone takes a part of his psyche and makes it their own." She explained, Piccolo putting his hand on his chin in thought. "Which would mean he in himself would lose a trait of himself each time, making his being more predominantly weaker on the fact that he loses strength, agility and durability… well done kid, I would not have seen that, and going by the looks of it… I was even fighting the real form." Piccolo explained, watching Cerberus stagger to his feet, extremely damaged from Trinity's attack.

"How on earth did that vile female figure out my weakness that quickly!?" Cerberus scowled, glaring up at the female. "TELL ME NOW!" He roared demonically. "Simple, the copies I fought!" Trinity explained, Cerberus gasping loudly. "Each one I fought were different, one had speed but no power! One had power but no speed! One could take a punch without a worry, the other couldn't, and the last one couldn't even maintain the battle long enough with his stamina wearing out!" She explained, Cerberus gritting his teeth.

"Well clever you then! So what if you found my weakness out!? That doesn't mean I'm gonna crawl onto my knees and beg for forgiveness! No in fact it means you have to die!" Cerberus howled, as he threw his head back and released a huge mass of energy from his being, and as he did copy after copy after copy appeared around him. "So much for our plan…" Trinity muttered, Piccolo gritting his teeth. "Good thing we're still in action then…" said a voice behind the two, the two looked back seeing Vegeta, Zara, Marcous and Gohan behind him, all fatigued but in some shape to fight.

"Tch, so you can't even let us win our own fight… typical Saiyans." Piccolo muttered with a grin. "But yeah, I think we'll need it this time." He added, watching the multiplication continue for Cerberus until finally he and his army of copies hovered into the air, spanning at least 500 in total. "I think he's gonna try and finish us all at once, be ready!" Gohan shouted, powering up his aura. Marcous and Zara both transforming into Super Saiyan Ruby and Amethyst, Vegeta to Emerald.

The 500 Cerberus' began to charge up an energy attack in their palms, each one a decent size in mass and power. "Ka…Me…..Ha…..Me….." Gohan chanted, drawing his hands alongside him and began to draw his energy in his palms to launch his fathers signature move. "Gamma….Burst…" Vegeta muttered, drawing his palms to his side and began to gather energy himself. Zara doing much the same but held her palms in a reverse motion to Vegeta's.

"Special Beam…." Piccolo grunted, placing his fingers on his forehead and began to draw energy into his fingertips. "Ka….Me…..Ha….Me…." Trinity and Marcous chanted also, drawing their hands together to create a merged version of Gohan's move.

"SO LONG EARTH AND ALL YOU PESKY VERMIN!" All 500 Cerberus copies shouted before firing their blasts of energy down towards the Six warriors.

"FIRE!" The six warriors shouted, before launching their attacks towards the Demon armies. The six attacks all melded together into one large energy wave of which hit the combined 500 attacks and the beam struggle began to take place. "DON'T HOLD BACK EVERYONE! GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!" Gohan shouted, everyone of course being fatigued from their fight didn't make it that hard to draw out their full power. "DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH YOU PESKY MORTALS! I AM OF DEMON CELL, MASTER LAZARUS' STRONGEST FORCES! YOU CAN'T BETTER ME LIKE THOSE OTHER FOOLS! I HAVE NO EQUAL!" Cerberus shouted, clearing getting hot-headed in the heat of the situation, as the copies all launched more energy into the beam clash, making their attack start to push the warriors' back.

"D-Darn it!" Vegeta shouted, closing one eye as he could feel his power draining. "We're out of energy and he has tons in reserve….!" Gohan shouted, Marcous gritting his teeth, his hair flickering back from Ruby to black. "Don't give up! We have to win this or else the Earth might no longer exist!" Trinity shouted, though knowing she was at her limits as well. "THAT'S IT VERMIN NOW SAY YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO SAVING YOU!" Cerberus shouted, as the copies launched the last of their reserves into the attack, and with it started to push the warrior's attack back towards them.

"BRACE YOURSELVES!" Marcous shouted, closing his eyes as though preparing for death.

"KA…..ME…HA…..ME….HAAAA!" roared the voices of two people as suddenly a huge bulb of energy shot out from the warrior's attack and slammed into Cerberus' and caused it to stay put again. "WHAT!? WHAT IS THIS!?" Cerberus howled, the six warriors gasping before looking back, seeing Kyzer and Goku now in the combat, both transformed into Super Saiyan Blue's. "Kakarot!?" Vegeta shouted, Goku grinning. "Sorry but I couldn't just sit back anymore! I want a crack of the action!" Goku mused, Kyzer grinning. "Now come on guys! Muster your strength!" Kyzer shouted, the others grinning and nodding.

"BUT LAZARUS TOLD YOU TO STAY BACK, YOU CHEATERS!" Ceberus shouted, wincing suddenly the number of copies suddenly dropping from 500 to 250. "His energy is fading! STRIKE NOW!" Goku roared, powering up as well as Kyzer, the other six warriors winced for a moment, but then released their last pools of energy out making the energy wave of theirs much bigger and allowed it to break through Cerberus' and consume him. "NO! THIS…. THIS CANNOT BE! MASTER LAZARUS! FORGIVE MEEEE!" Cerberus roared before he and the copies were all consumed by the energy wave and destroyed in their wake.

When everything settled down the group all regained their composure, Goku and Kyzer returning to normal with a grin. "Well done guys! Very proud." Goku exclaimed, Vegeta snorting. "Not like we needed your help Kakarot…. But… thanks I guess…" Vegeta muttered looking away slightly, but then gasped as well as everyone else as a huge sense of energy shot through them as well as tremors. Goku and Kyzer glared up at the sky and then powered up their auras taking to the sky and stopped when they were in range of the one causing the energy spike.

"Well done….. Truly… well done…I've only ever had to replace my Demon Cell forces once in my many, many eons of leading the Demon Realm… now I have to do it again… so I congratulate you." Lazarus mused, almost looking too happy, though what gave it away for Kyzer and Goku was the large vein bubbling on the side of Lazarus' forehead. "It's not too late Lazarus… you can always leave this planet and go about your normal life… we don't need to fight." Goku muttered calmly, earning a light look from Kyzer. Lazarus began to chuckle and then after that threw his head back in laughter.

"I've heard the stories about the compassion that Son Goku delivers to his opponent… now I get to witness it firsthand! Fine I'll leave." Lazarus shouted, earning a confused look by Goku and Kyzer. "Sure… after I END YOUR MISERABLE LIVES FOR MAKING A MOCKERY OF MY RACE!" Lazarus howled releasing masses of energy that wasn't shown when he made a mockery of Markyz previously. Goku and Kyzer shielded themselves from the incoming energy and then looked to one another and nodded.

The two then began to power up simultaneously and within moments erupted in white energy of which made Lazarus wince a little, he then gasped a tad when he saw what Goku and Kyzer had transformed into, both stood there glowing in translucent energy particles emitting from their frame also, but what was more noted was their hair. Goku's hair being more raised up than his normal form and Kyzer's seemed wavier than usual also. But more notably the colour was that of silver than black, their eyes taking more of a grey tone to them.

"Well, well, well…. Now this is truly a fascinating sight… so you both have it mastered at will then?" Lazarus mused, throwing his head back in hysterical laughter. "My technique has been stolen countless times and now it's trying to be used against me! How marvellous! Well let's see how you fair then!" Lazarus shouted, erupting in the same aura as the two before him. "I'll use my full potential of Autonomous Ultra Instinct just so we're on the same page!" Lazarus shouted, Kyzer and Goku grunting a bit taking their stances.

Chapter 5 – Goku & Kyzer v Lazarus – The battle of Ultra Instinct, a disastrous turn of events.

"So wait! Both Dad and Kyzer can transform into the mastered Autonomous Ultra Instinct at will now!?" Gohan shouted, his jaw agape, as was Vegeta's and the rest of the group. "Wait, so that technique that Lazarus used at the tournament? Kyzer can use that now?" Marcous asked, Gohan nodding. "It seems when Dad and Kyzer vanished for those seven months within the dimension they must have been working on this…" Gohan explained.

"Darn it Kakarot… why must you always one-up me when I think I have you beat…" Vegeta snarled to himself. "I almost wonder why I even bother…!" He added, clenching his fists tightly.

Kyzer and Goku continued to stare down Lazarus while in stance, while the demonic being merely folded his arms and grinned. "I have to admit, I am rather impressed that mere mortals have been able to take my technique and utilize it at will… have you managed to overcompensate the huge power surge throughout your body?" Lazarus asked, Goku grinning slightly. "I made that mistake at the first tournament of power… I've since adapted this and can use it without delivering ANY strain on my body." He explained.

"Well then! Let's find out shall we!?" Lazarus mused, his eyes widening, an invisible force of energy being shot from his frame. Kyzer and Goku's eyes narrowed as the then at that moment shifted to their respective sides, and launched themselves towards Lazarus. Lazarus made a slight surprised reaction before grinning widely, and began to effortlessly evade each attack thrown at Goku and Kyzer, who at the same time were avoiding all the invisible forced attacks Lazarus was emitting each time he fended off their moves.

"Can this even be a fighting thing?" Piccolo asked, gritting his teeth. "They all have enhanced reaction speed and instincts… they'll just be going around each other in circles…" He added. "Piccolo's right, there's got to be a way for Kyzer and Dad to break through…" Gohan replied. "How bout the lot of you just shut your pie-holes for five minutes and let those two work it out for themselves." Vegeta grunted. "They attained these forms at will and they would have spent those seven months training the ever daylights out of it to perfect them… they will figure it out one way or another." He added.

"So kids! Are we going to just dance all day or are you actually going to try and find a way to hit me!?" Lazarus mused, evading each strike thrown at him, through the melee of it all, Kyzer and Goku began to grin slowly, and this gave Lazarus a light moment to notice but kept his composure none the less. The two released a small burst of energy from their forms enough to just part the gap between them and Lazarus and from it threw a joint punch towards Lazarus. "Sloppy…" Lazarus snickered, arching back to prepare to evade it and launch a counter assault when suddenly he felt intense pressure in his gut, spitting saliva out from the force he looked down and saw Kyzer and Goku's feet drilled into his abdomen.

"Did someone say sloppy?" Kyzer mused somewhat, before he and Goku both span around launching a devastating roundhouse kick into Lazarus' face, launching him down to the ground with a hard crash. "Did anyone just see what happened there?" Gohan asked, stunned to the situation. "Not a single thing…" Vegeta grunted, just as stunned. "I think I managed to figure a way around all that… looks like you had too." Goku told Kyzer of nodded with a grin. "Interception, a classic in the ways of martial arts but in this instance it's perfect." Kyzer explained.

"Careful! Here we go again!" Goku shouted, evading a couple of invisible forces being shot their way once again. "Not bad boys… that one caught me off guard a little… Interception did you call it? Well don't expect that little trick to work on me a second time." Lazarus mused, launching himself out of the smoke, charging up an energy blast and began to fire them in between the invisible forces he was shooting at them. "Uh oh…!" Goku shouted in shock, as he managed to just evade his ones, Kyzer taking a few in the process but managed to keep his composure, spiralling around and released a force of energy from his aura of which managed to catch Lazarus off and struck him back down to the ground.

"This is fun…!" Lazarus mused more, his teeth baring in a grin, as he powered up his aura and vanished from the spot he was in, appearing behind the two and released a force of energy of which made them shoot back. Kyzer and Goku smirking themselves as they broke their fall and turned to face the demon. "I can't believe this… they are actually enjoying themselves as they fight…" Vegeta scowled, clenching his fists further. The three warriors again clashed into the centre of their range and continued to throw themselves in flurries of punches and kicks.

"You two continue to amaze me! You both have taken this technique and mastered it and are going toe-to-toe with me on it! I haven't had this much enjoyment in a fight in centuries! But I won't go easy on you for it!" Lazarus shouted, vanishing from his position, shotting though them and out their backs, the two taking a series of blows from the attack. Despite the damage and pain coursing through them, the two spun around and launched a multi Ki attack of which Lazarus wasn't anticipating and was thrown across the sky. The two powered up their auras and dashed after him, splitting off at that moment of contact, Goku striking first, Lazarus intercepting it easily, then Kyzer would strike, Lazarus doing the same.

Goku and Kyzer would grin again as they teleporting to the either side of the demon, Kyzer looking to throw a punch to Lazarus' face while Goku looking to lob a punch into Lazarus' kidneys. Lazarus smirked as through the slow motion movements shown to make it more precise, the Demon prepared to intercept their attacks, only to be suddenly met with Kyzer's fist in his kidneys and Goku's fist in his face. The demon was stunned beyond believe and it exposed in pain shooting through him and out his mouth in the form of blood.

Kyzer and Goku grinned and then prepared to attempt the same motion, Goku aiming for Lazarus' face with a roundhouse, Kyzer for Lazarus' gut. Lazarus had thought he got the two figured out and proceeded to block in the opposite nature to what he knew was going to happen. He knew that Goku was going to change and strike his gut, while Kyzer would go for the face. But he would be met with astonishment and more pain when suddenly the attacks coming at him were as they were meant to be and he was struck back by the two warriors.

"I don't get it, suddenly Kyzer and Goku have the upper hand…. But what's going on…?" Piccolo asked to the group earning no form of response. "Goku and Kyzer have taken an older approach to combat and have mixed it with Ultra Instinct to create one would call a mirrors opposite." Said a voice in their heads. "Whis?" Gohan asked. "I'm talking telepathically… basically you humans seem to have this art of interception, a technique that basically lets you make your opponent believe you are doing something when in reality you are really doing something else. For example you could throw a punch when in reality you are actually going to launch a kick." Whis told them.

"This is a very simple but very effective move these two are doing, but it's one that easily gets read after the first few moves." Whis continued. "So now they are basically working off each others reactions and movements and are doing it in such a manner that Lazarus will slowly but surely confuse himself as he tries to work out who is attacking and where… that's why he's being pushed back."

"And this is only because Kakarot and the boy are fighting together isn't it? If this was a one-on-one fight he would have already picked up on this and would have put himself completely on the defensive?" Vegeta asked. "Well explained Vegeta, that's exactly it. If either Goku or Kyzer had gone in one at a time, then Lazarus would have thwarted this technique, but since they are working together they can work off each other and continue to mess with Lazarus' senses." Whis continued.

"So Ultra Instinct DOES have a major flaw…" Marcous muttered. "Well considering it's only really a technique that Lazarus created, we angels took and those two mortals being the first to master it at will, to have found a way around it as such, you have to give those two credit." Whis told them, before the telepathy faded.

Goku and Kyzer had continued to mess around with Lazarus' thought process and it wasn't long before the Demon King was drawn back and his Ultra Instinct aura vanished. "So, your great technique isn't so great after all!" Kyzer exclaimed, taking stance. "We've gotten around it with simple earth basics!" Goku shouted taking stance as well. "Give up now and save bitter defeat by your own technique!" They shouted in unison, merging their auras together.

Lazarus had his head down the whole time, blood dripping from what looked to be his chin down towards the floor. Steam began to rise around his form slowly, heat waves also emitting. "Give…..up….?" He muttered, the ground under them beginning to shake violently, the sky growing dark with crimson clouds. "You're….telling the King…. The KING of DEMONS to give up….?" Lazarus scowled, his voice becoming more huskier. "Give up….? Give up….!? Give up!?" He seemed to start repeating the words more and more and more. "Is it just me or has he started to go crazy…?" Goku asked, blinking a little.

"No…. I think we might have just made a huge mistake by mocking him…." Kyzer muttered, his face growing a touch blue, as he could see the energy being drawn out from the demons being. "Are you….. CrAzy!? CRAZY!? I AM…. THE DEMON KING!" Lazarus roared, his voice going slightly demonic, but almost child like. "I WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING!" with that shouted out, the Demon King threw his head back and erupted into a huge ball of purple energy of which began to consume the area around them. "GUYS GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" Goku howled at his comrades below, of who all nodded and powered up their auras and flew out of the area. Goku growled, as he grabbed Kyzer's shoulder and used instant transmission to get them to where the others had wound up.

"That energy was almost God of Destruction like… what the hell has happened!?" Kyzer shouted at Goku who was too stunned to answer the question. "There was plenty a reason why those including the Grand Priest elected to let Lazarus be and ran his own game." Korn explained to them both within telepathy. "Korn?" Kyzer asked, watching the energy ball surrounding the fortress starting to die down. "Lazarus' final form of which you just witness him undergo… or rather… his true form his energy was the foundation that created the means of creating Gods of Destruction." Korn told them. "Wait! So this guy created Ultra Instinct AND he's pretty much the forefather of all Gods of Destruction!?" Goku shouted in near hysterics.

"Did you guys ever plan to tell us any of this from the start!?" Kyzer asked in horror to what he was hearing. "Well we didn't exactly expect Lazarus to take such a fine interest in you lot after the tournament, so we weren't exactly worried at first…. But maybe we should have said something upon him being here." Korn explained. "YOU THINK!?" All eight warriors shouted, composing themselves. "So we're basically fighting a destroyer god now right? It means we just have to watch out for his destruction attacks…" Goku told Kyzer of whom nodded. "That's if he decides to use them…" Whis explained, earning another confused look from the two.

"Or better yet if he's capable of using them…" Whis added, earning a further raise of eyebrow from the two. "In fact I wonder if he's even adapted his true form since the last time he released it…" Whis added a further time. "WOULD YOU STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN!?" Goku and Kyzer shouted in unison. "You mortals, so impatient…" Whis scoffed, before sighing. "I mean the real reason his true form is dangerous is not because of the overwhelming and dark energy he emits the same you can clearly sense now." Whis told them.

"Yeah no kidding… it's unscaleable… I just can't get my head around it." Goku muttered. "Well it's not so much that reason he was to be vastly feared from that, the other reasons were… in his true form even Grand Zen-oh couldn't erase him… and the other…" Before Whis could finish his sentence horrific and almost crazed laughter began to call out from the purple orb of which faded away, revealing Lazarus in his true form, it appeared to pretty much look like his regular form only smaller in size and stature. His eyes were pure red with no pupils showing and it looked like saliva was drooling down the side of his mouth to his chin, whilst he was in hysterical laughter.

"Let me guess…." Kyzer muttered, before the laughter got even more maniacal and crazy sounding. "Because he can't control himself in that form!?" Kyzer asked in shock. "Yes… that's precisely it… I can say now that he hasn't adapted that form… then again only one was ever able to push him to use his true form…they didn't last much after that…" Whis explained. "Wait! If there is a guy this strong in Universe 8! How did they avoid having to fight in the tournament of power the first time!?" Goku shouted. "I mean this guys power tips the scales intensely out of order!" Goku added. "Well yes that may be true… but think of what you're dealing with, would YOU have wanted to fight Lazarus over Jiren? Because in reality the Zen-Oh's wanted Universe 8 to fight and they wanted Lazarus to fight for them." Korn told Goku of whom blinked and shook his head. "NO WAY! I love a good fight more than the next guy! But he'd have brought all the universes to their knees! We wouldn't even be here!" Goku exclaimed.

"The Grand Priest did his absolute best to persuade the Zen-Ohs to have Universe 11 fight in place of 8… you got lucky, but now you have to deal with this threat… and you don't have much time left." Korn added. "Wait wait wait! If he can't be erased at this point, what the hell is the point of Zen-Oh erasing us!?" Kyzer shouted in horror. "Well… we have a measure that we could use to stop Lazarus… not kill him, but stop him… so basically your lives hinge on trying to stop him, good luck!" Korn shouted ending the telepathy.

"Great… so we have to deal with the most powerful being in existence…. On top of the fact that if we don't do it in the next what? 24 hours… we're basically fodder for the Angels to swoop in and save the day." Kyzer grunted, looking around. The planet started to look very unstable, ground breaking up the sky shedding blasts of lightning that was actually destroying mountain faces and buildings. "I know we used the dragon balls in the past to make the earth strong enough to handle any force… but now I don't think it can take any more… this is beyond the dragons power… We need to get him off the Earth and somewhere light-years away so he can't come back if we have to retreat."

"I can handle that!" Whis suddenly shouted from behind the group, making them all stumble back. "Right hold on tight! I don't get to use this ability very often so I might be a little rusty!" Whis told them, tapping his cane on the sky six times. By this point Lazarus had composed himself enough to sense the energies in front of him; smirking darkly he launched himself at great speeds towards them. He would just enter into their range of combat when suddenly all of them vanished in a stream of light, and almost as quickly as it began to fell apart, the clouds vanished, the rumbling ended and the Earth at that point took a moment of peace, unsure if it would remain uninhabited and desolate or not.

Chapter 6 – The final battle – A new platform reached!

On a remote planet in the far void depths of space the warriors appeared, Lazarus had since cancelled his attack in the surprise of the moment and jumped back, wiping the drool away from his lips with a sadistic grin. "This planet has the same atmosphere and gravity as Earth so you shouldn't feel disadvantaged here." Whis explained, turning back to the warriors. "Good luck… you will need it…Oh and don't worry about the Earth Universe 8…. We'll revive it with those wish orbs and restore those lives he's taken." Whis added before vanishing.

"Thanks Whis…" Kyzer said with a sigh, as he looked to Lazarus then to Goku. "I'll tell you one thing Kyzer." Goku muttered with a grin on his face. "I have had the esteemed honour of fighting against some the universes greatest foes… Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu, Lord Beerus, Hit, Jiren and even against the likes of my son and Vegeta… you were without doubt one of the biggest obstacles I wanted to overcome Kyzer… but this… man this could be my last ever battle and man-oh-man it's gonna be the hardest for sure." Goku explained, earning a smile from Kyzer.

"I hear you… funny enough, when I was younger I didn't even want this… I didn't want to fight at all." Kyzer told Goku of whom blinked. "But you're so strong!" Goku exclaimed. "I had to be… for the memory of my parents who were killed by the Super Tuffle." Kyzer told him. "But I started to understand the thrills that my father must have endured while fighting… while I may have human blood coursing through me, I also have Saiyan blood which yearns to fight the strongest opponents out there, and frankly I never would have met you guys had I not embraced it." Kyzer told them.

"It's too bad though… that time was up." He added, both he and Goku returning to normal simultaneously. "I would have liked to have seen how we would have stacked up against him that way."

"Oh this is bad! Goku and Kyzer have maxed out! They're back to normal!" Marcous shouted in shock. "If only we had some sensu beans…" Piccolo growled. "Hey relax would ya? It's fine." Goku told the group of who all stared at Goku in disbelief. "We didn't lose the forms because we were out of energy… truth be told we weren't able to find a perfect resolve to holding it for as long… so yeah it wasn't going to be long before we lost the form anyway due to it really burning out our reserves." Kyzer told them.

"We have a slight edge in this fight anyway." He added, looking at Lazarus who just seemed to be waiting as though wanting them to make the first move, more saliva drawing down his lips to the ground. "He's not in a frame of mind to think rationally and reasonably he's gonna be sloppy… I know that sounds cocky, but just relax we will get through this!" Goku exclaimed, transforming into a Super Saiyan Blue and initiating Kaioken x50 with it. "We have to keep the faith in our abilities or it will really be over." Kyzer added, transforming into Super Saiyan Sapphire going into the same Kaioken form.

"I have to hand it to you Saiyans…" Piccolo spoke out, mostly to Vegeta whom glanced at the Namekian. "Your idiotic, reckless, borderline stupid when it comes to tackling odds far against you…" He added, Vegeta about to back chat. "But…. It's the kind of resolve that befits a warrior race such as yourselves… and it seems that even when diluted with human blood… the Saiyan gene runs strong… it's almost crazy to think all those years ago when Raditz first appeared on Earth, I would have ever had the knowledge nor the privilege to see a Saiyan fight in action. It's been a long hard road to get to this point… it might be the end for us, but I'm glad I got to know each and every one of you." Piccolo explained.

"Tch, didn't need to be so mellow-dramatic about it." Vegeta scoffed, glaring at Goku. "Kakarot… you and the boy show resolve far greater than any Saiyan has… and the boy isn't even of full blood. Despite the odds you still stand tall in front of your foe, ready to fight to find your limits and go beyond them… well… I'm not about to stand here and let you run free over my pride!" with that said Vegeta walked towards Goku and Kyzer, standing next to them and transformed into Super Saiyan Emerald. "Vegeta?" Goku asked in surprised. "I refuse to sit here and be second best to you for another second longer Kakarot. We will settle this as proud Saiyan warriors on equal terms!" Vegeta shouted.

"Heh! You got it!" Goku shouted, taking his stance, Kyzer following. "Heh, well what do you know, Vegeta has some backbone after all." Piccolo mused, walking towards the three, standing behind them and powering up. "Piccolo? You too?" Goku asked. "I'm not as strong as a Super Saiyan Blue, Sapphire or Emerald, but I am more than enough to lend a hand to you guys as backup." Piccolo told them, Marcous and the rest stepping forward and transformed/powered up.

"We're a team, and if we end up having to die for the cause, then we fight as a team, and die as a team." Gohan explained. "No way we're gonna die here! We're gonna take this fool down and end this nonsense once and for all! Trinity shouted. "Heh, since when did you get so bold?" Zara mused, taking her stance.

"Idiots…..all…..idiots!" Lazarus muttered sadistically, his form hunching into laughter, before he threw his head back and howled out releasing a huge purple wave of energy. All the warriors before him threw their palms out and gathered energy of which created a barrier around them, forcing the energy off their frames and behind them. "Alright… let's do this!" Goku shouted, launching himself towards Lazarus the rest following in toe. "Die…!" Lazarus mused, laughing crazily as he evaded all the incoming attacks being thrown at him by all those around him.

The attackers were trying to be as quick as possible knowing the Demon King would be using Ultra Instinct to evade their attacks, of course it wasn't as easy as it was before as he picked them apart, only Goku, Kyzer and Vegeta really having any form of edge, it was evident too that Lazarus was slowly but surely picking off warriors one by one, as the number of attackers seemed to widdle down from the 8 down to 6 as Trinity and Zara were the first two knocked out of the combat zone, thrown into walls where they were left embedded.

"Be careful everyone! He's trying to pick us off one by one!" Gohan shouted, firing a set of Ki blasts towards Lazarus who evaded each one, laughing crazily all the while as he spun around and kicked Gohan square in the face sending him flying back and into a wall as well. "Don't drop your guard!" Vegeta shouted at Piccolo, knowing he'd react to the attack. Piccolo snarled as he did as told and tried to grab Lazarus using his stretching technique, this only proved to be useless as Lazarus grabbed the Namekian's arm and ripped it clean off.

Piccolo howled out in pain to the move, but then quickly grinned the dismembered arm charging up a Ki blast that was fired right in Lazarus' face causing the demon to stumble back. "Scummm….." Lazarus snarled. "NOW!" Marcous shouted, all of the remaining fighters firing a mass load of Ki blasts into the demon who in the state was only able to take them head on and was caught in the fire of it. "Did we get him?" Goku asked. "No, I bet we only made him angry…" Marcous snarled, suddenly spewing up blood as Lazarus had indeed launched a counter assault by copying Piccolo's technique through the smoke.

Lazarus retracted his arm in reverse by throwing his body towards his arm, of which he then used to backhand Marcous away into a nearby wall. "Big mistake fool!" Vegeta shouted, right in Lazarus' face with his arms extended, he then slapped his palms together with the energy that was since wrapped around his palms. "FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta roared, firing the attack at point blank range. The blast continued on it's path until a hand forced it's way out of the energy and grabbed Vegeta's face holding him upwards a tad, releasing the energy.

A muffled 'let me go you freak' could be heard from Vegeta as he kicked ferociously at Lazarus' gut which proved to do no harm to the male as he grinned darkly and threw several hard punches into Vegeta's gut, at that point Vegeta's frame went limp and his hair reverted back to normal, and with that Lazarus release Vegeta and kicked him away into where Marcous was, causing them to collide and cause more damage than before to the already broken down mountain face.

"Man, he just picked six of us off in no less than three minutes… this guy is really something else despite his lack of emotional control!" Goku shouted, wiping some blood away from his lip. "No kidding…" Kyzer muttered rubbing his cheek with a wince. "Even block and evading his attacks seem to hurt… he's releasing his energy as he strikes creating an extra layer of power so that even if he's not hitting us directly… he's still hitting us in some manner…" Kyzer grunted. "Can we even do this…?" He asked Goku of whom was starting to think about something then grinned. "Yeah there might be a way… take this." Goku told him, placing his hand on Kyzer's back and within seconds implanted all his energy into Kyzer of which made Goku return to normal and droop down.

"What on earth!?" Kyzer shouted, looking back at Goku. "Why did you do that!?" He asked again in shock. "Transform into the Mastered Ultra Instinct, I have a plan! But you're going to need to buy me some time to do it!" Goku shouted back, recovering enough energy to fly off back towards the downed group. "By myself!?" Kyzer shouted, quickly returning his attention to Lazarus and did as told, erupting into the Mastered Ultra Instinct transformation. "Trust me on this!" Goku explained, before vanishing from sight.

"Supreme Kai of Universe 8, can you hear me?" Goku said in his mind trying to patch a connection. "Uh… yes! Goku was it? I can hear you loud and clear!" Iru replied in Goku's mind. "I need you to patch me over to Whis, there's something I need to talk to him about, it's urgent so be as quick as you can!" Goku replied. "Alright! I'll do my best!" Iru replied, within moments making the connection. "There you have the go ahead!" Iru explained. "Thanks! Whis can you hear me!?" Goku shouted, landing by Vegeta and Marcous, pulling out a bag which seemed to contain Sensu beans. "Yes Goku, what is it?" Whis replied, Goku placing beans in Marcous and Vegeta's mouth.

"I want to ask you about something in regards to when we were training inside the dimensional void!" Goku explained, thinking back to said conversation.

"Whis, is there actually a way we can stop Lazarus from doing what he is?" Goku asked Whis, this being nearly the third year within the void. "Well there is a way, unfortunately though Goku it doesn't necessarily fit in your category, more so the other boy… Kyzer was it?" Whis asked back, Goku looking over at Kyzer who seemed to be obviously spending some time with his wife.

"Kyzer could beat him? How?" Goku asked quite surprised in hearing this. "Well believe it or not, Kyzer has more of a way to harness the true Ultra Instinct more than yourself, don't think I don't know that was what you and Kyzer were doing for those seven months." Whis told him, Goku chuckling a tad. "Nothing seems to escape you Whis… but why him and not me? I've had the technique at grasp for a lot longer." Goku told him.

"It's more to do with the fact of his human blood than Saiyan." Whis told Goku, looking at the boy in question. "Humans whether they really realize it or not, have the ability to use Ultra Instinct at will… it just takes years upon years to harness it. I don't know if you realized it at the time, but that old man that fought in the tournament of power, though he did not actually achieve Ultra Instinct, his awareness and evasive manners were a form of it, which led me to believe that Humans of pure nature can harness this power a lot quicker than Saiyans of whom naturally always overthink before they go into battle." Whis explained.

"So in theory the only way to beat Lazarus is with Ultra Instinct the technique of which he created… but in time something else could come along."

"There's something I want to ask, based on what you told me then and something you mentioned earlier too." Goku told them, watching Kyzer engage in combat with Lazarus while going over to the other warriors and feeding them the magical beans. "And what might that be?" Whis asked calmly, knowing Goku would be rattled at the time and tried to calm him as well.

"You mentioned a time where Lazarus had only one other force him into his true form, who was that and how?" Goku asked, Whis in the realm he was in looked a bit surprised from that question but grinned. "The person who brought Lazarus down enough to make him use that form was actually a Saiyan believe it or not, the first Super Saiyan God in fact." Whis told Goku. "This Super Saiyan God must have been REALLY powerful if he was able to bring Lazarus that far down." Goku responded in surprise.

"Well to be honest, and we never really wanted to express this information at the time, naturally not to deflate you, especially given there was a big battle at hand. But he was also the true first mortal to achieve and master Autonomous Ultra Instinct as well." Whis told him, Goku watching Kyzer get pushed back by Lazarus but continued to fight as strong and hard as his body could push him. "And that was all it took to beat him down?" Goku asked, Whis pausing for a second. "Alas not even that was enough to bring Lazarus' true form down… what did however was a transformation process that only was achieved when the entire Saiyan race poured their energy into the Super Saiyan God in the Ultra Instinct form." Whis told him.

"What was the form called?" Goku asked. "Alas they never really gave it a name, it was a one-off situation much like the Super Saiyan God transformation, this was centuries ago so much like the transformation, the legend behind it withered away in time, only a select few still knew about it." Whis told him. "So why did you never confirm any of this with Lord Beerus? I mean it's been great having so much to strive for to become stronger, but a lot of this may have been averted had you did!" Goku frowned at his own words but had to be front with it.

"Well, as you may already somewhat suspect, Lord Beerus is not exactly one to just listen to reason… what's that Earthling phrase you use? Curiosity killed the cat? Beerus doesn't like to admit things are true until he sees them first hand, and much like you and the Saiyans, Lord Beerus also relishes the idea of having a strong combatant that he can fight that isn't another God of Destruction or myself." Whis told Goku.

"Alright, so could we achieve this transformation?" Goku asked. "Yes, but only Kyzer seems to have the strength capable of using it… you're going to have to pool your energy and give it to Kyzer while he is in that form. Understandably you would have needed a whole race of warriors to do this, but given your average power total probably exceeds that, it shouldn't be a problem. But it could take some time, so you best act now while you can… you know Vegeta might be a bit of a problem in that regard." Whis told him.

"Yeah I bet he won't like the idea of having to stand back and play third fiddle… but he should know the fate of the universes and his own life is at stake… alright thanks Whis!" Goku mentally shouted, ending the transmission, whilst feeding Trinity a bean, then eating the last one for himself. "Alright guys! We need to pool our energy together and give it to Kyzer!" Goku told the group of whom looked at Goku in surprise, Vegeta not so much.

"Won't we need to gather around him to do that?" Gohan asked, watching Kyzer now starting to lose the edge against the crazed demon and was showing signs of fatigue. "I don't think we have that luxury…" Marcous sighed. Goku frowned at that notion but then grinned. "I got it!" Goku exclaimed, raising his hands to the sky standing proud. "Wait, Kakarot are you!?" Vegeta shouted, grinning back at his rival. "Just trust me on this one! Give me your energy and I will create a spirit bomb!" Goku exclaimed. "Then when the time comes…"

"Kyzer could absorb it into his being and take on its power… great idea Dad!" Gohan exclaimed, raising his hand to pour his energy into Goku of which would translate in a small ball of Ki forming into the sky above them. "Goku actually having a bright idea for once, I must be dreaming." Piccolo mused raising his hand out and doing the same. "Just remember guys! I'm gonna need to have all of your energy!" Goku exclaimed, feeling the energy surging through him.

Kyzer stumbled back, gasping for air, his aura starting to fade off slightly as he could feel the power starting to slip away. "You're getting sloppy….." Lazarus mused darkly, licking his lips, not a scratch on him. "Nonsense…!" Kyzer shouted, hunching back and released the energy outwardly restoring the aura and his form. "I'm scratching the surface…!" Kyzer shouted, charging towards the demonic being.

"Looks like Kyzer is tapping into my last reserves… there's not much time left!" Goku exclaimed, the orb in the sky growing bigger by the second. "Let's just hope this all plays out!" Marcous told them, pouring his energy into Goku. "It has to! Kyzer is our last hope!" Trinity shouted, doing the same. "Just end this nightmare so we can live as a family in peace…" Zara muttered, giving Goku her energy. "Vegeta, I know this is a tough situation for you! But if you could just" Before Goku could finish his sentence he felt an overwhelming surge of energy phase through him, the Spirit Bomb tripling in size.

"Don't say another goddamn word Kakarot…" Vegeta muttered, his palm stuck out. "Alright! Guess it's my turn!" Goku exclaimed, pouring the depths of his power into the Spirit Bomb and then closed his palms to suspend it where it was, allowing him to lower his arms.

At this point Kyzer was on his last legs, blood spilling out from open wounds, and his energy fading. "I bore! I will end this now! Hakkai…" Lazarus mused, starting to grow some of his emotional control back, moving his palm out to draw on the destructive energy. "KYZER!" Goku roared, earning Kyzer's halfway attention. "THE SPIRIT BOMB! USE IT!" Goku shouted again, Kyzer looking into the sky and was stunned.

"When did that get there!?" Kyzer shouted. "NEVERMIND THE DETAILS JUST GO! NOWWWW!" Goku shouted again. Kyzer nodded with a serious scowl on his face, as he powered up his Ultra Instinct aura and flew straight towards it. "As long as you hold pure to your heart Kyzer the Spirit Bomb cannot harm you! Absorb it's power! For it's the power of all your friends!" Goku shouted again, Kyzer nodding closing his eyes and focused his powers.

"Not gonna happen!" Lazarus mused, arching his palm out and fired the destructive energy towards Kyzer to pursue him. Kyzer remained composed despite the odds, and flew straight into the Spirit Bomb, fusing with it, the destructive energy hitting it and seemed to meld with it also. Lazarus, who was laughing hysterically at the time stopped and looked surprised at how that all unfolded, as did the others. Inside the Spirit Bomb, Kyzer was holding the destructive energy back, gritting his teeth as he did this.

"This destruction will not take me… I am beyond destruction…" Kyzer thought to himself, his energy running rampant as the Spirit Bomb from the outside started to shrink. "He's doing it!" Gohan exclaimed, Lazarus snarling at the events, firing Ki blasts off towards the attack, the Ki blasts merely bounced off the attack, earning shock from Lazarus. "What IS THIS!?" He snarled. Inside the bomb Kyzer was continuing to harness the power of the Spirit Bomb whilst holding back the destructive energy.

"I am more than this… I am beyond the limits of anyone…. I am beyond destruction… I am… this universes hope… and future…. And I have to show that here and now!" Kyzer shouted in his mind as he released the energy, as well as seeming to absorb the destructive energy he was holding too. It wasn't long before he arched back and finished the process of swallowing the energy of the Spirit Bomb into his body, the energy shimmering in white light that then exploded outwards, sending mass shockwaves crashing throughout the planet and everyone around them.

"What mind boggling force! I can barely stay standing!" Goku shouted, shielding his eyes. Lazarus was even shielding his eyes from the mass light streaming around him. "No…. No…. NOT AGAIN!" Lazarus roared, knowing full and well what was going on. "I WILL NOT BE BESTED AGAIN BY THIS!" Lazarus screamed out, powering up his dark aura and launched himself towards where Kyzer was. The group all looked shocked and frozen in place, but that was even more so when Lazarus was suddenly seen crashing to the floor as quickly as he threw himself at Kyzer.

Lazarus snarled deeply as he glared at the spot where Kyzer was. "DARN IT!" He seethed, the others looking amazed at how riled up Lazarus was. They then watched as the light energy began to fade away and with it started to reveal Kyzer's form. However Kyzer's form was also shrouded in white energy, the energy began to crumble up and break away from his frame as though an egg shell was breaking apart slowly. Kyzer's aura was like that of Ultra Instincts but was more silver in nature, his form remained of a slender build much like that of his normal form, his hair was Super Saiyan 2 like with more jagged spikes and outwardly in nature but the most noted difference was the platinum like colour it was and it also seemed speckled in white particles, those same particles residing in his aura as well.

"What an incredible force of power… it's almost breath-taking." Marcous muttered, watching Kyzer float to the ground. "So does this transformation even have a name…?" Gohan asked Goku, who slowly brought himself to his feet. "Nope… but this is a transformation none the less…one Whis spoke of… a legend lost well in it's time." Goku explained, the others looking to Goku in surprise. "So this was your plan all along?" Vegeta asked rather annoyed at it. "You made us undergo one of those ritual things much like we did when we fought Beerus the first time… but used the Spirit Bomb to complete it because you didn't want to put us and Kyzer in a sittings duck position." He added.

"Yeah, Whis said that when a Super Saiyan God harnesses the power of Ultra Instinct and then takes on the power of an entire race of warriors, it awakens this transformation. But because we probably far exceed the power of a warrior race in it's entirety it was bound to work." Goku told them. "Actually it would have not have been successful… well not completely." Said a voice behind the group, the lot turned to see none other than the Grand Priest standing before them. "Why are you here?" Goku asked, the male smiling. "Well I was just about to inform you of your time limit… but then I came across this and had to see it for myself." The Grand Priest explained. "Right… but what do you mean it wouldn't have succeeded completely?" Goku asked again.

"Well the energy you guys created was impressive and understandably so could have worked… but it would have only given Kyzer the power to succeed. The actual trick to the transformation you see before you was actually caused by Lazarus and it wasn't the first time he did this, that's why he's so rattled by this." The Grand Priest explained. "See when the first Super Saiyan God mastered Ultra Instinct and was being given the energy by the Saiyans to try and put a stop to Lazarus, right at the point of the conclusion of the energy gathering, Lazarus launched destructive energy to try and stop it from transpiring." The Grand Priest told them.

"Wait are you telling me that destructive energy was key to initiating the transformation both times and Lazarus was stupid enough to forget that!?" Vegeta asked in astonishment. "To be fair, the method of the ritual was very different from the first time, very clever thinking Goku to use that Kaioshin technique to give Kyzer the needed energy, Lazarus would have just thought you were going to use the attack to try and destroy him, therefore he elected to try and destroy it, and Kyzer with Hakkai… alas he completed the ritual for Kyzer and there he is in the unnamed form. Which I think I will this time address… for it will go down in the history books." The Grand Priest explained, grinning lightly.

"By definition of how you Saiyans like to name your transformations Super Saiyan, and the colour defining Kyzer's nature… I'll dub it, Super Saiyan Platinum."

"How could I have been so stupid….!" Lazarus shouted out in pure anger of himself, seeming now to be in complete control of his rational mind. "Lazarus, your reign of terror ends here." Kyzer muttered, sticking his palm out and launched a wave of invisible energy towards Lazarus, of whom was struck by it and was hurled away from the fighting area. "What on earth!?" Goku and the rest all shouted out in surprise. Kyzer merely lowered his hand and turned around to face the others, of whom blinked to this.

"I'd move…" Kyzer told them, the others thinking on it then gasped moving in different directions, as Lazarus suddenly came shooting towards them backwards. Kyzer then raised his hands up above his head, and at the exact moment, smashed Lazarus to the floor. Lazarus howled out in pain towards all this, but quickly composed himself and struck Kyzer in the face with his foot, or so he thought. It was suddenly there that Lazarus' leg began to crumple up, of which made Lazarus snarl and leap back, his right leg seeping in blood.

Lazarus glared at his leg before allowing all the bones and destroyed tissue to mend itself, glaring then at the male who caused it. Kyzer turned around and faced the demon his face calm and collected. "Not again. Not again not again!" Lazarus began to shout over and over, his aura erupting from his being. "NOT AGAIN!" he screamed, releasing all his energy outwardly, Kyzer not phased by it in the slightest, the others excluding the Grand Priest shielding themselves from the force.

"So if this had happened once, why is Lazarus still alive to this day?" Gohan asked the Priest, who sighed. "Well strictly speaking the other Super Saiyan Platinum warrior just wasn't strong enough, and pretty much enforcing Lazarus to release his true power. Lazarus was already in his true form when this happened… so Kyzer's power has greatly exceeded that of Lazarus' But as they say… it isn't over till it's over." The Grand Priest mused.

Kyzer had begun his onslaught again, throwing a series of attacks that Lazarus was struggling to try and evade, at the same time he was trying to launch his own counterassault of which was failing as Kyzer without even really showing it was effortlessly side stepping the attacks. "STOP RUNNING!" Lazarus roared, earning a smirk from Kyzer. "If you insist!" Kyzer mused, vanishing from his spot, shooting past Lazarus, of whom gasped in shock. He then suddenly jerked around, blood splattering around his frame. "That was for the tournament…" Kyzer muttered, swinging around, grabbing Lazarus by the hair and threw him to the floor, dragged him across it and threw him into the sky.

"That was for mocking me and Marcous when we were fused!" Kyzer added, vanishing from the spot he was in appearing above the demon and struck him down to the ground. "That was for the billions of people you have slaughtered in your lifetime!" Kyzer roared, Lazarus falling to the ground in a state of unconscious nature. Kyzer gritted his teeth, vanishing from the spot appearing in front of him again, drawing energy into his fist. "And this…. is for turning my home… INTO A HELLSCAPE!" Kyzer roared again, throwing the Ki infused fist into Lazarus' gut, piercing through it. This snapped Lazarus back to reality and the horrific cries of pain from him were silenced as he was then hurled into a nearby mountain formation, decimating it in seconds.

Kyzer landed on the ground, gasping for air slightly, wincing and looking at his hand. "This power is starting to fail me… I better end this now…" Kyzer thought to himself, seeing a mass eruption of energy spike out from the destroyed mountain face, as well as demonic howls of the Demon King who threw himself into the air, breathing deep and dark, blood oozing from the wound in his chest. "I couldn't agree more kid…!" Lazarus seethed, raising his hands into the air, much like Goku had with the Spirit Bomb and created a massive ball of Destructive energy.

"This will be my final attack…" Kyzer muttered, powering up his Platinum aura and cupped his hands together, drawing them to the side of his frame. "IT WILL BE BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE THIS! NONE OF YOU WILL!" Lazarus screamed out, the destructive energy growing bigger and bigger.

"Ka…..Me…." Kyzer muttered, the energy in his cupped palms beginning to form slowly.

"SO BEST SAY YOUR PRAYERS!" Lazarus roared, almost starting to sound like a child with a lisp as is sanity drew close to its complete end.

"Ha…" Kyzer continued to mutter, the energy sphere forming more in tact around his cupped palms.

"BECAUSE YOU AND THIS UNIVERSE!" Lazarus roared again, the energy ball above him growing to great proportions.

"Me…" Kyzer just kept at his powering up, his voice taking on a god like fusion status.

"ARE HISTORY! NOW PERISH!" Lazarus howled, arching back then releasing the gigantic ball of destruction down towards Kyzer and the group.

"HA!" Kyzer screamed, thrusting his palms forward and released the attack towards Lazarus' both clashing at the centre and began a beam clash that would determine the fate of their beings. Lazarus howled out through it all throwing as much to all his energy out at once, forcing his attack to slowly push its way down towards Kyzer's. Kyzer held his composure but as he was about to release a push of energy of which in his mind would have broken Lazarus' attack and destroyed him, he felt a jolt of pain surge throughout his entire body and almost at that point his new form vanished, leaving him at a regular Super Saiyan.

"NO! NOT NOW!" Kyzer shouted in horror, as he generated as much Ki as he could to try and hold Lazarus' attack at bay. "DO YOU SEE NOW KID?! DO YOU SEE HOW FRUITLESS IT IS TO COMPARE YOURSELF TO THE GREAT DEMON KING LAZARUS?! DO YOU SEE HOW FEEBLE AND WEAK YOU MORTALS ARE!? SUCH A TRIFLING RACE OF WORMS! IT SICKENS ME THAT YOU HAVE DRAWN ME THIS FAR! I WILL MAKE YOUR LOT SUFFER INTENSELY FOR THIS!" Lazarus screamed hysterically as he released his last reserves towards the attack, Kyzer's attack being pushed quickly right back at him.

"Lazarus has won this….. its… its all over…" Vegeta muttered, lowering his head, clenching his fists. "I can't believe it… now Universe 8 is going to be erased…" Marcous muttered, grabbing Trinity's hand, holding it tightly. "Souma…." Zara sobbed, dropping to her knees and held her face. "There's nothing… we can do is there?" Goku asked, for the first time sounding intensely deflated to the situation. The Grand Priest stood there and then grinned, raising his hand up and fired a wave of invisible energy towards the group.

"W-What's this!?" Gohan exclaimed, suddenly feeling full of energy. "Our power is back!?" Goku exclaimed, looking back at the Grand Priest. "But I thought you weren't allowed to meddle in the affairs of mortals?!" Goku shouted at him. "I am the Grand Priest… there's no real harm in me breaking my own rules is there?" The Grand Priest. "Besides… Lazarus despite being weakened still poses a grand threat to all 12 universes… he needs to be destroyed. Now go, before it's too late." The Grand Priest muttered.

"Right!" All the warriors shouted, powering up and flying over to Kyzer.

Kyzer was struggling ever so much to try and muster anymore power to fight back against Lazarus' destruction ball, and was even crying in the process. "I'M SORRY EVERYONE! I'M SORRY I'VE LET YOU ALL DOWN!" Kyzer shouted, his feet breaking into the ground, at that point he lose his composure and was about to release the energy wave. That was until seven hands reached out and pushed Kyzer forward. "W-What the!?" Kyzer shouted in shock, looking back to see his friends there with their hands against his back, flooding him with energy of which allowed his blast to hold Lazarus' at bay. "Filthy worms!" Lazarus shouted, releasing his energy outwardly towards the lot of them to try and force them off Kyzer.

This was met with resistance and the energy was withered. "WHAT!? They have all their power back!? HOW!?" Lazarus seethed, looking around till he saw the Grand Priest vanishing. "YOU! YOU INSECT! HOW DARE YOU!" Lazarus howled. "I'll make your efforts in vain you fool! I will crush your defenders and then even GRAND ZEN-OH WILL FALL AT MY HANDS AND THE UNIVERSES WILL BE MINE!" Lazarus roared, throwing even more out of his body which looked to be in a sense that he was throwing himself over his limits to find the power needed to destroy the group.

"Lazarus has completely lost it, his desire to see us destroyed for humiliating him will be his downfall… let's do this everyone!" Goku exclaimed, transforming into Super Saiyan Blue, Vegeta Emerald, Marcous Ruby, Trinity Topaz, Zara Amethyst and Gohan and Piccolo maxed out their powers, before letting them surge into Kyzer once again. Kyzer could feel it all surging into him, and each moment that went in he transformed, from Super Saiyan to Super Saiyan 2, from Super Saiyan 2 to Super Saiyan 3, from Super Saiyan 3 to Super Saiyan God, from there to Super Saiyan Blue, then Sapphire, after a split moment he then transcended into Ultra Instinct, of which mastered.

Another glow of white energy emitted from Kyzer's frame and suddenly he was back to fully powered up Super Saiyan Platinum. "Guys…. Thank you… so much…" Kyzer muttered, gritting his teeth, tears rolling down his face. "I owe you all… for everything… for being my friends… for giving me this life… and everything else…" Kyzer sobbed. "Anytime! But we need to have a real fight when this is all done and dusted!" Goku shouted, Kyzer wiping his eyes with one arm while holding the energy in the other. "Right… you got it Goku!" Kyzer shouted, placing his other hand back against the attack.

"DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, JUST DIE ALREADY!" Lazarus screamed demonically, forcing energy out but the attack was no longer moving. "Lazarus! I hate you with every fibre in my being!" Kyzer shouted at Lazarus making him gasp. "Your pursuit of power lead you down a path of dominance and control, and you thought you'd never find your equal or your better… that anger and power has blinded you deeply that you can no longer draw out anymore power." Kyzer told him, his attack slowly moving up, pushing Lazarus' back towards him.

"I have friends, family… loved ones at my side willing me on every step of the way. I never chose this life… it chose me… and whilst I wished for something different growing up… I am who I am because of them! You… you are alone… you used your family like toys that you could dispose of… you are a single entity! While I am a unit!" Kyzer added, Lazarus snarling.

"And because of that, you will fall today…. Maybe one day you could come back… free from all of your hatred and anger… I wouldn't mind taking that power on in a fair fight…" Kyzer smiled towards that. "Farewell…" with that at hand, he released all of his power into one burst of energy of which surged through his energy wave and began to push Lazarus' energy back towards him, whilst at the same time beginning to absorb it into his own attack. Lazarus was stunned, he couldn't even grasp what was going on, everything had gone blank for him.

"So…. This is what it feels like… to be bettered….what a strange feeling… it feels…. Warm…" Lazarus thought to himself, grinning somewhat, before howling out in agony as the attack consumed him and destroyed him completely. The massive wave of energy shot into the cosmos far away from their location, erupting in a mass explosion that spread across the darkened sky and was gone as quickly as it appeared. Kyzer stood there holding his palms in the normal motion, gasping for air, having returned to normal. "He…. Did it…" Vegeta muttered, gritting his teeth a little, folding his arms.

"No Vegeta…" Kyzer muttered, earning a glance from the Saiyan prince. "We did it…" Kyzer told him with a grin, before falling onto his back and started to snore loudly. "I just can't believe it's finally… over…" Marcous muttered before being turned around suddenly and from that Trinity threw herself onto him, kissing him romantically to Marcous' surprise. "Geeze… when did you get so bold…" Zara mused with a chuckle, as she crouched down putting Kyzer's head on her lap. "Well done… bonehead…" She muttered, kissing his forehead, allowing him to sleep

Final chapter – A chance at a peaceful life

Time seemed to have passed and Kyzer awoke to find himself on what looked to be a restored Sanctuary of the Guardian. "It's back…?" Kyzer asked himself, getting himself up from the bed he was in. "Not quite…" Said a voice from behind him, turning around he was met with a short stout male of black complexion and wide circular eyes. "WHOAH!" Kyzer shouted, shuttering back in horror. "W-Who are you!?" Kyzer asked. "My name is Mr Popo, I am the guardians trusty advisor." Mr Popo replied. "Wait… I thought Sudoku was that…" Kyzer muttered, blinking. "Ah yes… Sudoku the Universe 8 Guardian's advisor." Mr Popo replied with a smile.

"Wait so you're Universe 7's? Then that means we're…" Kyzer started to say. "In Universe 7, yes Whis and the others figured it'd be better for you to recover in our universe while Goku and your friends gathered the Dragonballs in yours to restore everything back to normal." Mr Popo explained. "Right… fair enough." Kyzer muttered, before wincing, grabbing his arm.

"Careful now, whilst we were able to heal your injuries, you have sustained a lot of Ki flow damage, so try not to exert yourself for at least another couple of days." Popo told him. "Yeah, I know what you mean, I can barely control my Ki or even channel it…" Kyzer muttered, looking to the side then blinked. "Wait… Zara?' Kyzer asked, seeing the female in a chair next to his bed, little Souma tucked in her arms, both sound asleep. "They haven't left your side since you got here, you've been out a week." Popo told him. "A whole week? Man that was some energy burn…" Kyzer muttered, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Most people wouldn't even be standing in the time you have taken Kyzer, in fact most people would have been dead having that much energy coursing through them, twice in one occasion." Popo told him sternly, Kyzer grinning. "I guess I'm tough boned." He replied laughing a bit, the laughter slowly subsiding when he found Popo not amused by it. "Sorry…" Kyzer sighed.

Eventually the time came and the dragon was summoned to restore the earth of Universe 8 and returned the lives of those Lazarus and his goons had killed, they used the last wish to restore Kyzer's Ki flow back to normal, and it was then time for the gang to depart back to their universe.

"Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo… Whis and Lord Beerus… I can't thank you guys enough for your help in this battle… without your power and influene, we'd be well dead now and Lazarus may have come here to get you guys." Kyzer told Goku, who grinned widely. "Hey! We learnt as much from this experience as you guys! Who would have known there was someone in the 12 universes stronger than Jiren by a long-shot! It's too bad he wasn't at the previous tournament of power! I'd love to go fight him again and see if I could fight him without the need of Ultra Instinct!" Goku told him, watching Kyzer stick his hand out towards his friend.

"Well don't forget we have to have our rematch in the future." Kyzer told Goku, who smirked and took Kyzer's hand. "Yeah I can't wait for the next tournament."

"Till then Goku and friends, stay safe and train hard!" Kyzer shouted, him and the gang waving as Korn tapped his cane on the ground and they were off.

"You too guys… you too." Goku mused. "Now that we're done… CAN WE EAT!?" Goku shouted, holding his gut in agony.

Kyzer and the gang in time had returned to the sanctuary of the guardians, and waved goodbye to Korn and Liqueur as they departed back to their home world. "I can sense it, the Earth is back to normal and the people are back too." Kyzer said with a smile on his face. "I just hope it's a continual peace… we're very much overdue for one." Marcous replied moving his hand to Trinity's and holding it, Trinity squeezing it with a blush and a smile. "Bout time you two expressed your real feelings." Kyzer chuckled, making both go red in the face.

"Now that we're in peace properly, Kyzer you can start holding some responsibility and be a father to Souma… which I think by that contrast… let's see if we can find you a job!" Zara mused, nudging Kyzer's back, Kyzer's face began to sweat profusely looking around frantically. "Oh man! Can you sense that!? It's Xero he's back! Gotta jet!" Kyzer shouted, powering up his aura and flew off. "Oh you aren't getting away from me that easily. Hold Souma." Zara mused, handing Souma to Marcous, cracking her knuckles with a coy grin and took off after him.

"Flaunting responsibilities huh Kyzer? This will truly be your biggest battle yet..!" Marcous mused, he and Trinity laughing along with Sudoku and Hanma.

The universe had been saved by Kyzer and his friends and the evil warrior Lazarus and his Apocalyptic demon forces had been vanquished. But there was still one part to the story left to be told. We now move 3 years on.

Prologue

"We have seen such a great feat of battles over the course of this Universal tournament! The Zen-Ohs are impressed as are we! We are about to have our final match of the tournament! We really thought that Jiren would be one of the top dogs for the tournament! But after his defeat to Goku it could be set for another great stoush between Universe's 7 and 8 once again!" The announcer shouted, the crowd roaring in anticipation.

"So let's hear it for our warriors! They were our finalists in the last tournament and they ended their fight in a tie! Who can better the other this time!? It's Goku and Kyzer!" The announcer shouted, Goku and Kyzer appearing on the stadium waving to the crowd before addressing themselves with a bow, then taking their stance.

"I've been training hard for this day." Goku mused, Kyzer grinning also. "As have I Goku… I hope you have something for me this time around." Kyzer explained, transforming into Super Saiyan Sapphire at that moment. "Hehe… actually I do!" Goku exclaimed, transforming himself into Super Saiyan Sapphire also. Kyzer's eyes widened a tad, but then he grinned. "This is gonna be so much fun…" Kyzer mused.

"Now let the final match begin!" The announcer shouted, the two launched at each other and clashed in the centre and all went white.

The end

Authors Note: It's been two years since I last posted an arc to this story, thank you for those who took the time and read this alternative universal story of my own creation. Special thanks to Akira Toriyama and all the other lot for the use of their characters in this story and layouts. It's been fun writing this arc. This will be the end of the Dragonball Ascension story, so thank you for reading!