Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

38. C238:The Strongest Unyielding Passion!

Chapter 238: Bitter Blazing Showdown Over True Justice! The Strongest Passion!

As the chosen one was about to go through the steps to prove he could fulfill his destiny, one of the ones who entrusted Ben with that destiny was watching anxiously as she recovered, Cosmos.

The supreme being of light was still recovering after putting so much energy to attack the Beyonder. Cosmos was so weakened that she was shocked as she saw the Grand Priest enter the Sanctuary of Order. The holy woman saw the first angel enter with a pleasant smile before she responded with a weak one of her own." Ah, their you are Rassilon. My apologizes, I put more energy into trying to quell the Beyonder's rage then I figured, and now it seems its all for naught."

"The wheels of destiny always move in strange ways my lady." Rassilon answered polity as he smiled at Metron, Materia, and a few of the other angels that were with Cosmos."

"I'm aware of what's about to unfold, and know full well that Ben Auro and Lacus Raystar living up to their destiny takes priority over my arrival."

"Even I am ill at ease wondering if Ben, Lacus and the rest of our champions of the light can fully realize their destiny. I have full faith in their chances in overcoming my wayward son. Its just, even after all are calculations I find myself still worried that they won't be able to bridge the gap's between everyone's hearts."

"Your fears are justified my lady. After all the distortions that guide mortals run deep into the fabric of reality. Zannacross and his followers thought that it was so deep that it was impossible to fix as long as humanity is what it is. I suppose we are now all wagering what humanity's true limits are.

The foolishness and apathy of mortals has been weaving sorrow since humanity had hopes and dreams. One Messiah after another has had to carry the burden of holding up humanity's sin, we can only hope we did not ask to much of are current chosen ones."

Cosmos looked down with sorrow as she stood up." Ben, Lacus, I know I placed a heavy burden on my children. I know, the task of finding a way to unite everyone under the light has stressed them endlessly, risking pushing them to the darkness."

"Don't feel to conflicted Cosmos. True its a heavy burden that risks being rife with contradictions, but the only way to solve this conflict that is humanity is for them to figure out how to solve the question that's been posed since humanity's foundation."

"I know someone who's existed since the dawn of time should have a more realistic grasp of things, but I still hope humanity can reach a utopia one day. Right now I just feel worried that my own errors will doom everything. But, if I try to speed up my recovery it might cause the universe to become unstable."

"You should not feel wrong to think so Cosmos, after all a mother naturally wishes for the best of her children no matter what. You did so much, allow me to donate a portion of my energy to speed up your recovery."

Cosmos saw the Master of Masters paint a apple, before he waved his hand and made it real. As the glowing fruit floated over to her she smiled." Thank you Rassilon, but I can't ask you to do that."

"But its my wish Cosmos. After all, you did your part, now let us all see if are chosen ones, can at last fulfill their destiny."

As the short blue man saw Cosmos smile before recharging her energy, the people they put their hopes on were still dealing with the newest round of unpleasant surprises.

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As shocking as seeing the man who manipulated and tormented him and so many of his friends for so long was, after seeing, and sensing that Kira was indeed bound caused the owner of the Star Sword to harden himself." Kira…you were one of the handful of people I never really wanted to think about again if I could help it.

Guess I forgot you were given a break for helping us stop Zannacross and left to overlook an empty hell. Well, as much of a pain as it is don't feel to smug, it's not nearly the most tense surprise I had to dealt with today. I've grown a lot since when I was your " apprentice". You can't shake me up anymore with a few cold stern words!"

Kira was motionless for a few seconds before he sighed." Your right, I don't have to " rattle" you with a few words Ben Auro. After all its clear I engraved my will so deep into your soul that you pushed my ideals forward.

I'll concede I left a deeper mark on you then even I expected" hero", but you ended up being wiser, and more frail then I last expected. After all, I did not think you would run out of faith in humanity even faster than I did.

At least I was not arrogant enough to try and " have my cake and eat it to" by trying to force humanity down what they had to be and also try and still be loved by the insolent sheep. You're so weak that you want to pretend that you care about them, when you just want the simple minded hicks you loath so much to fall in line."

Ben saw Doug and a few of the others were looking at Ben curiously before the brown haired man realized he was so anxious he had taken out the Star Sword without realizing it before he grasped the sword tightly." Damn it Kira, like always your just sticking to your own twisted version of reality! Yes, people let me down and were far more willing to just embrace lies then I hoped for, but that does not mean I'm trying to destroy them, just help them see the error of their ways in a way that's not been done before!

You think your any better when you tried to become god because you thought you knew better then everyone and that everyone else had to submit or be erased?"

Kira chuckled bitterly before he responded with a bitter," Your even more deluded then I figured if you gotten the impression you could understand my motives my" Apprentice". I sought to sever man from the destiny god shackled him to.

Be that Cosmos, Zannacross, or any other. True I would mold the new existence in my design, but it would be free of the dogma of both Cosmos and Zannacross, of both the darkness and the light!

Do you want to know why I discarded the idea your currently trying to enforce on the universe? Because the precious perfect harmony that you sought form this Homeostasis's Axiom Matrix was just like my Absolute Hypnosis magic, an illusion over reality.

You thought you could hypnotize people into forgetting their desire, but your own comrade Doug Fitter showed just how much pride is engraved into a man's DNA. However, I suppose I can't be too harsh on you " Chosen" one. After all, it seems just about everyone else wanted to leap head first into the delusion to blind themselves to reality, is that not right father?"

Myers saw his son giving him a mocking look and looked down." Kira…you think we are all no better then you and forsaken our principles? Your mistake. It's true this is not the path that I would have preferred but it's still the best way to guide humanity without resorting to violence like you and your Titans did."

"Heh, what's wrong, Grand Master? Is it that after you no longer had me doing what was required to truly enforce justice in the shadows while you basked in the light, you were forced to get your hands dirty.

Tsc, even before I officially joined the Zannacross Empire I had to be your shadow for years " Grand Master". Doing what you were to unwilling to do in order to ensure stability. It was not just me, Master Yamamoto and some of the others made the hard choices so you could keep your hands clean.

Don't feel to guilty though, a simple observation of history would lead to the conclusion that most great " noble" leaders had someone who worked from the shadows to do the sins in their place to bring order to keep the fantasy alive.

This just proves the cycle of humanity was a farce, and the only way to change that would be to break the cycle. If the only way to do that was to shatter god, then so be it."

Max saw Myers and some of the others look disgruntled before he snickered." You happy you got to ham it up to someone again Kira? Guess they got you too busy to think of new material though because its freaking Déjà vu here!"

"I see your simple mindedly reveling in the reversal of fortune my hot-blooded former teammate?"

"Damn straight!" Max retorted proudly. "Kira, I was not happy with the plan Ben, old man Myers and all the others were down for either. But you know what? You can try and use it as a excuse to feel better about yourself but they still are not as bad as you!

They all are human and had human weaknesses, but at least they are able to take it like a man when they realize the made a mistake! Your still not sorry a bit for what you did to me, your dad, Ben or anyone else! Your even more arrogant then the likes of Zannacross to think you could bend everyone else around you to your will just because you want to!"

"Of course I'm not sorry Max. After all it's the fault of all of you for being afraid to take the painful but vital path to true evolution!"

Aqua sighed before walking up." Kira…despite all you done to hurt me and the others I never denied your brilliance and sheer determination to defy everyone.

However, of the many things you were wrong about, the thing most of all you got wrong was thinking that one person, even the most intelligent person in the universe, even god, should shape how everyone is to their will.

I have many issues with Ben's plan but at least he did not close his heart and assumed he knew all the answers. No matter how smart you are, no matter how skilled you are, one heart is not a good foundation for anything lasting."

Kira eyed Aqua carefully, and saw Doug looking remorseful before he snickered." I can see why you would be rather opposed to one being's judgment at the moment Aqua, but we all seen the weakness of democracy, how the weak block everything out by endlessly screaming over reason.

The only way to change that, is to one way or another repress the sinful, to stamp out the weak. But despite all this time it seems we are having the same debate we had five years ago, showing how much humanity is bound to its cycle of denial. That's why the only way to change things is for."

Before he could go on a beam of purple energy hit him in the head. As an explosion broke out Ben and co sprung into their fighting stances, only for the Enji to see that the blast came from Belmond.

The clown faced God of Destruction had a mocking look in his eye as he wagged the finger he unleashed the blast with." This is quite the laugh but the joke can only go on for so long human.

Kira Myers, I wanted to see for myself the man who tried to fuse Chaos Zannacross Necron within him. I'll concede that it takes real guts to try and merge with god, but it's a joke to think a human, no matter how evolved could ever take the role of god!"

As the smoke cleared everyone heard a chuckle and Kira emerged, with a charred part of his face where the blast was. Despite this he looked as stoic as always, and just greeted Belmond with a smirk." Ah yes, the notorious God's of Destruction yes? The highest of the divine hierarchy and the first generation of life forms…I can see how beings such as yourself are flowing with confidence, and arrogance. But, some things change over time."

Belmond snickered as he shuffled some cards before taking out a joker card." Somethings change, and somethings stay the same...forever.

You are a tough one mortal, if this was in the good old days you could very well have been an apprentice to be the next God of Destruction, you're sure less wishy washy then that sap Toppo was. Still, times have changed and there is no room for jokers who can't see the."

Belmond was about to throw his card at Kira when his attendant Marcarita cleared her throat." Lord Belmond I would recommend you hold back. While he indeed was out of line, we still need him to perform his function."

Liquiir nodded before the fox like God of Destruction saw the Enji and other hero's look tensely at Belmond." We did not come here to chat with the few damned left, we came here for him to use his authority over hell to lower this part of the Source Wall.

If need be we can just force you to do it but it would save a lot of time if you did your role Kira Myers, good behavior will reduce your sentence a sliver."

Ben looked around in confusion as he looked down at the abyss." Wait, the Source Wall? Is that to some even, deeper level of hell? Wait, last time we were here Zannacross banished me and Lacus to the " Darkness Beyond Time". Is, this the gate to that?"

"Not quite." Whis put out chipperly. " the Dimensional Source Wall is the barrier to the Axis of Time, where the Divine Mugen Nova, the Golden Imperial Crystal and Zannacross are sealed. You were a tad busy surviving at the time but last time Zannacross broke through the Source Wall after shattering Cosmos in his attempt to absorb all of existence.

You know we were one of the ones that tried to stop him from merging with the Axis of time but alas it was a quick struggle. So quick Beerus still thinks it was a dream."

"Hey I was just waken up from a nap and had no time to adjust damn it!" Beerus snapped out defensively. As Whis chuckled Valdos sighed." After heaven was restored Cosmos and the Masters of Masters decided that it would be better to enhance the defensive measures, just in case. That's why when the Source Wall was rebuilt to have one section of it be in heaven, and the other half be in hell. Only by both sections interloping will the gate open."

"You don't think it's a risk to have something so important be part of hell?" Lacus threw out curiously. Her question caused Beerus to snort." Oh don't stress out over something like that Raystar. No random damned soul will wonder into the deepest layer of hell after all. Though, it is a hassle to lead some disrespectful brat have a key."

"He does not have the key Beerus." Quinta threw out dryly." He can't turn anything on his own, the mook here just has a formality since he's part of the wall and it makes it easier! So punk, you going to be a wise-ass about it or know your place?"

Kira chuckled bitterly as he closed his eye." Don't get the impression that you got me to submit, but for now I'll comply. After all, I am curious to see the result. Can you pull off a miracle again my former apprentice?

Or are you so sure of yourself that you once again will be blind to what your stumbling into? Careful now, would be a pity for you to kill your friends again, or at least think it was a friend only for it to be a mirage."

Ezan saw his former master's cold look and grasped his sword." Don't let him rile you up now Auro. His aura's completely repressed, he can't do much of anything. And if he does, I'll cut him down where he stands."

Cloud nodded as he put his hand on his teammate's shoulder." Don't worry Ben, you got this. This time we will make sure you don't falter."

Kira saw Ben nod before he sighed." Well, we will all see what is reality and a illusion soon enough. If you fail and Zannacross destroys everything, at least my final moment of existence will be that of amusement. Better not hesitate" Savior", because I know Zannacross wont."

Kira shifted his arms before his eye glowed red. The entire wall he was attached to started to rotate like a key. The entire Labyrinth of Amala begun to tremble before the abyss below glowed with red light.

A geyser of red energy then erupted out. At the same time the ceiling shined brightly before a pillar of holy energy descended. The two pillars smashed into each other, before the wall to Kira's right split open.

Ben saw a golden light in the distance before he braced himself. So…that's where Zannacross is? Has, has he been trying to break out?"

"Who knows." Whis threw out playfully." The whole point was to completely isolated him from everything else in every way. But, Hell's been stabilize so it would seem this absolute confinement is holding up."

Ben peered in, and felt no hostile energy in that direction before he gulped." So, now that it's the moment of truth…just what is the game plan here? Do I just, stab the Star Sword into the seal or what?"

"Hell no yah fool, do that and we all going to go for one nasty ride!"

A new male voice cried out. Ben swerved around to see two men jump down. One was Rodin from the bar, another was a dark-skinned man with thick, black hair that is shaven and dyed green on the sides of his head.

He wore a shihakushō, a green undergarment, and a shortened hakama that exposed his lower legs.

Worn over this is a white, sleeveless puffer jacket that bore a holy emblem on its back, as well as the alternating circle and diamond pattern of a captain's haori along the bottom.

His attire was completed by gold-framed sunglasses with blue lenses, and a pair of green slippers that are gold trimmed and have a shoe-like appearance.

The man saw everyone looking at him and gave a casual wave before forming a wide grin." Yo everyone. Name's Ōetsu Nimaiya. They call me the God of the Sword around the afterlife. And the reason you all should care is became me, Rodin here and all the best smiths in heaven just polished off all the last touches on are little tool here to get you what you need hero!"

Nimaiya smirked before he handed out a hilt.

Ben looked at the white and platinum hilt, and the edges of the hilt were like angel wings.

He then saw it had a small chain with a golden crystal linked to it before he realized what it looked like." Is, that the hilt of the Divine Mugen Nova? Do, I put the Star Sword in that?"

"Not quite hero. Look, truth of the matter is as stylish as the ultimate blade of light may the most powerful divine gear 's shape is easy enough for Cosmos eh? The shape's just aesthetics really, the real power is the energy inside both of your former trump cards!

That's why extracting the power from the originals requires a bit, fineness. Look hero's the game plan is that chosen boy here stabs this hilt into the previous Divine Nova's hilt that is still the key to the Axis of Time.

Extract the energy and infuse the energy that will take the seals place and if it goes right the new Divine Nova and Golden Imperia Crystal will have all the power needed to live up to their older brothers yah hear?"

Rodin saw Ben look amazed before he chuckled darkly." Just focus as much as you can hero. We checked the hell out of the formula and it should work. But if you don't do it right or lose your focus, the seal will be weak enough for Zannacross to bust out if he realizes in time what's going on, and then bam, hell and everywhere else is one for one major headache."

Ben felt a chill down his spine as he looked in the distance." Do, do you think I'll have to fight Zannacross again? Do you think he can sense what we are about to do?"

Whis glanced at Ben before he shrugged." Well he's not supposed to be aware. The last Trans-Dimensional Seal kept the bulk of his essence locked away but he did fine a way to have fragments of his will seep into mortal souls and gaze at the events of the mortal realm.

This one is even more absolute, so he should be completely sealed off and has been depraved of all senses for more than five years now. Even as a god without a body such total isolation can erode one's state of being just a tad."

"You sure about that Whis?" Beerus threw out coly." I sleep for decades and function just damn fine. Besides, what if the traitor here is helping him somehow?"

As everyone looked at Kira again the son of Master Myers chuckled bitterly." I assure you even if I did have any power to change things I'm not so desperate that I would go back on everything I strove for and try and help Zannacross.

I'm not so desperate to delude myself into thinking I would have the favor of the master I betrayed no matter what I did. Though, it does seem you all don't trust me with all the guards you have patrolling here."

"Damn right we don't trust a liar to keep his word wissass!" A gruff male voice shouted out from behind the group. Ben swerved around to see a large, red-skinned adult with a tail, fined off horns to look like circular stumps, cloven hooves for feet, and an oversized right hand made of stone walk up.

The man was smoking a cigar before he nodded to the group." I did the last patrol and nothing seems to have changed with big Z. Dante and the others have said nothing's changed since this whole thing with the Beyonder but I guess we will only know for sure in the moment of truth eh?"

"Thank you for the report Anung." Spiritus said to the demon with the large right hand before he turned back to Ben." I trust "Hellboy's" evaluation but we will stand guard to be wary of anything."

"Thanks." Ben uttered." Everyone, keep your distance. If he does try something I don't want to put anyone else at risk."

"Like hell I'm just going to stand and watch dear." Lacus retorted calmly." I'm grateful for your concern Ben but please, don't try and be an alpha male on this you hear? Last time Zannacross tried to take over my body right before we sealed him away and he might try and do the same to you. I know what it feels like so I have to be by your side. We will do this together, right?"

Ben saw Lacus's determination and smiled." Of course. Sorry, did not mean to sell you short. Just a tad, anxious about all this."

"I know sweetheart, that's why I'll make sure your steady as we go through this."

"Right, here goes something guys."

Ben took a deep breath as he and Lacus walked into the platform. As the two walked into the opening in the Source Wall they saw that the entire space was just a white void, with a massive golden crystal floating in its center with many different orbs in the different corners that were anchored to the golden crystal with golden chains with blue crystals in them, the Zohar pillars.

Lacus looked at the area carefully before she glanced back at the angels." This place, this is the place where I was before right, where I untangled the realties to prevent all of existence from shattering right?"

"Spot on dear." Whis answered cheerfully." Thanks again for that and all. This is all advanced stuff that you need cosmic senses to fully comprehend but the gist of it is that the colored orbs are the different realities linked to the Axis of time.

No worries, one way or another we will make sure a dimension does not collapse on you but please hurry before things get dicey."

"R, right."

Seeing no platforms to stand on, Ben and Lacus grasped each other before they flew up to the giant golden crystal that in some ways was the heart of reality. Ben quickly saw the hilt of the original Divine Nova and looked at what would be its replacement.

He saw the small golden crystal in the part of the second sword's hilt were the blade should be before he remembered everything the angels said and braced himself. The leader of the Justice Force and everyone else was as alert as they could be, but there was nothing but silence as they got right up to the crystal.

It was so silent that Ben felt his nerves go into overdrive as he arrived at the hilt in the crystal, where he and Lacus sealed Zannacross and where they thought they had at last won the war between good and evil.

Ben saw Lacus smile at him, before he smiled back. He then readied the hilt and stabbed it into the first Divine Nova.

The replacement surged with light before Ben felt like his bones were nearly ready to jump out of him. As the light went into the seal he cleared his throat anxiously." Say guys um, am I going to hear a done sound or something or is this a kind of,"

"Focus fool!" Rodin snapped as he and the rest of the group flew near Ben and the God of Destruction assistants had their specters ready." Focus on not losing your balance hero. I even made it simple for yah twitchy ass, just look at the Golden Imperial Crystal attached to the blade. When its glowing top to bottom, the ritual is done. Just don't let it " overflow" or the mother of all eruptions could blow up on your face!"

Ben saw the replacement Golden Imperia Crystal start to glimmer at its base. He was about to nod before he felt the force that had the tug of a black hole nearly rip him off his feet before he clamped down with all of his strength to keep his grip.

With Lacus helping him Ben was able to be stable, and as the hilt started to glow more and more he grinned." Alright, I can feel it, I can feel the power! It's really going to work, with our full power back the Beyonder won't stand a chance! It, it has to be enough, I can't let the Incursion happen, not after everything we, huh?"

While Zannacross had been nearly comatose after five years of zero interaction, like s shark drawn to blood, the embodiment of all darkness and hate felt the faintest drop of fear. Ben suddenly felt like an entire planet of rage was bearing down on him, before he heard a scream of pure fury erupt in his head.

"What's wrong Ben?" Lacus answered tensely as she saw Ben wince. Before he could answer he felt malice pour into him, before he saw a giant red eye glaring directly into his mind, the soul of Chaos Zannacross Necron. The embodiment of evil narrowed its eye." YOU….I KNEW YOU WOULD FAIL BEN AURO! YOU THOUGHT THE WAR WITH DARKNESS COULD EVER BE WON? YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD DEFY DESTINY FOR LONG? I KNEW IT WOULD NEVER LAST!"

Ben felt a tug as his grip loosened, before he realized what he was seeing and hardened himself." Don't get to excited Zannacross, it's still lasting, and your still wrong! This is just, making some adjustments to make sure it stays that way."

The entire giant golden crystal vibrated and as a shock-wave blasted out Whis sighed." Oh dear…I suppose it's foolish to underestimate one of the creators of existence for even a moment. Careful now…if you don't focus the cork is going to pop!"

Zannacross started to feel the minds of those around Ben before he laughed darkly." I CAN TASTE YOUR TERROR HUMAN! I SAVOR YOUR DESPAR! YOUR THOUGHTS BETRAY YOU! THE SEEDS I PLANTED IN THE LAST, LAST MOMENTS BEFORE YOU CHEATED DESTINY AT LAST HAVE BORE FRUIT! YOU WILL PAY FOR THINKING A MORTAL CAN PLAY GOD…YOU WILL ALL PAY FOR DENYING YOUR TRUE MASTER!"

Lacus saw dark energy seep out of the second hilt before her eyes flared up with raw determination." The only one more stubborn then you is Brad Zannacross! But no one will ever bow to you again!"

Ben saw his lover infuse holy energy into him to help repel Zannacross out of his mind and body. The Enji grinned at the woman he love's support, and saw that the Golden Imperial Crystal was nearly full with light and pushed with everything he had to not lose his grip." You will never be the master of anyone again Zannacross! Your just going to have to accept that darkness and death is not what dominates all! Its love, hope, and."

"HOPE ALWAYS WILTS WHEN FACED WITH THE TRUTH ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!"

Zannacross roared out hatefully." YOU STILL ARE TRYING TO SEE COSMOS'S FANTASY THROUGH? NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY IT WILL NEVER BECOME REALITY! THE HEART OF HUMAN'S ARE TO WEAK TO LINGER IN THE LIGHT….ALL HEARTS RETURN TO THEIR TRUE NATURE…TO THE DARKNESS!"

"All your plans blew up in your face and you still can't admit the truth Zannacross!" Ben shout out passionately." We will bring humanity to a better future, and unlike you we will get their without destroying what it means to be human! We will not let anyone stop that dream!"

"IT WILL ALWAYS BE A DREAM YOU DAMN HUMAN! HUMANS WILL ALWAYS FAIL…THEIR FEARS WILL ALWAYS ANGER THEM…AND THEIR RAGE WILL LEAD TO SUFFERING! THE CYCLE OF HATRED WILL SPIN FOR AS LONG AS THERE IS LIFE!

YOU CAN NEVER BREAK THE CYCLE AS LONG AS YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE! I ENDURED THIS INDIGNATION FOR LONG ENOUGH! NOW ALL LIFE WILL TREMBLE WITH MY REVENGE!"

Ben saw both the new Golden Imperial Crystal and the hilt it was attached to were nearly full of light before he had his energy flare up." I'd say your one note Zannacross but at this point I think that's all you can think of. Frankly I don't care what you think is possible! Even if you see humanity since the start, we still will surpass your expectations!"

"HUMANITY'S ARROGENCE WILL BE ITS RECKONING! BUT I WON'T LET ANY RANDOM MAGGOT TAKE WHAT IS MY RIGHT!"

Another surge of dark lighting burst out of the original Divine Nova. Demonic hands started to seep out till an energy beam hit the claw to shatter it. Ben saw that the blast came from Belmond, and the clown like God of Destruction just had a wild look." Can't take a hint old man? Your time is up, and one way or another the universe is going beyond your designs and there is nothing you can do about it!"

Beerus and the other God's of Destruction unleashed beams of energy from their hands to collided into where Zannacross's aura. As it was pushed back Ben saw Zannacross's eye widen with shock, before turning to hate once more." THAT ENERGY…I REMEMBER THAT ENERGY! YOU INSOLENT CHILDREN THINK YOU CAN TAKE WHAT YOU DON'T DESERVE? YOU MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST BUT YOUR JUST LIKE ALL THE REST! YOU WILL NEVER BE THE ONE TRUE MASTER!"

"And either will you old man." Beerus spat back bitterly." After all, your too pushy for anyone that's not your shill to put up with for long. Just know for the rest of eternity you were the loser after all. Ugh, finish this already Auro this reunion is already annoying me!"

Ben saw the God's of Destruction all having their aura push back Zannacross before he nodded." Hope you liked the checkup Zannacross. If all goes well, it will be the last visit you ever get!"

"NO! I REFUSE TO BE DENIED!" Zannacross roared out as he felt Ben start to withdraw his blade, along with the sole link to the outside." I AM CHAOS ZANNACROSS NECRON! MASTER OF ALL! IT'S THE FATE OF ALL TO SERVE ME…TO SERVE DEATH! I WILL NEVER ALLOW!"

Ben grit his teeth before he used all of his strength to twist the blade upward." Your just going to have to learn that it's not your fate to rule all Zannacross! So long, and get use to ruling absolutely nothing."

The chosen one heard Zannacross scream again, for the first time with a hint of fear and desperation, before he slammed the blade down as hard as he could into the crystal and withdrew the second hilt as instructed.

The result caused an explosion of energy to erupt, and Ben, Lacus and everyone else felt themselves knocked back. Whis and his breather quickly cast spells to buffer the group before Spiritus widened his eyes." They did it! Quickly, reinforce the seal!"

The angels and overseers of hell quickly cast spells to reinforce the seal before Ben heard Zannacross cry out one last time, before the demonic eye completely vanished.

Spiritus saw many looking at him and responded with a curt nod." It's done. The seal is stable, and Zannacross seems to still be solely within the core. I don't feel his energy among us so thankfully he did not get any of his essence into us."

"Glad we don't have to go through that hassle again." Beerus threw out grouchy." But this better have been worth it! You were sloppy Auro!"

Ben groaned as he spat back a dejected." Good grief, excuse me for transferring energy from something that was never supposed to be undone while trying to not unleash one of the most evil beings in existence! Besides, it worked right? I mean, it all went as planned right?"

Rodin took out a cigar and had a purple flame ignite on his right thumb." We won't know till you follow through hero. Put the Star Sword in the new hilt of the Divine Nova, and if it works, the two will become one, just like old times."

Ben saw Rodin light his own Cigar before he shrugged and put the Star Sword in the new hilt. The Warrior of Light's first blade' crystal shards all glowed, before in a flash of light they transferred into the larger hilt beneath it.

The sword then had an aura of holy energy surge through it as a beam of light then shout out of the Star Sword. Soon a massive crystalline blade form on top of it as the two divine objects finished merging. Ben felt a surge of power flow through his body and knew without a doubt that the Divine Mugen Nova, his ultimate weapon was back.

Whis saw Ben's eyes glow golden before he smiled." Ah good, things went as planned for once. But what about Miss Raystar?"

Lacus saw the Golden Imperial Crystal glow with light before she took a deep breath and spread her wings. She then grasped the round object before it took the shape of a golden flower and attached it to her chest.

She instantly had golden energy blaze out of her like an inferno before she smiled confidently." Far as I can tell, I feel just like last time. No, since I'm even more in control of myself this time it's even greater."

"Peachy." Beerus threw out sarcastically." But you lovers better not have excuses if you fail again or I'm going to make you, huh?"

To the cat like being's shock Ben was in front of his face before he realized it. The brown hair man just gave a friendly grin as he casually lifted the larger sword over his back." If you're not a believer Beerus, we can always have a rematch to test it out."

Beerus had his eye twitch before he hissed out," Bah…don't think just because you raised your power level a little that means you can talk smack to me!"

Whis cleared his throat before he looked back at the opening to hell." I'm sure we would all want to see the extent of Ben's new power my Lord. But since this still is a very sensitive area might it be a good idea to vacate the premise?"

The God of Destruction sighed before he looked back at the giant golden crystal." Sure…not going to let the old man ever have a chance again."

With one last look around to make sure the area was secure everyone went back out the Source Wall, and as soon as the last few were gone the gateway to the Axis of Time closed.

The moment the Source Wall closed up Kira eyed Ben with a wary look." So, you reclaimed it then my Apprentice? Your full power? I see, you were able to retrieve it without releasing Zannacross after all. I suppose…its only logical that with all that's at stake the angels would do everything in their power to overcome your weakness."

"Man your one hell of a sore loser Kira." Max threw out as he pat Ben on the back." My cousin may have help but he pulled it off with his own will. He's strong enough to handle the job, its why I'm so damn proud of him."

Ben saw Max's confidence before he smiled back." Thanks Max, I'll make sure you won't be proven wrong. Kira…like Zannacross I don't expect to see you again. But don't worry, soon you will have your hands full judging the Beyonder after I kill him."

"Heh…high on a power rush are we Auro? Well I surely know what that feels like. Still, for the sake of my own existence I would hope you don't get to full of yourself. After all, you still should know more than anything that raw power is not the sole factor to war.

From what little I was allowed to see the Beyonder seems even more unhinged then Zannacross at his worst. Like a child or otherwise childish being who does not even understand reality, we have a being who would very well destroy everything and everyone out of spite."

"Oh I know how unstable the Beyonder is Kira." Ben answered calmly." But it's not arrogance. With all that's at stake, we simply can't afford to lose! That's why it's time to settle this! So now let's….wait what was the next part of the plan again?"

Ben saw Max facepalm and Lacus giggle before Doug cracked his neck." From what we heard sounds like the punk's hiding in some crack between dimensions or something."

James looked at everyone before he crossed his arms." We know he's residing near the Time Nest, I'm not sure how complex it is to pull off such a fleet, situations about dimensions with its own will are rare after all.

We were still trying to figure out if the Beyonder had any minions left on the outside right? Wait, Ramathel and the other Black Swan with her might know, we should go back and."

"That's a sound tactic Master Elrond but that will not be needed. Sadly, that's because things are escalating in a rather dire direction."

The group saw yet another new arrival, a man with long white hair, purple skin and a formal blue and red outfit before Ben recognized him as the Supreme Kai who was a longtime ally of Goku, Kibito Kai.

Beerus saw the Kai that for a long time shared his sector with him before he rolled his eyes." Oh your still around eh " Shin?" What is it? Sorry but you missed all the excitement around here."

Kibito Kai looked tense as he saw Ben and looked hopeful at the sight of the Divine Nova." Ah good you were able to retrieve your full power chosen one. I'm afraid we might need it.

We, we found out there was indeed someone else reaching out to the Beyonder, someone else drawing him to in."

As everyone looked at Doug the bald man rolled his eyes." Don't look at me man. Maybe that undying Zamasu quack threw himself somewhere to raise hell? Just saying, if he had Goku's face he could con some suckers for a bit."

Kibito Kai grimaced before he grasped his fist tightly." He won't have to pretend to be Goku. "

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As tense as a situation as Ben, Lacus and the rest of their friends currently were, some were still oblivious to just what was at stake, as well as oblivious to everything else.

One such oblivious person had currently landed in a far different section of the After-Life, in one of the various planets that some of the higher ups in the holy hierarchy had for themselves.

This was a planet that contained nothing but a grassy surface, a half dozen or so fruit containing trees, a road that circumvents the planet, A small house, a car, a well, and and a garage.

The owner of the small planet and longtime overseer of the northern galaxies of the universe was a short male Kai with Teashade sunglasses, with a pair of cricket-like antennae in a black and red outfit. This Northern Kai most frequently known as King Kai to those around him had just heard a noise and ran outside his house alongside his pet monkey Bubbles.

He looked around before he saw a man he knew all too well. It was a man clad in a closed orange gi secured by a black knot-tied obi tied over his waist, blue wristbands, and blue kung fu shoes who had wild black hair.

King Kai saw who the man was and just groaned." Oh come on! After how many years how many times did I tell you not to just warp over here without texting Goku! I know you learned how to do it by now!"

The legendary warrior just laughed as King Kai glared at him before he made a dismissive wave." Ah thought you be napping King Kai. I know I know but this is important! I needed some quiet space! I found a new fighter, one that will give me my greatest fight yet and push me pass my limits!"

"Damn it Goku you said that how many times now? Who are you even talking about? Hey wait, why are you lugging stuff like that around now? What's that, some new Muffin machine or something?"

The blue man was pointing to a large metal sphere behind the man he taught Kaio-Ken. Goku just glanced at the sphere with excitement as he took out a piece of paper with instructions." Nah I already had a muffin today so this is not food.

This is what will help me summon my new opponent! It's what I been dreaming about for a while now, a fighter beyond Beerus and the other God's of Destruction, beyond Whis, Yamoshi and all the others! It will give me the ultimate fight!"

King Kai saw Goku press a button before the sphere started to glow. As it fired a beam of golden energy into the sky, and spread out across the sky the Kai felt a chill down his spine." Goku, just who gave you this?"

"Oh, one of Whis's sisters or brothers. I don't know, I was so excited I hardly noticed."

"Damn it this is serious Goku! Do you even know what's going on?"

"Hey what's the matter? I thought that chosen guy caused all the bad guys to go away for good when Zannacross was defeated? I was mad I could not beat him but this is my chance to get another shot at that kind of opponent!"

"Goku…listen very, very carefully to me! The situation's changed, there is a new threat!"

"Aw I knew those kind of promises never held up. That's fine, means I can have more fights!"

"Pay attention! It's not a new threat, but the oldest threat there is, even older then Majin Buu. It's the first son of Cosmos and Zannacross, the Beyonder! He's been braindead since the creation of history but somehow after Zannacross he woke up and is now trying to destroy all of existence! Is that who your trying to fight?"

"Beats me…I heard some Rabum name or something."

"THAT's what his servants call him Goku!"

"Oh come on don't freak out! Your acting just like how you were with Frieza, Buu and all the others and they ended up fine so have a little faith!"

"I do have faith, that you will make things worst! This is beyond what any fighter can do so leave it to the chosen one! I thought you grew out of this phase finally?"

Goku paused before he chuckled again and grasped his fist tightly." Yah…everyone thought that, but then I remembered, who I used to be. Your always afraid King Kai, but that's why you're not me so just wait and see!"

"I don't have to wait! The Beyonder already destroyed the universe and was only stopped because of the actions of the Supreme Kai of Time! This requires something more than any fighter so just calm down and for once think things through!"

"Seriously, more future mumbo jumbo? That's just like the Androids and all that and that was only because I was not around to fight them!"

"Goku, Cell killed both of us!"

"Ah details. King Kai, you were wrong about a lot of things, so I'll just prove you wrong again! Honestly, you guys are always wrong about how things are, so I'm going to decide for myself!

What's right and wrong, it always changes but the one thing that stays true is a good fight! This is so exciting, it's been so long since I had a good rush!"

King Kai looked in horror as his student had a fixated look as the beam spread across the sky. As Goku prepared to gleefully risk everything to bring about his wish he was unaware that in a different part of the Afterlife Ben was still adjusting to his shocking revelation and how it would affect his task.

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"I'm afraid the contact who's trying to draw the Beyonder in…is Goku!We did a widespread search for anything in the universe that had the " Magical algorithm" for the harmonic signal that matched the Black Swans, that matched anything from the Beyonder. We did not find anything in the mortal realm, but we did fine something in heaven! And the disturbance is around Goku's Ki."

Ben had his jaw drop at the Supreme Kai 's shocking revelation. As many of the hero's around him also express various looks of shock. The leader of the Justice Force rubbed his ears before walking up." Wait, as in the real Goku and not Zamasu? Is, is he brainwashed or something? This, this has to be a mistake right?"

Beerus took a deep breath before he unfolded his arms." God damn it…he truly never learns eh? After all these years I thought that Saiyan learned a thing or two, but he's just like he used to be."

"Same…as he used to be?" Lacus threw out curiously." But, Goku's one of the most legendary heroes of all time? I mean he helped us fight Zannacross and everything, he would never turn to the darkness."

"Oh he would never turn to the darkness alright Raystar." Beerus threw out sorely." But he also has a really stubborn knack for seeking out fights without giving a damn of the consequences. Tsc, I really thought he learned his lesion after working with Frieza."

"Work…with Frieza?" Ben stated in shock." This a joke? Why would Goku work with the man that killed his father, destroyed his entire race and tried to kill him and his friends?"

"HAH! And you thought you knew Goku?" Beerus threw out in amusement." Why? Because you clearly don't know Goku that well. The Emperor of all Evil is just another fighter to him, just another stepping stone to greater heights.

He thought it would be the same as with Piccolo, Vegeta, and even myself but he learned to late how wrong he was, even though he did not really care.

Frankly I thought we made him learn his lesion for good so why is he relapsing?"

"Relapsing?" Ben answered tensely." Lord Beerus, is this because he respected you or something? Goku, Goku was not refined but from what I remember he spent his life fighting tyrants like Frieza, and gave up his life to stop Omega Shenron."

Trunks took a deep breath before he looked at his sword." That is the truth Ben. But, the truth is, there is a part of Goku's life that for the sake of universal stability was left out of recorded history, the time when Goku's fighting instinct went too far, when he went too far. You all know how Goku got turned into a child because of the Black Star Dragon Balls right?"

After seeing Ben and the others nod the man with purple hair looked remorseful." What's left out is that before Goku got turned into a child, his memories of the time after he beat Majin Buu and when he took Ubb as his apprentice were erased by the Namek Dragon Balls.

It…it may seem harsh but, erasing his memories of Lord Beerus and everything around that time period was the only way to spare him and his planet, and prevent a universal war."

Ben looked at Beerus before he raised a eyebrow." Why? Were you that offended that a mortal was as strong as you Beerus?"

"Hey I'm not that petty Auro!" Beerus snapped out." For your information I'm not so insecure that I lose it if someone's stronger then me! Look, its left out of history but shortly after Goku beat Majin Buu I awoke from my nap.

Whis told me Goku would be a fighter worthy of me so I fought him. At first he seemed like nothing special but by going through some lost ritual he unlocked the Super Saiyan God transformation, the first one since Yamoshi.

Now of course he did not beat me, but he put up enough of a fight to amuse me to spare him. Shortly after that Frezia's surviving henchmen managed to revive their master using the Dragon Ball's."

Lacus gasped in horror as she stepped back." What…Goku and the others just let their most hated enemy be revived?"

"To be honest, Goku and Vegeta were training on my world to become stronger. However, they could have stopped it if they tried. Deep down, I think Goku knew, and let it happen simply because he was bored and wanted another challenge.

Due to a pack with Zannacross Frieza was obtain enough power to close the gap and put up a good fight even after Goku unlocked the Super Saiyan Blue state. Goku was so careless that Vegeta had to pick up the slack, but Frieza ended up dead again.

Still, Goku had become to bored, to arrogant. I refused to fight him, so he went off to the other areas of the universe to find other God's of Destruction that would " Not be afraid". He thought I was ruthless, not knowing that some of my kin were far less forgiving.

He tried to pick a fight with my brother Champa, just warping with his Instant Transmission into the middle of a ceremony in his name being given by the Galactic King at the time on the world of Netfiss.

Goku was so single minded on fighting Champa that he did not care about the grave insult he was giving as the King was killed.

Champa thought Goku was the King's agent and left without caring about the aftermath, but caused a galactic civil war.

No one Goku knew was involved, so he did not care. Even the battles with Frieza and Majin Buu did not catch the attention of the major powers of the universe, but Goku made it big time, in the wrong way.

He was ordered to be put to death and shortly had "Never-Miss Hit"…the ultimate assassin in the universe go after him.

Goku just took this with glee, and even I was disturbed with how single minded he was getting.

Shortly after he beat Hit, the Pride Troopers, the ultimate warriors of Justice at the time akin to the Enji Knights were given the order to take Goku down, " in the name of Justice".

After I and King Kai rammed it into Goku's head how much trouble he was in, and that God's of Destruction could not meddle in each other's affairs he decided that in order to have enough power to fight off the Pride Troopers…he revived Frieza again…making a deal with him that he would let Frieza go if he kept his word during the invasion and did not go after him or those he cared about after would.

It was here that Frieza realized that despite his grudge for Goku, that the Saiyan could be his best assist if used properly. So to everyone else's shock, Frieza helped Goku, Vegeta and the others defend his world.

The top fighters of the Pride Troopers were strong enough to be the next picks for God's of Destruction, Toppa was going to be chosen, and Jiren did not care for the role but well, could even make me push myself.

Goku was just glad that his world was being invaded, but got slightly less excited when Jiren crushed him even more effortlessly then I did. But despite this Goku still was just excited to have a tough fight.

He had become so obsessed with the thrill that he rebound after being beaten to near death and seemed to recover entirely on his own with sheer unyielding fighting spirit.

Goku's allies were bitter to fight those who were fighting for their own justice, but did what they had to in order to save their loved ones. In the end, Frieza lured Jiren into a trap for Goku.

Jiren…was a bit of a bore but he was serious about fighting for justice. Goku did not care, when flat out asked if he understand what his actions caused, Goku admitted he did not care.

Jiren got mad enough to push Goku to the verge of death, but this caused Goku's Ultra Instinct to awaken, and Goku had at last become a being of pure fighting instinct, and with Frezia's help he defeated Jiren.

Goku, of course was not going to finish Jiren off, but Frieza secretly killed Jiren and passed it off as his wounds being worse than expected.

To everyone's horror, Goku kept his word and let Frieza go rebuild his empire.

Gohan and some of the others hoped Frieza would change like how Tien, Piccolo, Vegeta and others had in the past, but he gleefully rebuilt his empire, carefully making sure not to get Goku's attention while throwing a few strong warriors Goku's way like some sort of twisted fight manager.

They were warriors that were furious that Goku's action caused them to lose everything, but Goku did not care, he just cared if they could get a good fight. He spared them when he defeated theses vengeful warriors, but Frieza made sure they died vie poison one way or another.

Goku did not care that his family and even Vegeta was getting disgusted, he was just concerned with his next fight. Frieza was so delighted at how well things worked that he got cocky, and tried to take me out. That mistake cost him his life and annoyed me enough to put my foot down.

Goku only cared about being strong enough to defeat me, Whis, and anyone else in existence so it was agreed on for the sake of cosmic balance, Goku had to be stopped.

Since he had done good instead of killing him a wish was made to erase his memories of ever meeting me and Whis and of knowing of things above the God of Destruction, forcing him to lose his lust for reaching new heights.

To further ensure Goku would never again be a threat, a "special" set of Dragon Ball's, the Black Star Dragon Ball's were made just to turn Goku's body back into a child. Somehow he still gained power and unlocked that bizarre Super Saiyan 4 form, but his fighting lust was at last reduced."

Trunks sighed as he saw everyone was shocked before he looked up." It was wrong to do that to Goku yes…but he would not listen to reason so it was the only way to stop without killing him. Not one of his friends had any serious arguments with the plan, they were all fed up with Goku not giving a damn about them.

Sadly he still did not care to much, without hesitating he went off to train Ubb. He said it was to raise his successor but it was really just to give him a good fight. The fact that he never returned home even though he had Instant Transmission showed he really did not care about anything but fighting.

The universal government had reached a peace treaty to spare the world, but despite this most of the higher galactic powers still remembered Goku's legacy and would only feel safe when he was dead.

That's why, the truth is that Goku and the others thought that Baby, the vengeful parasite-like organism, which was infused with the DNA of the Tuffle King as the weapon to act as the revenge on the Saiyans were solely created by Dr. Myuu and the rest of the Machine Mutants.

But Gohan and the others found out later on that other planets funded …they wanted a anti Goku weapon, they wanted Goku to be a thing of the past. But even so, Goku defeated Baby, and then Super Android 17, till he defeated Omega Sheron.

To ensure Goku would no longer threaten anyone it was decreased that Goku would be merged with the Dragon Ball's to remove two threats to the universe."

Beerus saw Ben and the others shock before he grinned." See now why it's not so great an idea to take stock in any legends Auro? Zamasu was so offended with Goku, and so outraged that he was allowed any redemption that Zannacross was able to woo him over to his side, and give him what he wanted, the body of the greatest mortal sinner so that it could be used " in the hands of divine will". "

Trunks looked bitterly at the God of Destruction before he turned to Ben." Goku, never became evil in a traditional sense. He was always pure, but so pure that he was indifferent to everything outside his impulses. It was ironic, he was the one who was proud to call himself not a traditional Saiyan at first.

But as he fought more and more, and unlocked more Super Saiyan levels Vegeta became more human and Goku became pure Saiyan, to the point where even Vegeta thought Goku had become to obsessed, a being purely obsessed with his own instincts and desire.

Goku was at peace with dying, to be honest he was still fight loving but he's never reverted to his obsessed self since he died so what happened to make him get reckless again. Did the Beyonder do something?"

"I think I know." Whis answered calmly." You know how all of these cosmic glitches that came about after Zannacross 's attempt to fuse all the realms together was aborted, I dread that one such glitch was Goku's seal being eroded, thus he regained his previously erased memories."

Ben saw even Beerus and the other God's of Destruction looking disturbed before he took a deep breath." So, what does that mean? Goku's not going to back down no matter what? Even if he knows what is at stake?"

"Not without a fight he's not Auro." Beerus threw out sourly." Does not matter if the stakes are everything there is, that's still not enough to get Goku to back down. If we try and talk him out of it then it will be too late, so prepare for aggressive negotiations. Bah…I should have just done things the hard way back then, guess it's time to clean up this mess once and for all."

Max chuckled bitterly as he looked at his own sword." Around a year ago or so I challenged Goku to a fight. Figured what the hell I been training my ass off so it be cool to test how I measured up to the so called ultimate fighter in history.

He accepted and was friendly enough. I lasted oh about, a minute before he decided to be " Serious" and ended it with a blow. He was trying to be polite but I could tell he was playing with me the whole time, that I was not a serious challenge to him since he did not even turn Super Saiyan.

I may not have something like the Sharingan but I also noticed that he had a detached look to him, like he's seen it all.

He said I was well trained and just said to come back after pushing myself to my limit before he went off to push himself past his own. Seemed harmless enough at the time but now it seems he meant something rather damn extreme for that."

As Ben looked upset his thoughts were cut off as Kira laughed bitterly. Seeing everyone look at him just cased the current overseer of hell to give a vindictive grin." Now do you see how futile it is to resist destiny my former apprentice? You truly can only choose to die as a hero or live long enough to become a villain.

So many angels and hero's descend to madness trying to save humanity, because they demand the impossible and expect everything for nothing or a savior becomes a tyrant at the flip of a switch.

I studied Goku well, including the " lost" history, and he's just another prime example of how personal morals erode into personal obsession so very easily when expectations don't meet reality."

"You mean like yourself Kira?" Ben answered sharply." Hardly, I always had a realistic perspective of the problem, and the solution. It's just a simple fact that humanity as it is beyond salvation. Auro…you say you deny my judgment when you're trying to do the same? You want humanity to change just as much as I do, but like my father you want to keep your hands clean to feel better about yourself.

Say what you will about my desires Auro, at least they are truly mine. You, you had no real independent desire of your own. You let yourself be shaped by whatever Max, my father, myself, Lacus, the angels and everyone else gave you so you did not have to take responsibility for your own thoughts.

Tell me, does it pain you every moment you realize the more you try and live up to being a hero, the closer you become to me Auro? Does it pain you to be forced to confront that the fantasy you cherish is just a pile of lies? Your a sham who never had true goals of his own other then to be desired by others!

You can either be a tool of the masses, and like those like Kal-El and the other" Legendary Hero's" spend your entire life at the beck and call of the masses and at best die without really changing anything.

Or you can try and be a agent of change, and like me, die at the hands of those who refuse to understand you.

You can renounce that I am your ideal state Ben, but the harder you try, the faster you will share my destiny! Because I am the embodiment of your true desire! Dreams based on hypocrisy can't save anyone. Because your only parroting the wills of others you never truly have had a goal other then to at last appease everyone with a bankrupt ideology!"

Ben was about to respond when he hesitated, realizing his own doubts. He saw Doug and Max looking at him, and thought over everything before he grasped his newly transformed sword tightly." Kira, I'd be lying if I said people don't frustrate me. Its, true I wanted to find a way to one way or another to change humanity for the better.

I admit, I was pushing myself to try and reach a conclusion but after today's events I realize I lost sight of a few things. Everyone can't agree on everything, but there are core things that everyone should have a right to.

Your right that at times I want to please people more then myself. But, its because I want things to be more then about me. Maybe, its just to feel better about myself, but while I want my own stuff it makes me happy to make others happy. That's why I want to find a path that will make everyone happy."

"Tsc, the harder you try to hold on to things the faster they will slip away. That's why I steeled myself to forsake everything for my one true desire."

"Your wrong Kira, call me naive all you want but a goal that's only shaped by one person can't be the best one! Your right my actions were often driven by how much I wanted to be like those I respected like Max, Cloud, legends like Super-guy, Goku, Luke Skywalker and more.

But, that admiration was part of a larger desire to fulfill the unfinished desire of the hero's of the past, to make their dream come true and put a end to the hell so many common people have to suffer, the hell that is life for so many."

"You can't have it all Auro...you can't save what does not want to be save, you can't push things forward while clinging to your reputation. It will be a even more futile cycle then most hero's fates, even if its a endless life of hypocrisy?"

"Even if figuring out how to bring happiness to everyone will lead to a road of endless contradictions Kira, I'll still go down that road without hesitation. Because for all the ways it can go wrong, if it goes right its the best path to strive to! For the sake of justice, I won't give up!"

"Tsc, how pathetic. Justice is the representation of order. Saving all and saving the individual are two very different things, if you still can't figure that out then you will never build anything. Take it from someone who had some time for personal reflection. The more one strives for personal salvation, the more you will be consumed by personal contraction."

Ben hesitated before he saw Lacus, Max, Doug, Hiryuumon, Cloud, Master Myers and others look at him before he grinned." True, but that's why I plan to go down the path with my comrades, to help me back on the road if I start to contract myself."

"Somehow you gotten more naive by the years. By now you must realized its even more absolute illusion then mine to think bonds truly last forever."

"They can if you work for it Kira. That's why I have to go now, to fight for that future."

Myers nodded before he looked at his son somberly." Kira…we all strive to be our best selves but we are still only humans, we can lose sight of things.

You and me both wanted to change that so people could see what they missed, we both at times forgot what is most important. I, can only hope I can do my best to steer people to the light, while my time remains."

The leader of the Enji suddenly coughed painfully, causing Kira to raise an eyebrow." And just how much time is that…Grand Master? It would seem hell is not the best environment for you."

"Maybe so…but I'll do what I must…and put these old bones past there exasperation date to see the job finished. Angels…just where is Goku preforming this insanity?"

Whis looked at his scepter and chuckled with amusement. "Oh my, he really is completely oblivious. He's doing this on poor King Kai's world. Guess he's a creature of habit, just one who takes his habits higher and higher to get the same rush."

"Well he's not going to like it but we have to stop this now!" Lacus uttered tensely." Can we just warp their now?"

Valdos checked her scepter and raised a eyebrow." Oh dear…it seems the device Goku is setting off is also preventing anyone from warping there. Well, seems we can warp to King Yamma's check in station. If you hero's move fast should be able to cross Snake-Way in the blink of an eye so we can have a talk with Goku."

"All right, then let's go!" Ben uttered with determination. Without another word Ben's group quickly excited the Amala Labyrinth.

Belmond saw the hero's leave before he shuffled cards once more." Today's been the best show in centuries. But time to see who has the best trump card of them all, once and for all."

Kira noticed Belmond look at a few of his fellow God's of Destruction such as Quitela, Liquiir, Geene, and some of the others before they all nodded and flew off. Kira saw Max and Aqua both give him remorseful looks before leaving with the last of the group before he snickered." Humans, Saiyans even the so called exalted "God's of Destruction" are all alike.

Transcending limits was never wholly about merely obtaining a new power or genes but a state of mind. But no matter the life form few are willing to discard there personal desires for the greater good, it's what makes utopia so damn complex. Ben Auro... I concede you have the same look of determination that I had.

But, I'll enjoy seeing just how stable your" road" gets as you realize just how few truly desire to walk the path of justice as it struggles for a ideal shared by no one. Still, it's amusing watching everyone, even the " elite" delude themselves that they are above making such hard choices."

Kira was about to say more when he saw one of the cards Belmond shuffle fly past him. As it landed near his right most shackle he saw the card glow, before he chuckled darkly." Yes…so very amusing."

The son of Master Myers continued to laugh, but at this point everyone had already left so quickly that they did not hear him.

With how urgent things were Ben and the others only had time to give Spiritus, Hellboy and the other people watching over hell a brief nod before the angels warped them to another segment of Heaven.

As Ben regained his footing he saw a giant snake statue in front of him and saw nothing but yellow clouds below. As he saw everyone was with him he focused, and felt a distortion in the distance." So, right ahead, is where Goku is?"

"Correct." Whis answered." This is Snake Way, the path to King Kai. This is where Goku first traveled to King Kai's world to train to get strong enough to defeat Vegeta and his cohort Nappa. It could take humans many months to reach the end under normal conditions.

As Goku's legend spread, many attempted to go down the same path as the legendary fighter, King Kai always having more people to tell jokes to."

"Well, time to shut down this joke before it causes any more damage!" Ben uttered bitterly." Damn it, he has to see what he's really doing before it's too late!"

Ben quickly dashed down Snake Way, and as Lacus saw how upset he looked she saw Trunks looking bitter to before she winced." Ben's upset and he just knew Goku as a legend. Trunks, you knew Goku as a person right?"

The purple haired person sighed before nodding." I did, but remember I'm from a divergent timeline and did not know him quiet as well. In my future Goku was dead before I knew him because of a heart disease. I only met him briefly really, during the battle with Doctor Gero's Android's and Cell.

The Gohan of my time told me how brave Goku was against Frieza and all the others, and my mother told me how Goku never gave up. But, as I became a Time Patrol agent I was able to see things from a bit more detached of a perspective then the Trunks from his timeline and the others.

I saw how he cared for his friends but, whenever something came up the first thought in his mind was never what would endanger them, but what would give him a good fight.

I mean my dad, Vegeta was the same way. He let Frieza transform to try and prove his strength, he let Cell enter his Perfect Form, he let Majin Buu be revived for the sake of his pride.

However the thing is as Vegeta had a family he became more human while Goku became less human! I changed the future by giving him heart medicine, maybe it would have been wise to check for a concussion as well.

The way Goku acted around the time with Beerus, it's like he got more childlike, like he had brain damage. If, we were all more willing to confront him things would not have."

"Oh its adorable that you still feel bad Trunks but not like you did anything." Valdos threw out playfully." No matter the state of his brain at the time Goku still made them. Don't just pass it off as a result of an injury Trunks.

Sad to say people just change over time. Sometimes people change to become something completely different then what their friends saw them as. It's only natural, even more so in the afterlife when people have never ending life."

Lacus tensed up at that, and despite the timing could not help but wonder what Ragyō said earlier about all men with power leaving woman after enough time.

She then grasped the Golden Imperia Crystal tightly before she flew closer to Whis." Is that so? Your saying…its fate for people to change and grow apart from who they use to love in time? But I thought the rest of Goku's friends still got along millions of years later?"

"Well the thing is Lacus." Max threw out." Is that when you're in heaven…you get more control over what you get to remember. I have not done it yet, but the guys and gals who are still around here get the option to clean out the " fluff" like how people clean up space on a computer. Even then, some who grow restless even with all heaven can provide have the option of being reborn."

"Quite trust mister Bruder." Whis responded chipperly." Humans and the like get extra storage so to speak to handle all the new memories. Us Angels just have it naturally though."

"Is that so?" Lacus asked curiously." I'm…just curious. You been partnered with Lord Beerus for millions of years right? Just curious how people can spend so much time together without it getting you know, stale? It's just…if we survive this I would like to know how to make sure me and Ben don't lose are way."

"Ah…want to keep the romantic spark burning till the end of time dear? How sweat. Well, I assure you Beerus and I don't have that kind of relationship but I have seen some couples in heaven still have the spark going.

A little holy juice helps I suppose, but it's also about excepting your partner for who they are, knowing how they complete you, know what will change, and what will never change and how to work around that. In times things that were old become new again, it's all about rhythm, like creation and destruction.

Lacus, if you and Ben truly love each other than no matter how things unfold, don't lose sight of those feelings even in the worst of times. If you can do that, I assure you that it can work dear."

Ben's girlfriend still looked troubled, but saw Ben slow down a little to smile at her before she smiled warmly back." Thank you Whis, I'll trust your judgment. Well, first thing's first, got to make sure we get out of this before we worried about becoming a bitter married couple right? It's easy to say it, but I want to try and hang on to what makes me…huh?"

Everyone heard an explosion in the distance and tensed up as they saw a small round planet in the distance and picked up the pace. As Ben, Lacus, and the others got close those like Ezan with their enhanced vision saw Goku was indeed in the center of the small planet with a round sphere, the ZONE machine that Bisley and the others working for the Black Swans.

Around the man in orange were some of Goku's friends and family, his older son Gohan, his younger son Goten, the Trunks from the main timeline, this one with blue hair, is grandfather Pan, his short bald friend Krillen, the former bandit Yamcha, the three eyed warrior Tien, the Namek warrior Piccolo, another comrade of Goku named Pikkon, the man that use to be Majin Buu, Ubb, and a few others.

To Ben and the other's horror they were all on the ground or looking injured around Goku. Right in front of him was a man in blue with long black hair, the prince of Sayians and Goku's eternal rival Vegeta.

Vegeta was still standing but his right arm was bruised. He was in a crater that looked just made, and as he clutched his arm he spat out blood." God damn it Kakarot…this is no time to clown around! Now of all times is when you decide to be a dirty fighter."

Goku just responded with a big grin as he leaned forward like scolding a child." Ah come on really want to complain about a Solar Flare Vegeta?

That's nothing compared to how you tricked me back when you were going all Majin! Don't be insulted Vegeta, your still a great rival that can give me a good fight but this is my first time to have a new fight to test my limits in a long time so don't be so emotional."

"Your calling me emotional?" Vegeta roared out." I'm not the one risking everything over something he does not understand!"

"Ah seriously now your resorting to name calling? That's low even for you Vegeta!"

As Goku just laughed Gohan coughed a bit before he got back onto his feet." Dad, enough's enough! I still don't know who told what this is but this is the tool of the enemy! If you don't stop this everything's going to be destroyed!"

"Ah Gohan you being all anxious is making me nostalgic for all the other times you were wrong.

Stop being such a worry wort son it will be fine! Even if things get hairy we will just fix it with the Dragon Balls!"

"Dad…the dragon Balls have been inert for a long time now!"

"Now who's not paying attention Gohan? I meant the Namek Dragon Balls!"

"Damn it Goku!" Piccolo hissed out bitterly." They outlawed all Dragon Ball's in the mortal realm for a while now because it was too much of a risk! I told you that you were not paying attention!"

"Oh fine the Super Dragon Balls or the Black Star Dragon Balls, whatever balls are needed to clean things up! If not that then Whis can just reverse time again!"

"Wait…you remember that dad?" Gohan uttered tensely." But you did not remember that for."

"What can I say son? I got a jolt eh? Just saying you guys are still so stressed out even after all these years but you just need to relax because it always works out so far!"

"Accept that it did not this time Goku!"

King Kai shouted out bitterly as he huddled underneath his personal car." This is even worst then the time you were careless with Cell and got us blown up! Hell this is even worst then the time you let Frieza blow up your planet!

If you don't stop this Goku there is a serious risk that everything will be destroyed. And I don't just mean your former world or here I mean every world in every reality!"

"Ah stop being so shrill King Kai! I thought you said that new champion of justice guy was working on it?"

"They ARE but your about to risk everything by drawing the Beyonder here Goku!"

"Eh…even if you're not just being crazy, nothing ventured nothing gained right?"

"Dad, this is not like when you took a risk to push me to go all out to beat Cell! Your risking everything just for a personal test! If you won't listen to reason I will, GUH!"

Gohan was about to charge at his father before in the blink of an eye Goku flicked him back. As as son landed with a thud Goku just laughed." Oh come on Gohan you're not fooling anyone! You gave up being a fighter full time long ago, I'm glad you were able to help so many with your studies and all but your rage boosts won't come close to closing the gap between us anymore!"

"At least he still has his heart Grampa!" Pan cried out in despair." How can you care so little for us?"

"Oh come on it's not that I don't care for you guys anymore Pan. It's just Grandpa trusts his gut and wished everyone else did to since its usually right!"

"Not always Goku." The Supreme Kai uttered gravely as he flew up." All it takes is for that instinct to be wrong once before we lose everything."

Goku saw the Supreme Kai fly up, with Beerus, Trunks, Ben and the others and just laughed." Yo! Figured you would show up again Supreme Kai. Wait did you fuse with Kibito again? I thought you two defused?"

"I fused with him again to prepare for the coming battles Goku."

"Aw that's cool your trying to look serious but c'mon now we both know you have not done any real fighting since well, since I knew you! But I see you brought Beerus here to fight for you, figures.

Ah, you brought other Trunks and others to eh? Guess your seriously trying to be a kill joy eh? Sorry other Trunks, no matter how many other Time Patrol agents you brought your still not going to ruin this for me!"

"Damn it Goku that's the chosen hero you moron!" Beerus snapped out. As Ben felt shocked that the God of Destruction talked to him with some level of respect Ben sighed and threw out a casual nod." Goku…you are Goku right? Do you remember when we fought Zannacross together?"

Goku saw the Enji's solemn nod before he just grinned." Ah hey yah that was wild! Good job being the strongest warrior alive for your time man! You did pull some slick moves but to be honest, you kind of cheated fusing with everyone there was. I mean yah everything was on the line and that Zannacross guy did it to but oh well.

Hey I'd love to take notes on fighting styles and all but I'm kind of in the middle of something so if you could just wait till it's over I would be super grateful man!"

As Ben, Lacus and the other Enji and hero's looked baffled at how causal Goku was Beerus had his eyebrow twitch." God damn it Goku how brain dead are you? Auro here is a dumbass to but at least he still is young and all so what the hell is your excuse?

One way or another you clearly don't know what the hell your doing so I'll give you one chance to back down before I go all God of Destruction on your face!"

Goku's eyes narrowed before he looked down." Oh I know what I'm doing Beerus…I been thinking clearly for a long time because at last I remember everything! You held me back for millions of years because you all were afraid of me. But, at last I'm going to get what I been missing out for a long time!"

Whis saw Goku look angry enough to make Beerus filch before he uttered a calm." So…you have your memories of the time you knew me and Beerus when alive Goku? How long have they returned."

"They started coming back after that Zannacross guy was beat Whis. That was rather sneaky of you guys….making me forget, making me get weaker.

I mean Ubb was a fine student and all but, to think I really thought for a long time he was the best I could set for! Well, it only fair that at last I make up for lost time! You can't take this back now!"

"That depends on just what's fair…Goku."

Ben uttered somberly as he flew closer to the man he long thought as a champion of justice. " I have to know…is it true that you caused a Galactic Civil War, and fought alongside Frieza, the pure evil tyrant who murdered your father, your race, and so many others? And that it was not just a onetime thing, but that you formed an alliance with him?"

Goku glanced up at Trunks in the distance before he sighed." Ah other Trunks or someone told you that part eh? I mean, I did not mean to cause a Civil War, Champa always had a rather short temper. And I mean, with Frieza well it was better than dying right? You got to roll with the ups and downs in life. Heh, guess the afterlife to!"

"Goku, don't you care about all the people that died because of what you did? Do you really not care about all the people that died!?"

"Ah don't be so emotional man. I don't want people to die but people are always going to die yah know? Just got to do what you can to be the best version of your self and live life the best as you can for you and those around you eh?"

"That…that's your excuse for letting entire planets get destroyed? Maybe you can't save everyone but such a self-absorbed cynical kind of view leads to so much suffering!"

"Ah your acting like how Gohan and those guys like Jiren and those Pride Troopers use to be man. Trying to do the impossible and save everyone just makes things worst.

Trust me I seen what happens to hero's that take their job to seriously, those that keep pushing have it blow up in their face.

That's why just got to focus on the simple things, like fighting! I mean in the end, good and evil are just like, perspectives man. It's all about being strong enough to protect what's important to you, and being strong enough to fight!

If you make it to where I am man, you will see that all those things your obsessing about don't mean much in the end. And since I'm the strongest, that means I have the right to test my might to push myself to my true limit!"

Ben grasped his fist tightly and grit his teeth before he took out his sword." Goku…maybe if I reach your age I'll see things your way, but all I know is that I sure as hell don't agree with that viewpoint at all!

I, I grew up seeing you as a legendary hero! A guy like me, who people thought was nothing, only to prove everyone around you to become one of the greatest legends there was! Your legend lived on even up to the present.

That's why, you have to stop this! What happened…what happened to the man who was the hope of the universe, the man who was the answer for all those who cried out for peace, the protector of the innocent, the nightmare to all evil!?"

Goku saw how upset Ben looked and just laughed loudly. As he slapped his thigh he leaned down." Oh man, guess it's true that a tale gets stretched over the years eh? Ben right? I never got the same rush that Vegeta and the others use to have being a bully and stuff like that. I honestly hate it when the weak are being bullied. But I'm no hero of justice or nothing man. I lived long enough to know that's just how life worked.

Hey, you know I was only half paying attention but I thought Gohan or Piccolo said you were trying to make everyone get along by brainwashing them or something? Don't take make you like Garlic Jr with the Black Water Mist, or Baby when he tried to take over everyone's heads? Maybe things changed but that sounds like something a villain would do to me."

Ben winced as he sighed." Its, more complex than that Goku."

"Ah that's what they always say before a bad guy does something bad!"

"I'm serious! It's not, brain control, its brain connection. Its connecting people's hearts so they can understand each other's pain so that people don't have to suffer as much!"

"Is that how it sounds in your head dude? Besides, if that really happened then people won't be able to have as many fun fights!"

"It's not fun for people who get killed in the cross fire! Don't you think your friend Krillen would have wished Frieza understood him better so that he would not blow him up?"

"Hey don't act like you know my buds man! Krillen got along with Frieza just fine when we worked together to stop Jiren!"

"Um…honestly Goku." The Sayian's bald friend muttered tensely to the right." Long as I'm not a drone like Android 19 or something would be kind of nice if guys like Frieza felt bad about blowing me up.

And, you know now that we are talking about it I never brought this up but Frieza threated me a lot during that time, he did a lot of things to me. Made me quack like a space duck and."

"Ah your just remembering things wrong buddy! Point is erasing the bad parts take's out what makes up life! If you took those stuff out, people would not be able to bring out their true power!"

"So…your saying that it would be a horrible world just because people would not be angry enough to fight seriously? That's, that's horrible!"

"Oh maybe for someone who's not a true fighter but it's not horrible to me! After all its what is real to me! Ben you look like a nice guy so just back off and I promise nothing bad will happen as I beat this Beyonder guy."

"I can't...I won't let you do that Goku." Ben uttered grimly." I seen what the Beyonder did to the universe once, and I can't let that happen no matter what! Maybe you don't take what a hero is seriously, but it is serious to me! I devoted everything to becoming a hero. And now, with the entire universe, with everything there is depending on me, I won't fail now!"

In the blink of an eye Ben swung his sword down and unleashed a blue energy sword wave for the ZONE sphere. The blast was as fast as a sonic boom, but everyone was shocked that Goku was in front of the blast in an instant, and casually neutralized the blast with his bare hand.

A wild look formed in the Saiyan warrior's eyes as Goku smirked again." I really am touched you thought I was that inspiring Ben. But if you only based yourself out of a fake me, you won't beat me with fake ideas and fake power! No matter how much you might not like it, I waited so long and I'm going to have the ultimate fight no matter what! No one's going to stop me from that! No hero, no god, NO ONE!"

Goku shouted with rage as his power suddenly erupted. Ben stood his ground as the shockwaves of power rattled King Kai's planted and blew many around him off their feet.

As Goku noticed Ben did not move back the Enji formed a grim smirk." You really only care about the ultimate fight Goku? But what makes you think you're ready for a fight with the Beyonder if you can't even beat me, the ultimate hero of the universe?"

Goku raised an eyebrow as he saw Ben was serious." Your, not making a joke right? I'm sure your tough but you were only given that title because I was not around man!"

"If your that sure then prove it Goku! If fighting's the only thing you understand then I'll play it your way! But if you can't beat me then you sure as hell can't beat the Beyonder!"

"Well…guess your right about that. All right, I need a warm up since my buds here all got so soft anyway."

"Damn it Kakarot that's only because you sucker punched me!" Vegeta yelled out in protest. Ezan eyed Goku carefully as he drew his sword." Auro…this is no time to play games, or fight fair when the stakes are this high."

Ben saw Goku glance at his rival before he sighed." I know Ezan but, might as well test out my power to. If I can't beat Goku then I can't beat the Beyonder. Besides, I don't want him to think I cheated. He needs to know I beat him right so I could cut his ego down to size."

"Glad you have some warrior's pride kid!" Goku said with excitement as he quickly got into a fighting stance." Fine, we will do this fair, one on one!"

Ben remembered all he read and learned about Goku, including the archives of his best fights before he glanced at Lacus. His girlfriend looked worried, before she took a deep breath and smiled." Ben, I understand what your trying to do. Give him hell, I know you can do it!"

Myers nodded before adding," May the light be with you Ben."

The brown haired man saw his allies give him various sighs of encouragement before he nodded. " All right, you want a fight so badly then you're going to get more then you can handle Goku. I agreed to fight you myself, but I never said anything about fighting you one on one! Multi-Shadow Clones!"

The Enji quickly had a dozen copies of himself sprout up to surround Goku. The Saiyan saw all the Ben's pointing swords at him and responded to being surrounded with a grin." Oh so that's your big trick? Nice, but Tien, Piccolo and the others can do the Multi-Form move so I seen it plenty of time, and its weaknesses!"

The Ben to the left just gave a battle cry and swung at Goku with his sword, only for Goku to catch it in his hands. As he proceeded to smash the other Ben's using the clone he caught as a battering club Goku laughed." Haha, this can be handy for a few things but it lowers your power to much to be useful in a real fight! If this is all you, huh?"

All of a sudden more Shadow clones burst down from the sky to dog pile Goku. As the man clad in orange grunted in annoyance the real Ben flew up before he smirked." I'm well aware of the spell's weaknesses so that's why I figured out how to get around that weakness. Sometimes quantity is more useful then quality. Goku, time you wake up!"

Ben had energy surge into his fist and prepared to dive at Goku, only for his target to snicker." Nice move kid. However, that's not going to be enough to stop me! But you woke me up to take this seriously!"

Goku gave a battle cry before he unleashed an explosion of power to knock Ben and all of his clones back. As Ben rebound he saw a flash of light, and saw Goku's eyes turn green before his hair shot up and turned golden.

As a golden aura emerged around his target Ben grimaced." You, turned Super Saiyan? Damn it…this aura…I was hoping you were brainwashed or even another Chrono Phantasma that the Beyonder created…but it really feels the same as when we fought Zannacross together, it really is you."

"Heh, people like Turles have my face and a few guys tried to be posers over the years but there is only one me!"

"Seems that way, and that's why it's such a shame you lost your way Goku."

"Hey, I never lost my way!" Goku cried out defensively." Everyone else just got confused on what the true way really is! I'm all for protecting the weak but you can't do everything for them! Somethings you can only learn with grit! Then again Gohan never learned."

"At least I learned how to be a decent parent dad!"

Goku saw Gohan glaring at him before he laughed." Yah but it's because I raised you that way that you turned out like you did! Or, maybe that was because of Piccolo? Eh, I remember Ox King's relatives were all whispering how awful it was I was not their when you were born but it turned out fine!

Point is, it's not love or kindness that wins but fighting spirit! It's because I have the most of that that I beat uptight guys like you and Jiren again and again!"

Ben grasped his fist tightly before he jabbed his large blade at his former idol." You really don't think the desire to protect those you care about is not that strong a power Goku? Even after that's how you became Super Saiyan?"

"Oh don't get me wrong, I know all about the power of emotions. But while that kind of emotion is a good starting point, you can't reach the top of the top just by being angry! It's not training alone either, you have to have the right instinct, at last for a Saiyan."

Ben sighed before his own golden aura flared up with enough force to collide with Goku's." Well I'm not a Saiyan Goku! But if you deluded yourself into thinking that only a Saiyan could gain ultimate power, then for the sake of everything I'm going to prove you dead wrong! Time to get serious! Senkai!"

The member of Squad 7 unleashed the equivalent to his Bankai state in his new form before he quickly had golden energy swords surround Goku.

The Super Saiyan saw himself being surrounded and just laughed." Oh wow that looks really cool! But seriously man, flashy attacks always just leave you way open!"

In an instant Goku burst right for his target. To his shock Ben was fast enough to block the sword with his blade. And while he thought he charged through the swords before they could strike him Goku noticed they were swerving around to home in on him.

Goku swerved his head around to evade one blade, and as it shot past him and cut his cheek he grimaced, before he powered up even further. As his aura had sparks of lighting crackle around him and he became a Ascended Super Saiyan, or Super Saiyan 2, he moved nearly like a blur as he shattered all the incoming blades with one punch." Neat trick Ben, but don't matter how many swords you can throw when they are as soft as Majin Buu's skin! Huh?"

As he roundhouse kicked a few swords away he saw that Ben was suddenly above him. The leader of the Justice Force had his broadsword surge with golden light before yelling out," If that's what you think then we will see how you like this! Don't think you can just block this with a finger! Shin Divine Flare Edge!"

Ben's blade became a pillar of golden light as it came down at its target. Goku widened his eyes as he saw the attack coming for him, but just dashed forward and caught Ben's hilt with his hands.

As his opponent looked shocked Goku grinned again." You were not kidding, that's not one of Trunk's slashes, that could have left a mark! So your right, I had to use my whole hands to make sure the blade won't come down on me! You're really good with that sword kid, too bad you depend on it so much it makes you predictable!"

Ben saw Goku push his sword back more and more, and before he could be exposed he grunted out." Maybe it has its weaknesses, but I'm not quite a one trick pony Goku! Spiral Light Slash!"

Goku was just about to try and knee Ben in the stomach when he saw his opponent's aura flare up he looked around for an attack, only to see golden energy swords form around Ben to spin around him like a fan.

Goku backed off to avoid being hit, and as Ben saw his target back off he narrowed his eyes." Got to keep the pressure up, Holy Blitz!"

Ben had even more golden energy swords fly at Goku, and the Super Saiyan saw the blades were now shooting their own laser beams at him before he chuckled." Man I'll give you got some moves Ben!

Your almost as talented with energy as guys like Frieza! But when you try and make up for things just by throwing a lot of stuff at me, then I'll just have to blow it all away! KA…MA!"

The Enji saw his target dashing around the area while gathering energy in his hands, causing Ben to clear his throat." Oh come on, don't think I'll make it that easy Goku!"

With a burst of speed Ben shot at Goku like a speeding bullet. Goku was caught off guard by this and had to cancel forming his energy orb to catch the incoming blade again.

As he looked shocked Ben grinned." Give me some credit Goku…everyone that knows a bit about history of fighters knows what a Kamehameha looks like!"

"You really are a fan eh? Not bad Ben…but don't you dare think you know everything about me! Ha…Me…!"

Ben was confused at seeing Goku still preparing his move as his looked around. He then saw a glimmer of light below, and looked down to see energy glowing around Goku's feet before the Saiyan cried out," HA!"

Ben cursed just as Goku unleashed the Kamehameha energy wave from his feet. Everyone tensed up as they saw Ben try and block the beam with his large blade, only to still get hit. The blue energy beam blasted Ben into King Kai's planet.

As an explosion shook the entire area Goku chuckled as he swept some dirt off his shirt." Whew, not bad Ben! You got the moves all right! But you're not a master, not a master of masters at least, and that's the level I'm trying to surpass! If you're not on that level, you can't stop me!"

Everyone saw the smoke clear before Ben was face down on the new hole on King Kai's planet. Goku saw Ben's friends look mortified before he grinned." Don't worry he's just going to sleep for a while as I get to the main event! Just don't overreact and it will all be fine so, huh?"

Goku saw Ben stir before he raised an eyebrow." You alright their man? Don't worry I'll get you a sensu bean when this is over just sit back and think about what true fighting is all a, huh?"

Ben stirred some more before he suddenly turned to smoke with a poof. As Goku blinked he gulped and flew closer." Hey Ben was a human right? I don't think I blasted him that, huh?"

Goku heard a noise, before Ben suddenly burst out of the ground to the right of the new hole. As Goku gasped in shock and once more caught the Divine Mugen Nova before it could hit him Ben grinned." Thanks for the concern, but I told you Shadow Clones come in handy!"

"Wow you almost fooled me man! But too bad for you your too slow for your ace in the hole to, huh? GUH!"

Goku heard something before he suddenly felt a painful sensation in his back, and as many more struck him he glanced down and saw many golden energy swords burst out of a new hole to the right of the hole Ben burst out of.

As he felt more parts of the Divine Atonement Slash attack stab him all over Ben sighed a breath of relief." When the stakes are this high, I always make sure to have more than once ace up my sleeve Goku. I really don't want to kill you, but if your being so hell bent on endangering everything for your own desires then I'll cut off a limb or two if that's what it takes!"

Goku screamed in pain as he got hit with more blades before yelling out," No you won't…YOU WON'T! You got some nasty tricks, but nothing's going to stop me from getting my ultimate fight! NOTHING!"

Ben tensed up as he realized his energy swords were not able to pierce Goku very much, before his target suddenly unleashed another explosion of power to blow all the blades away.

Goku's aura grew more and more before suddenly his eyebrows faded away and his hair extended.

As Goku screamed at the top of his lunges Gohan saw the look in his dad's eyes and grimaced." Ben Auro is pushing him all the way to Super Saiyan Three? Guess he really is taking this seriously."

"Piff." Beerus hissed out." Serious for a fight between mortals you mean, not between gods. Still, despite the vast gap in their experience Ben's holding his own. Guess he knows a thing or two."

"Course he does." Max uttered pridefully." I trained him to fight like a pro after all. Come on Ben, show this dude that even a Super Saiyan can't laugh off the teachings of the Undefeated of the East! Honor the title King of Hearts and all that!"

"Well, that's all and good but I can sense it, Goku's getting serious now so we will see who is really legendary by the time this is done." Beerus answered ominously.

Before anyone else could comment a shockwave and wild yell cut everyone off before a blinding light went off. When the light faded Goku's transformed to Super Saiyan 3 had completed. Ben saw Goku look at him in his new state, and the new harsh eyebrow void look Goku was giving him made him flinch.

His Saiyan opponent just cracked his neck, before Goku, in a much harsher tone uttered." Ben, you really are a tough fighter. But this ends now!"

Before Ben could even remark Goku burst up to him and smashed him in the gut before he could even react. As the brown haired man coughed up blood Goku kicked him in the back of his neck.

Ben went crashing in Lacus 's direction, but before she could even try and help him Goku warped over and kicked him again, before proceeding to bash Ben around like a pinball all over the small planet. Just as Ben regained his wits enough to try and break out Goku caught him in a neck lock before he could react.

Goku promptly tried to choke the air out of Ben so he would fall unconscious. As he saw his opponent lash out he pulled on harder." Just relax and this will all be over man. No matter how hard you struggle you can't beat me. No matter how much you care about things, you just don't have the instincts to beat me!"

As Ben felt his vision get blurry, he saw the beam the ZONE sphere was creating form wider cracks of energy, and as he heard Lacus, Doug, Hiryuumon, Max, Master Myers, James , Cloud and his other friends all cry out for him he grasped his fist tightly." I may not have the same instincts you have Goku. But with all that is on the line…I won't lose to you! Kaio Ken…Times Twenty!"

Goku raised a eyebrow as he heard a name he was all too familiar with, before Ben's aura exploded with enough force to knock Goku off of him. Before his golden haired enemy could react Ben unleashed a barrage of blows, and as he struck Goku as hard as he could King Kai saw Ben was using the Kaio Ken to and grinned." Hey that's the way kid! Glad my moves still are making waves all these years later!"

Ben hit Goku in the leg and then the face, and as Goku went flying he focused his energy into his fist." Your strong Goku, but in this case my will is stronger! It has to be! Erupting Burning Dragon Fist!"

Goku saw Ben coming at him before he grit his teeth. " Seriously your using another of my own moves? Well, I guess I took moves from everyone in the first place. Still, Dragon Fist Explosion!"

Goku rebound in time to have his aura cloak him in a golden dragon before he smashed into Ben's own version of the attack. As Goku saw Ben be pushed back he smirked." Seriously now I see how its like when someone pulls the Kaio-Ken on yah but fun aside you must be desperate kid if your trying to beat me with my moves. Come back in a thousand years after you had more time to train more and then we can have a real, huh?"

Goku was shocked as Ben suddenly grasped his arm before the Enji grinned once more." You don't have to wait that long, I have a few ideas of my own Goku! So take this, my burning resolve to grasp victory! Erupting Burning Dragon Fist Explosion! Heat End!"

Ben suddenly unleashed an explosion at point blank range to blast Goku away once more. As Goku went flying the chosen one had his energy surge once more." Have to take you down before you can recover. Burning Celestial Shinryukenha!"

The Warrior of Light unleashed his energy beam just as Goku rebounded. The Super Saiyan three tried to catch the blast but its spinning nature caught him off guard and he was blasted clear in to the sky.

As the blast unleashed an explosion that rocked the entire area Ben did not dare think he won yet. As everyone all but held their breath they heard a chuckle in the smoke." I'll give you this Ben, you're a clever enough fighter to impress me! Not bad, you have my respect and got my blood pumping!"

A explosion of power blew the smoke away before Ben felt enough energy weighing down him that he had to push himself to keep in the air. As the entire area begun to shake with raw power Ben looked up, and saw that Goku had transformed again.

His shirt had been destroyed by the previous attack and his hair was black once more. But instead of being back to normal Goku was now covered with covered in red fur.

He now had a shadow trim around his eyes and over the eyelids that varies in color, such as crimson. His hair was longer then his normal state, not as long as its "predecessor", Super Saiyan 3's, but two long pointed bangs of hair appear on both sides of the neck.

Ben saw the man he once respected glare at him with his new eyes before he felt sweat on his brow." Super Saiyan Four…Goku's strongest form…to think I got this far with, whoa!"

Ben felt even more energy weigh down on him as the reddish aura around Goku intensified. The Super Saiyan Four just grasped his fist tightly as he looked down at the Enji." I was sloppy kid and you clearly been studying me.

But while you may have anticipated my attacks so far, you have no idea what I am capable of now... and what you don't know... could hurt you.

Ben, I see you earned your reputation. But it's not you who I wanted to fight, and I still want that fight. So to make sure I do get that fight, I'm going to make sure you stay down."

Ben felt his hand shaking before he grasped it tightly." Damn it Goku, don't think that if you go all out you can have your way!"

"Why, because you still are not going all out kid? Well, I'd be lying if I said I was going all out from the start, but I am now Ben! And if you don't come at me with everything you got then you're going to fall flatter and harder than one of Krillen's jokes!"

"Ah come on man really?" Goku 's bald friend threw out sorely. Goku ignored Krillen's rebuttal and just kept a sharp look at Ben. The Enji glanced at the Divine Mugen Nova again before he took a deep breath." Well, I wanted to test my power to make sure it was working right myself I guess.

Still, better to know if something's wrong here then when there is no time for a second chance! You want to see my ultimate power Goku? Fine, get ready to face the ultimate power of justice!"

"Hey that's what Jiren said to! Before I beat him."

"Well this time, ITS FOR REAL! AHHH!"

Ben had the Divine Mugen Nova surge with light before his energy exploded. Lighting crackled around his body before his aura unleashed enough power to push Goku's back. Goku was shocked to feel weighed down before he saw Ben's eyes glow golden. " What is this? I thought he was not a Saiyan? Huh? "

As Ben's power surged more and more to light up the entire area Cloud looked shocked at seeing the entire sky light up before he grinned." Its working, Ben's regaining his full power at last!"

Max saw how revved up his cousin looked before he smirked." So this is how hardcore my cuz can get eh? Glad I can see it for myself this time."

Ben's hair suddenly turned red before James raised an eyebrow." Red? It, was not red before."

Ben noticed his own hair's change before he grimaced." Wait, still don't have a total grasp on the energy. Hold on a second. RAH!"

The chosen one focused his energy some more, and his hair then turned to cyanic blue. Seeing this caused Doug to raise an eyebrow." The hell is this bro? Aqua's hair color is nice and all but it makes you look like your freaking dying!"

"Damn it." Ben uttered in frustration." Still having trouble getting a feel for it. Wait, it's like this! ZAHHHH!"

Ben yelled some more, before his hair then turned platinum. Goku saw Ben's aura flare up widely before he raised an eyebrow." Are, you in some sort of rainbow form? Not bad, but not good enough Ben!"

The member of Squad 7 saw Goku charging for him before he grasped his fist tightly." Damn it, it's just been a while! This energy, this feeling, this power, I remember it now! Here we go, DRAHH!"

Ben yelled at the top of his lunges before his hair shot up and a shockwave of golden energy smashed Goku backwards. As the Saiyan warrior rebound himself he saw that Ben's hair had become extended and golden, just like a Super Saiyan two, causing Goku to mutter," What is this, your full power is to turn you in to a Saiyan like me?

Wise guys like Cell and all the others thought they could just steal Saiyan cells to win Ben but that's not going to be enough to, huh?"

Goku was cut off as he saw Ben's entire body glow with golden light before his aura lit up the entire area. Ben had his blade in his hand, and had two large golden blades form around him." I guess I do have your old look Goku, but I'm not a Saiyan, just a human with divine power.

This power, it's the power to cut down all evil! Goku, did you really forget what it means to be evil? You don't think endangering everyone's life for your own desire is not selfish, it's not evil?"

Goku had his eye twitch at Ben's cold look before he powered up again." Oh come on man this is sounding like one of Chi Chi's lectures! I have nothing against helping people Ben. But everyone is selfish and many just want to pretend they are not! I pushed myself farther than anyone else, so that means I have the right to get my ultimate fight!"

"Your wrong, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility Goku! Otherwise, how different are you really then Frieza when you endanger innocent people for your whims?"

"Hey not cool man I don't enjoy killing or torturing or stuff like that! Kami, King Kai, Beerus, they all wanted to give me their job but I don't like all that duty stuff. Everyone always wants you to use their strength to help them, that's why I'm fond of just living away from people so they can't get me involved. I don't get involved with them and they don't get involved with me so its win win right?"

"To some extent Goku." Ben answered somberly." But if you withdraw from society only to emerge when you want something and vanish so you don't have to be responsible for your actions, that's just being selfish, callous, and all other kinds of problems!

People have to be responsible for their actions Goku, it's the only way for justice to exist and for the innocent to have any semblance of peace."

"Man you really are a stick in the mud! If everyone was like Chi Chi that would be no fun!"

"It's not fun for everyone Goku!" Ben shot out angerly." You think it's fun for the people just trying to live their lives when the whims of someone stronger takes everything away from them? Guys like you don't get that it's not a " Learning" experience or a way for someone to get stronger Goku!

We are the lucky ones but many people just die or are broken forever! It's not right, people always having to suffer because of the impulses of the strong are not right.

Goku, sadly your proving to me that the reckless emotions of the selfish endanger everything, and I won't let anyone's will endanger everything, including you!"

"Big talk but talk is cheap if you can't, GUH!"

In a nanosecond Ben punched Goku in the face to shut him up. As the Super Saiyan Four looked shocked a furious Ben yelled out," I'll show you my resolve is not talk Goku!"

Ben let his rage at being betrayed by Goku explode as he unleashed a barrage of blows that were so fast that were just blurs. After being hit by the first punch Goku moved fast enough to block the strikes.

But as the two exchanged blows Ben showed off the full extent of the power he had in his ultimate state, as the two large energy swords floating around Ben started striking at Goku at their own with such finesse that they were striking like they were Ben's extra arms.

Even the Saiyan warrior had not fought to many opponents who fought like this and while Ben did not want to kill Goku, he still landed several cuts across the man with red fur's face and limbs. As Goku saw blood fly across his face he cursed and unleashed two blue energy blasts form his hands.

Ben was able to deflect the energy blasts in time, but Goku kept up his barrage to keep Ben on the defensive as he backed up. As the golden haired man tried to blast through the barrage Goku suddenly cast a Solar Flare to blind Ben.

As the Enji quickly covered his eyes to protect himself Goku tried to strike him while he was distracted, only for the two energy swords to slash at him on instinct.

Goku backed into the air once more, and as he did he had the energy around him ignite." I have to admit, your ultimate power might not be just another fancy meaningless title Ben. But, your order is not powerful enough to put me down! I'll blow your holy judgment away kid! 10x… Kamehameha!"

Goku had his aura explode before he had two red energy spheres in his hands, and put them together to fire off a massive red Kamehameha. As Ben saw the energy beam come for him he looked down before the Divine Nova all of a sudden levitated above him as golden energy swords form a ring in front of him.

Two massive spheres of golden light formed in his hands as he uttered." Goku…if this is what you truly feel then so be it. I looked at it the wrong way, I can see that now.

But that does not mean I'm backing down on my goal! Because things have to change, and while I don't want things to change for the worst, they can't be remain the same either!

Even if I have to fight every selfish person in the universe, in all worlds, I'll do whatever it takes and never back down! Bottom line, you're not getting your way Goku! Deal with it! Ultimate Shinryukenha…TIMES TEN!"

Goku was shocked as Ben unleashed an energy blast that was like his own albeit golden and spinning more. As the two energy blasts collided Goku was shocked to see his energy beam was being pushed back before he grit his teeth." No…not now, not here!"

"Yes here Goku!" Ben shout out bitterly." Because sadly, justice is not on your side!"

Ben unleashed a surge of power, causing his blast to plow through the 10x… Kamehameha in moments. Goku screamed with rage as Ben's attack consumed him. The Saiyan was pushed further into the depths below King Kai 's planet before screaming with defiant rage." No…I'm not going to lose here. I WILL NOT…"

The blast went off in his face before he could finish, causing a golden explosion that shook the entire area region of space. Gohan saw the blast go off and had his jaw drop." Wow, he did it…Ben really beat dad."

"Did your father rattle your senses boy?" Vegeta yelled out." Kakarot is not done yet, his energy is not dropping."

Piccolo looked at the explosion before the Namek winced." What the…if anything, it's going wild! What is going on?"

As the explosion faded Ben eyed the smoke carefully he noticed Goku was flying in the center of the blast radius, burnt all over, but still standing. Goku had his head down, before he chuckled." Thanks for that Ben, it woke me up. Seriously, that could have been a real problem, but it woke my instincts up!"

Everyone was shock as Goku yelled again before a pillar of sliver energy erupted out of him. Suddenly his red fur transformed to a sliver color, and his eyes turned sliver after that.

As his aura became even more massive and took a rippling, fire-like energy shape, complete with sparkling particles Ben just raised an eyebrow." Oh come on really? No one told me there was a Super Saiyan Five damn it!"

"That's not it you idiot!" Beerus snapped out tensely." That's, that's Ultra Instinct! The damn bastard did it, he managed to pull off using Super Saiyan Four and Ultra Instinct at once!"

"That's, the same move Doug had earlier right?"

Ben uttered cautiously as he saw Goku's new detached look in his now sliver eyes. Whis eyed Goku carefully before he sighed." Oh you managed to pull Ultra Instinct off Mister Fitter? Most impressive for a human. But even so without a doubt the form Goku is using is far, far more advanced, and even for the ultimate hero that could be a problem."

Goku looked at his new transformation and formed a wild grin as he flexed his muscles." Thanks Ben, thanks for forcing me to fight to my limit and beyond! Your strong Ben, but your power, most of your power is given to you by the angels.

I was trained by a lot of people over the years, but I took great pride in my power mostly being mine, and mine alone! I fuse when I have to, but I never really wanted to truly be reliant on anyone for anything.

I was not part of anyone's script or destiny like you Ben, I kept pushing and pushing to surpass any other power, even that of god! And I'll keep pushing to the ultimate limit, and break through anything that gets in my way!"

Ben saw the pure excitement in Goku's eyes before his energy flared up again. " Do you even think of what will happen when you push so hard that you break everything?"

"Even all these years later Ben, I'm still not a long term guy. I just live for the moment, to keep pushing stronger. You, you don't enjoy the little things much eh Ben?"

"I have responsibilities Goku, I don't have the luxury of being short sited. I'm strong now, but I remember that fear, that's why…that's why I won't let short sited fools ruin things!"

"You have the power, but you don't have the instincts or confidence of a top fighter Ben, I can see it in your eyes! That's why even if are power levels are roughly even, you won't beat me!"

Goku let the full extent of his merged Super Saiyan 4 Ultra Instinct form explode, and everyone was shocked as his aura looked like a miniature galaxy.

James saw the entire region of space shake from sheer power before he saw his glasses crack." Goku is able to admass all of this power just by himself? I did not think any mortal body could handle such power, and that only Ben like he was during the final phase of the battle with Zannacross could be."

"That's because a mortal can't handle this kind of power!" Beerus answered in a stressed tone." Goku's not just pushing past what a mortal can handle, without the proper procedures he's surpassing energy that the universe can handle! It's just like when he first went Super Saiyan God all over again sadly, if he can't control the power it could be just as bad as the Beyonder."

"Ugh…millions of years and he still never learns. You know the drill Whis."

Whis nodded before he turned to Valdos and the other angel attendants before they flew in a formation and formed a barrier around Ben and Goku. Goku noticed the barrier also cut off the energy from the ZONE device before he grimaced." Hey…stop trying to contain me! I thought I proved it by now, that nothing can contain me!"

Goku yelled at the top of his lungs as he unleashed a surge of power. Ben saw that power cause the barrier Whis and the others were making already starting to crack before he glared at his opponent." Damn it, something can and will Goku! Before you get use to your new form, I'll end it for good! Again, Ultimate Shinryukenha Times Ten!"

Ben flew up and quickly unleashed his ultimate energy blast at Goku once more. With the new barrier the wielder of the Divine Mugen Nova hoped Goku would not have room to evade his blast, before he saw a flash of sliver light. Ben braced himself for another Solar Flare, before he suddenly felt a massive energy behind him.

As he swerved around Ben could not help but feel a chill down his spine as not only was Goku completely fine, but he had an energy sphere in his hand that looked just like the energy blast he just released. As Ben saw Goku grasp the sphere and have it shatter he could not help but widen his eyes in shock." How the hell did you do that? Damn it!"

The Enji tried to strike Goku again, only to see a glimmer of light flash by, before a millisecond later he felt a barrage of painful feelings rack across his body as lights of energy erupted out of his back.

Ezan was one of the many alarmed to see Ben suddenly get damaged even in his ultimate form, and realized even his Renin Sharingan could not follow Goku before he grimaced." With the full power Auro's power level is all but the maximum power yes? And yet, Goku still counters his power so easily."

"It's because of the control Goku has." Belmond answered plainly." Ultra-Instinct at this level is allowing him to control energy nearly on a level of god. That as you can see gives him quite a few advantages."

"Sure looks like it." Doug threw in crassly." So this is what the Ultra Instinct can really do eh? That could be a cool trick."

"Heh…sure human, if you have a few more centuries to master it then you just might be able to pull it off." Belmond responded wryly. Doug rolled his eyes before he saw the sheer coldness in Goku's eyes and cracked his neck." Well, still not backing down completely from my stand but damn it, seeing someone not give a damn about anything but what he wants, knowing what it could do does make you realize how much of a jackass you can look."

Aqua saw Doug looked legit annoyed before she giggled slightly." Don't feel too bad Doug. For what' its worthwhile you did do it the wrong way you had some things to legit be upset about.

I don't know how Goku was in the "good" days but to me he looks like a spoiled brat who wants his way because he can bully his way to get it. And right now, he needs one hell of a wakeup call."

Doug saw Aqua's smile before he smiled back." Thanks gal. Well, if nothing else Ben's good at those so."

Before anyone could respond further a cry of pain from Ben snapped everyone's attention back to the fight. Ben had just warded off another blow to the face before he saw how absolute Goku looked, and swore before he had more energy swords swarm around him." Now I'm starting to see why Ultra Instinct is such a big deal. But, it won't be enough Goku, I won't let it! Shadow Clones!"

Ben had three clones of himself appear around Goku before they all attacked him at once. Despite being attacked from all sides Goku evaded and countered effortlessly, his body not making one wasted movement, nearly like his body was a puppet to a god that saw the future.

But it was all sheer instinct, godly instinct that allowed Goku to instantly know how to fight back against every incoming movement. Goku swerved and dodged every strike. After being on the defense for a few seconds he caught two incoming slashes, and hit two of the Ben clones to make them hit each other.

Ben had his last clone barrage Goku with energy blasts while he tried to close in to land a blow, only for Goku to casually unleash a punch that unleashed a shockwave that was strong enough to shatter all the blasts and knock Ben back. As he was hit hard enough to be smashed into the new energy barrier his clone tried to grasp Goku from behind.

While the clone was strong enough to hold Goku down, the Saiyan empowered by Ultra Instinct unleashed a primal roar before he bit down on Ben's hand hard enough for his grip to loosen.

The second he loosened his grip Goku unleashed a sliver energy blast from his hand to shatter the clone. The second he did the real Ben burst at him with a barrage of blades charging for him.

Goku responded with a mere snort as he caught one of the energy broadswords with one hand, while at the same time greeting Ben's fist with a swerve punch. The collision of such massive powers caused a shockwave of raw power that was so strong that some of it seeped through the barrier, and vaporized King Kai's garage along with a entre segment of his planet.

Whis saw the very air looked cut before he sighed." Oh dear…at this point Goku's all but going to cause the same effect as the Beyonder at this rate if things don't settle down soon. We can neglect some of the backlash, but only if this calms down soon or it would be like trying to contain the Beyonder 's Incursion ritual for long."

"Man, this is so crazy!" Hiryuumon shout out in frustration." Goku seemed cool when we fought Zannacross together but he's gone nuts! I know the boss wanted to finish this himself but I can't just watch him be in danger!"

"I share your lament over being a bystander Hiryuumon." James uttered plainly." But the fact is Goku and Ben are at a level of power that we don't come close to, we would just get in the way."

"Sorry James but I don't see it that way." Lacus uttered sorely." Forget that I'm in many ways just as strong as Ben is currently? Besides, I thought we are professionals and that a mere thing like power levels should not just get us to cower from getting the job done?"

Ezan saw how serious Lacus looked before he chuckled." Well put Lacus. I did not want Ben to never let down that I stepped in a warrior's duel but if you want that burden so be it."

Lacus saw the stress in Ben's eyes before she winked." I don't think Ben will be that sour about it Ezan. Thankfully this is one of the time's I'm glad he does not have too much of hang up's on pride, after seeing what's happen to Goku, now I'm even more glad."

Cloud saw how fanatical Goku was looking before he sighed." Well, it's true we solved more complex problems but better plan it well guys. Based on how Goku's reacted to his own friends and family, we will have only a small time to make it count."

Doug saw Ben block another punch from Goku that unleashed another shock-wave that caused the entire region of space to quake before he chuckled bitterly." Even more then power levels, a fight's decided by knowing when to strike.

Ben, even if Goku has this mastered Ultra Instinct mumbo jumbo, hope you been in enough fights by now to know when to throw in the finishing blow!"

Another shockwave cut everyone off, as Goku unleashed a barrage of lighting fast blows to try and knock Ben out before he saw his target grasp his arm to try and get him in a hold. Goku just snickered as he twisted Ben's arm around and roundhouse kicked him in the back.

As the blow knocked Ben back Goku had energy surge in his fist before he rocketed for Ben to unleash a crushing blow." You can try and attack me anyway you like, you won't stop me Ben! Its over!"

Goku prepared to punch Ben's back, but the moment before he could hit Ben the golden haired Enji suddenly vanished, and switched places with Ezan. Ben's rival used his Amenotejikara Rinnegan spell to suddenly switch places with Ben. Goku raised a eyebrow but kept charging, only for his blow to go through his target's sudden transparent body thanks to the power of the Rinnegan.

As Goku glared at the super elite Enji Ezan had his Divine-Joutei sprit armor blaze out before he pointed the Nu-Epyon at Goku." You just might have enough sheer instinct to outpace Auro Saiyan, but your sorely mistaken if you think your sole power is enough to out match the entire Enji order!"

"Hey no fair!" Goku screamed out." No tag outs! I thought you guys were real fighters!? You can't cheat this!"

Goku tried to strike at Ezan, only for Ben to quickly rebound, and smash Goku in the back of his head. As the Ultra Instinct Super Saiyan four got smashed into the right most part of the barrier Goku rebound to see Ben glaring at him." It was your mistake to think this was some sort of Budokai match Goku. I'm not big on being a cheater, but I also am a hero first, fighter second! Unlike you, I don't care about my pride as much as getting the job done!"

Goku was about to respond when Ezan suddenly unleashed the Amaratsu flames at Goku. The Saiyan saw the black flames form around him and instantly had the flames scatter with a explosion of his aura to blow it away.

While he evaded that attack, as he did Ben was able to hit him again. As the two warriors struggled to overpower each other Goku seethed out," Your fighting as dirty as Frieza Ben! But that won't stop me!"

"If you can't see the difference between what Frieza and I are fighting for Goku, then you really are lost!"

Ben unleashed a headbutt to knock Goku back, and while Goku tried to strike back Aqua suddenly unleashed her Hakka no Togame magic spell, causing a pillar of absolute zero level ice to burst up to freeze Goku.

The Saiyan tried to fly out of the way but James used all of his magnetic magic to delay Goku long enough to slow him down enough to get caught in the ice spell. Goku quickly got most of his body frozen, and Ben hit him before he even had a chance to break out of the ice.

As Goku got hit hard enough into the bottom part of the barrier to bounce off of it he glared at all the Enji now surrounding him before Ben grinned." Frieza treated his minions like disposable pawns.

But while I know I could be a better friend at times, they are my valuable teammates to me! That's why when everything's on the line I won't hesitate to work with my friends to win Goku!"

"Damn it, my friends are important to me to Ben! But a friend is a friend, and a fight is a fight! Winning does not mean anything when it's not your own efforts!"

"Maybe to you Goku but I care more about maintaining my friendships over maintaining a pure fight! For most of my life, I thought that's what you cared about to!"

Goku saw Gohan, Pan, Krillen, Vegeta, Ubb and the other "Z-Warriors" before he grasped his fist tightly." People change Ben…your best friend one day can become someone you don't even recognize the other!

You can't change others, you can only change yourself! The only thing that remains pure, untainted, is the pure fight, the pure victory! I don't know what it takes to make a better world, I just know what it means to fight! And if you try and get in the way of that to me, then I'll take you down no matter what!"

Goku saw Grand Master Myers, Lacus, and others unleash attacks at him from all directions and as he casually deflected the attacks and prepared to unleash another Solar Flare, till suddenly Doug grasped his right hand.

The member of Squad 7 gave a lopsided grin as his aura flared up." Goku…I know all about how important a man's pride is, but if you don't care how you affect others then that pride's not worth a damn, and neither is this dumb as hell tantrum!"

Goku had his eye twitch before he tried to knock Doug out, only to see his target dodge the strike. The Saiyan looked shocked that the martial artist had the same kind of sliver aura as he had before he blocked Doug's punch." Whoa, you have Ultra Instinct to dude? Not bad, but no way you felt it long enough to master it more than me!"

Doug was able to evade Goku's next kick, only for his opponent to latch out with his tail to grasp his right leg. The instant Doug was bound Goku slammed Doug in the chest. As he was knocked away Goku was hit by attacks unleashed by the now once more powered up Shinryudramon, Max, Axel, Cloud and the others.

As Doug heard Goku grunt out, despite his own pain he used all of his will to keep conscious as he chuckled." Maybe not, but at least it's enough to set you up dude."

As Goku was blasted back to the center he saw all the Enji looking at him before he yelled with frustration." Damn it, I'm so close, SO close to the ultimate fight! Even if everyone in the universe tries to stop me, you're not going to stop me this time!

I know, if I hit everyone to keep them gone for a while I'll just use the Dragon Ball's to revive everyone when it's done so you can all think about how wrong you are! That's right, time to just blow everything away!"

Goku had his aura erupt once more, and as he looked like a miniature sliver super nova Krillien gulped." Have you lost it Goku? For the last time there is no Dragon Balls anymore!"

"It's ok Krillen…there is always more Dragon Balls when it counts."

"Master…are you completely insane?" Ubb uttered with horror, causing Vegeta to yell in anger." Kakarot…I use to think you did not have enough Saiyan blood in you, but sadly at this point even in my eyes you have to much Saiyan in you. Even to me, no amount of pride is worth this!"

"Oh man Vegeta the others really made you a softy over the years eh? Whatever, this is the only thing that's real, and it's worth reaching no matter what it costs! Supreme…Ka…Ma…Ha"

Ben saw Goku's power was surging more and more before he braced himself." With the amount of power he's putting into this attack, unless he has unlimited energy this has to be his ultimate attack!"

The Enji saw Lacus give him a proud smile, before he smiled back with confidence." That just means, I'll break through this to decide this! Goku, there is no mistake you earned your legendary reputation.

But, this goes beyond a battle of fighters! This is a battle for the will of the universe! And, without a doubt no one wants your wish to come true but you! School of the Undefeated of the East! Sekiha Tenkyo…Ultimate"

As Ben prepared his ultimate energy blast he looked right at Goku and saw that the man he use to respect so much was looking like he was looking past him before he tensed up." Is he really that confident he can hit me all the way form over their? Wait, I remember, the famous move he used on Cell! When he combined, oh no! Goku, don't think you're going to blow me that easily!"

Goku saw Ben gather his power and just narrowed his eyes before going on with,"MA!"

Suddenly Goku vanished, and used his Instant Transmission to warp right behind Ben, before screaming out," HA TIMES TEN!"

Goku then unleashed the most powerful variation of his trademark energy attack, but just as the energy beam shot out, Ben suddenly transformed into a golden energy sword. Just as Goku realized what happened he heard a dead set," SHINRYUKENHA TIMES TEN!"

Before he swerved behind him and noticed Ben had used his own lightspeed warping with one of his energy swords to unleash his ultimate energy blast. Goku saw that Ben had out maneuvered him, but as the energy blast came for him he screamed out,' Not yet, don't think you're getting me that easily!"

Goku forced his Kamehameha to swerve around to collided into Ben's just before it hit him. As the two energy blasts collided and lit up the entire realm Goku was undeterred that the opposing blast was just inches from his face as he gave Ben a wild look." This is good, this is almost what I wanted! But it's not enough, it's not the ultimate fight beyond limits!"

Ben saw how crazed Goku looked before he yelled out in frustration." Damn it Goku do you even know what you want? Your already know as the strongest warrior of all time!? If you don't want to rule then what the hell do you even want so badly!"

" To progress! The thrill of getting stronger, is all I need ! Without that, nothing feels right!"

"Goku…you seriously need to find something else that will bring you peace. Just, figure it out after you're not endangering the entire universe to figure it out!"

"Ben…a person can't deny their true nature for long! Well, unless someone forces them to! This is who I am, and I'll grasp that ultimate level no matter what it takes!"

"Sorry, but if you're going to endanger everything else to try and reach your zen zone or something then I'll make sure you never reach that dream!"

Goku just had his muscles expand as he screamed out," Ben, I'll show you that my will is greater than the greatest hero, greater then even god! YOU WON'T STOP ME!"

Goku screamed yet again as his energy surged, and his Kamehameha slowly pushed Ben's blast back. As the Enji felt himself being pushed back he tensed up. As he felt Goku's relentless energy, he thought of all that was at stake, but still was being pushed back. Just as the blast was getting close to him Goku's wild look increased." Nice fight Ben, but it's over. I won, I'M STRONGER!"

Ben's beam was pushed back more before Lacus shouted out," It's not over yet, Goku!"

Lacus unleashed a massive golden holy blast to help support her lover. Ezan, Max, and others helped Ben with their own best attacks, and as Goku saw his attack being pushed back he screamed out," No, you're ruining it! I was this close and you had to ruin it!"

The angelic Enji spread her wings before she sighed." Sigh, yet again a man who only cares about his own ego. Goku, you saved so many people with your bravery. But, did you ever think about all the pain your reckless actions caused?"

"Are you like that one shrink Gohan tried to get me to see? Look lady, I'm not out to hurt people but a Sayian always focuses on fights first, everything else second!"

"Then I'm sorry in advance, but I'm going to make you face up to all the pain your actions caused Goku!"

The Enji had her eyes glow golden before the Golden Imperial Crystal shimmered with light, and a wave of energy broke out. Goku then heard countless voices cry out in his head. People who Cell and Buu killed, people who Frezia killed after he came back, people that died because Goku did not think of what he did. As he heard many voices cry out in anger and despair Goku had his eyes twitch again." What is this, some reverse Sprit Bomb or something? No, someone 's always going to be hurt! Don't you guys understand?"

"They don't Goku, because all they know is that they suffered, they died, because even if you did not see it its because of what you did Goku!"

Lacus uttered sombrely. Ben just nodded before adding,"That's because the most important thing in the universe is not your dream fight Goku! Do you even remember what use to drive you in the past? What you were fighting for before you got bored?"

Goku widened his eyes as he realized his situation was like how Gohan was getting the support of his friends to overpower Cell's final blast, and for a moment he realized he was the bad guy this time before he narrowed his eyes." No, I can surpass this emotion, I can surpass all of this! Just need to push myself past the limit! KAIO…GUH!"

Goku tried to unleash his Kaio-Ken on top of both Super Saiyan Four and Ultra Instinct, but the strain was too much and an explosion of power burst out of his back. Goku felt his power about to rupture, and as his muscles felt shredded all over he yelled in outrage." No, don't fail me now body! This can't be my limit! This, this can't be the end! NO!"

Ben saw now was his chance and focused all of his power." Goku, I'm sorry it had to be this way, but this is how it ends!"

The chosen one let all of his rage burst out before pushing through before his combined blast tore through the Supreme Kamehameha. Belmond saw that the energy was about to go off before he narrowed his eyes." Its time… Marcarita, do it!"

His attendant, Whis, Valdos and the other senior angels nodded before all of their scepters shined with light. A moment later an explosion that shook the entire dimension erupted. Ben braced himself to try and protect his friends from the after math of such a massive eruption of energy, only to see a golden wall cover him. He saw Lacus was right behind him before his lover smiled." Don't worry Ben, it will be ok, I'll make sure it will."

"I know you will Lacus, thanks for always having my back. You attack low, I attack high, and no matter what way are enemy attacks us we fight back from every way till we break them!"

"No problem, as parther's we got each other's back in every way right? I guess, it's just so sad Goku lost his way so badly, I just hope he can learn from this."

"Well, don't call it over yet Lacus, if anyone has a legacy of refusing to call it quits its Goku. Let's, just make sure he did not suddenly turn Super Saiyan Six or something."

The brown haired woman nodded before they saw the smoke clear, and saw Goku was still there. However, he only partly evaded the blast, as his entire right arm got vaporized. Goku's entire body was convulsing as he coughed up blood and looked completely broken." No, still, not, over. Still, need to push, h, GUH!"

The proud Saiyan's warrior sprit at last burnt out as he fell. Despite just attacking him earlier Gohan and Pan caught him before he fell to far. Pan saw Goku look more broken then he's ever been before she got teary eyed." Grampa…it's over, just stop already!"

Ben realized the full imprecation of what just happened before he looked at the Divine Mugen Nova." I. I did it. I, beat Goku, the strongest warrior in history."

"Well to be fair dear, we beat Goku." Lacus threw out kindly as she squeezed his arm." Hope you don't mind, but I draw the line for holding back because for your pride when the universe will die if I do."

"That's fine Lacus, we still proved are point, and hopefully Goku will learn something more than just wanting a rematch. I, hate that it had to come to this but at least we stopped him before it was, to, late? The hell?"

Ben looked around to realize the sky had changed as a result from the blast and now was black. As he looked down he tensed up as he saw Goku's allies but no longer saw King Kai's planet, or anything else but a void.

Ben saw various crystals floating around the sky with a skyscraper sized purple spear like crystal floating in the center, but nothing else, before dread seeped across his body." Oh god, that attack did not destroy King Kai and break heaven did it? Goku's blast was just too powerful to control and."

There is nothing to be worried about Ben Auro, your just observing the Veraldar Nagli… the point where heaven and hell are most intertwined. This is just the precaution we took to ensure the damage to the universe was, minimized from that exchange of power."

Ben looked up to see the Grand Priest casually fly down from the sky. The Master of Masters gave everyone a casual smirk as he glanced at Goku with an expression of sorrow." That was a splendid fight Ben.

I'm glad you prevailed, but just in case we took extra precaution's and warped this region of space to the Akasha Stratum…the deepest part of Central Dogma, in the most magically fortified section heaven right outside the Sanctuary of Order to minimize the risk to the rest of the dimension. Well done my children, it seems you nearly met more than even you could handle."

Whis, Valdos and the rest of their kin just bowed, even as all of their scepters were vibrating so hard from the energy they absorbed that their hands were burning. Despite this Marcarita giggled." It's our role to safeguard the universe form excess destruction Father. Did this proceed as you wished?"

The short blue man saw the energy that was stored before he smiled." To the letter my child. Ben Auro, you preformed as I hoped. You were able to retrieve your full power without unleashing Chaos Zannacross Necron, and showed you were able to maintain your role of the ultimate hero by even defeating the ever stubborn Goku. Now, only one task remains."

Ben cleared his throat and was about to say something before Goku moaned, and looked up. As he saw the Grand Priest he raised an eyebrow." That was a solid fight Ben, I never insisted it was a one on one match so I have only myself to blame. I know that, I was selfish to everyone. But its just, for a true fighter, surpassing your limits is the only thing they have in life, the only thing that brings excitement."

Ezan saw Goku's despair before he winced." Just like Madara...is this the fate of all warriors?"

Ben winced before he saw the loving look in Lacus's eyes and smiled." I don't know. I just know, I'm not a pure warrior Goku. That's why, there is more that I care about then just fighting. Still, I do want to find a way to make all kinds of people happy Goku, including you."

The Sayian just kept looking conflicted before he widen his eyes in shock and looked up."Hey, wait this is what you thought would happen?

But, you told me I had to let that ZONE Sphere finish doing its thing before my ultimate test could show up old man! Why did I need that if Ben was going to beat me anyway?"

Ben had his jaw drop before Trunks, who was just flying over to Goku, heard him before he widened his eyes." Goku, are you thinking clearly? Are you saying, Lord Iger Rassilon gave you the ZONE Sphere? Wait, did the Beyonder clone him to?"

As everyone looked confused Belmond laughed as he flew downward." Goku…no surprise a simple minded dolt like you could not understand things very well. Here, let me explain the magic trick for you."

Belmond yet again shuffled some cards and looked like he was about to draw one, till an energy beam erupted out of his hand to shoot through the card.

Before anyone could react the blast hit Goku and went right through his chest, and his heart. As the Saiyan yelled in pain Ben blinked in horror before he glared at Belmond." You, what's wrong with you? Are you the,"

Before he could even finish he saw a purple light Lacus cried out,"Watch out Ben!"

And saw Lacus fly in front of him while casting a golden energy barrier around the two, right before two large purple energy balls collided into the wall. The barrier eroded in moments, and Lacus quickly cast replacement barriers to protect the two. As Lacus, even with her new power looked strained a new voice hissed out," It's a good thing your lover's so sharp Ben Auro. But even Cosmo's precious golden child can't repel the power of Hakai for long!"

Ben looked up and saw the commit came from Liiqur, and that the fox faced God of Destruction was the one who unleashed the attack, alongside the fish faced Geene. Geene glared at Ben before hissing out," You did your role well…"Savior". As are thanks for weakening Goku your death will be quick long as you don't resist!"

Ezan was one of the many glaring at the God's of Destruction before hissing out," Damn, a double cross?"

Beerus looked as shocked as the Enji before he hissed out," The hell is this? I'm all for games but this is no time for messing around you idiots!"

"This is no joke you obvious cat." Belmond hissed out with a deadly serious tone." No more games, no more acts, at last after playing good little domesticated pets for eon after eon, the God's of Destruction will no longer be shackled! It's too bad you slept through the memo Beerus, you really miss out on a lot!"

James saw some of the God's of Destruction like Champa were looking on in confusion before he quickly gaged the situation." So, betrayal within the ranks of heaven's elite? Looks like it's not a complete one, are sole advantage."

"Damn it, if they were traitors this whole time then why did they help us keep Zannacross sealed? And if they are evil why are they even here in the first place and not where Sephiroth and all the other villains went?" Cloud blurted out with frustration. Liquiir saw this before snickering." Simple…because we are not loyal to Zannacross either!

When Zannacross merged with every dark soul in existence, we hated him enough to not be part of him and thus not be part of the purge! As such advanced beings, we had the privilege of repressing are true desires enough to pass even though we are neither loyal to heaven or hell!

Cosmos, Zannacross, light, darkness, this is are rebellion against both!"

"So you all were the true insiders with the Beyonder!?" Ben roared out in outrage as he saw Lacus keep trying to repelled the Hakai spheres."

"Not quite Ben Auro." The Grand Priest uttered calmly." The Beyonder is more like a unknowing factor in our plan more than anything."

The Royal Knights eyed the Masters of Masters calmly stating his treachery before Alphamon took out his sword." You so casually declare your treachery to Cosmos, Iger Rassilon? Such utter blasphemies has not been seen since Damonus became the first demon lord! Betrayal to god is utterly unforgivable and will, GUH!"

Before the Royal Knight could even swing his sword Belmond struck and shattered his sword arm. Seeing his target scream in pain caused the clown faced man to grin." I'm so sick of your endless prattling you damn royal dog!

Spare me the sermons, we are all high on the food chain to know Cosmos is not the true master of all, the One Above All is! And we are directly appealing to him to finally end this farce!"

Ben saw some of the God's of Destruction proceed to attack the Royal Knights and other angels around them before he muttered," No…I, you used me? You lied to me?"

"Are you really that surprised Ben Auro?" The Grand Priest calmly uttered, seeming obvious to the carnage unfolding right in front of his face." After your history of betrayal I admit I figured you would not be so shocked."

"Yes but Kira, Max, my pal Rick, one way or another they were all humans! You, you were the first angel! The only one more holy then you is Cosmos herself! Unless…your another."

"Oh I assure you I'm no clone forged by the Beyonder." The Grand Priest uttered with a sudden sharpness as he closed his eyes." Your correct that I'm the first angel, for this was the duty I had since I existed, since the dawn of time.

This was my task, I had to preform it, just like the God's of Destruction had to obey and preform the roles they exist for.

However, the corruption and instability to the very core of the universe that the actions that Zannacross and Beyonder both caused an opportunity to arrive, a small window to have the power to break our roles, and alter the very rules that govern the universe.

Ben, you remember how we talked about how Earth Prime's one government, the Referendum? A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

This may result in the adoption of a new law. ... Some definitions of 'plebiscite' suggest that it is a type of vote to change the constitution or government of a country.

However at this high level, this is a referendum to appeal to god, to alter the very nature of the universe.

With Cosmos weakened and Zannacross sealed, the power my children absorbed will allow a direct appeal to god to allow us to reconstruct the realms, to change the afterlife, so that heaven and hell will be changed to an afterlife not based so severely on light and darkness, on virtue and sin. Thus, me and the God's of Destruction that share my desire will not be bound by such, constricting dogma."

"You think The One Above all will just let you do such an outrageous thing?" Lacus cried out in dismay as she unleashed more power to try and push the energy spheres back. Her outcry caused Belmond to laugh loudly." Naïve child, The One Above All is not like your precious Cosmos. Cosmos is the public front, the beloved eternal Queen of Light because she's what most want god to be, never ending forgiveness and love and all that.

But the One Above All is not like that, he's everything and nothing at the same time. He's all powerful but at the same time not bound to any one power. If we God's of Destruction can appeal for a shift of Cosmic Law away from Light and Darkness being the dominate powers then we will be free.

We won't have to be bound by either Cosmos's rules of light or Zannacross's script dogma of darkness, we will be free to just govern things by are sheer desires, not the lawful chaos of well, Chaos Zannacross Necron, but true chaotic chaos, entirely random, whatever we desire! The true freedom is worth any price, even the total destruction of the current universe!"

"You really are crazy!" Ben shouted out." You think the Beyonder will spare you if he goes through with this?"

"He does not have to. We will use are powers to create a " Time-Lock" That will freeze us in a point of hyper time when reality is broken. We are strong enough to live in something as trivial as empty space long enough to create our own realities, and then, then at last we can do whatever we want! All that's left is to take down the last few stubborn fools that are in the way!"

Beerus saw how deranged Belmond looked before he rolled his eyes." Very funny but even for you this is joke's gone on too long Belmond! Seriously Whis what the hell is this?"

"Oh its very simple Lord Beerus it's all a big joke." Whis calmly answered. As Beerus raised a eyebrow Whis suddenly stabbed Beerus through the heart with the bottom part of his scepter. As the God of Destruction cried out in shock Whis suddenly looked very cold." Is that what you expected me to say, " Lord" Beerus?

I spent countless lifetimes endlessly cleaning up your messes, because it was my" purpose" to do so. However, now at last I can make my own destiny, and that means its time you're in for quite the rude wake up call."

"Whis, why!?" Lacus cried out with horror." You saved us from the Beyonder!"

"Quite right my dear, for that was the wrong time. The Beyonder was even more hungry then we figured and acted before we were ready. That's why we had to go to great lengths, reversing time itself to align things to are liking.

And now that they are, now that Cosmos and Zannacross are both weak, and the two strongest mortal fighters weakened each other, are goals are at last in sight."

Ben saw how horrified Beerus looked before he winced." Grand, no, Rassilon! You told me the Homeostasis's Axiom Matrix was the best way to bring universal peace! But now you're willing to destroy everything for your own freedom! Were you just lying to me this entire time?"

"Oh that was no lie, at least from a certain point of view." The short blue man answered calmly." But you see, you were so desperate to find a path to peace that you failed to understand that peace for all, is not always entwined with happiness for all.

Yes, I existed to repress my happiness for the good of all, but at last I'll be able to do what I want to do for me. If this Referendum goes as planned, God will concede that its neither good or evil that is the dominate force in existence, but pure desire.

So let the true strongest force, the strongest passion be decided once and for all, so that reality will at last reflect the truth.

Authors Notes: Welp, another big chapter but lets see what we got here. First, Ōetsu Nimaiya is also from Bleach and also was one of the members of Squad Zero. Hell Boy is from the comics and movies, still hope the remake does not suck, damn them for not letting Ron Perl-men do Hellboy 3 lol.

The Akasha Stratum is where the final boss fight takes place in Devil Survivor 2.

I hope it was not to much of a tease with Zannacross but, did not want to pull a Sigma where he was the final boss again. As for the swerve, I'm aware some may see how I treated Goku in this chapter as going way off base to outright character assassination but, in the most current arc in Super, the way Goku 's detachment to anything about fighting, the sheer in different he was to his actions with Frezia and others , to me showed he had degraded to someone even more deluded then Vegeta was.

For the timeline here, since Cosmic Wars does not have different realities like Dragon Ball Super I had a altered version where Hit, Jiren and all the others from later Super arcs were just from different parts of the one universe.

To be fair the manga version of Super changes Goku's actions a tad to make him less selfish but he still does things like make a bargain with Frezia so it does not change much, so this is my expression of feeling betrayed at Goku's descent to not a villain but a reckless unstable person. Well, at least the new Dragon Ball Hero's has the Xeno Goku that turns SS4 be a more heroic Goku so at least their is still a Goku worth respecting lol.

Also, it may seem out of left field for the betrayal of Whis and the others but, in the Tournament of Power they set a lot of things up only to not go anywhere with a lot of the tension between Zeno, the Grand Priest and the angels and the others so, I felt that was a waste so I'm making up for it here, hope you all like where it goes.

I'll be on a trip so the next chapter will be a tad delayed but stay tuned for the battle over the fate of the universe in

Hope you all like what you seen to leave a review, and see you guys next time.